Isabel Brahma breeding

[shaw613]

Hi all ... I have isabel brahmas I purchased a couple years ago from a breeder. The rooster is lavender split to partridge, and the hen I have this year is a beautiful isabel that I hatched last year from him this rooster and a hen that I no longer have. This female has beautiful feathering, but if I get one egg a week from her it's a good week. I have some very nice partridge brahmas that lay well, and I have another female that is lavender and I believe split since she doesn't show the isabel feathering. I'm thinking of making a cross this year to get some split hens and go back to this rooster. I have two options: Put the lavender brahma hen with the partridge brahma rooster, or the partridge brahma hen with the split rooster that I have. Is there any difference .... I know next year I'll get some splits and some isabel if I understand correctly. Have never done the isabel breeding. Thanks for any advice!

 

[Yardmom]

Sorry you have not gotten any advice. Hopefully someone with more knowledge about genetics will answer soon.

 

[fluffycrow]

@MysteryChicken @JacinLarkwell work your magic!

 

[MysteryChicken]

Hi all ... I have isabel brahmas I purchased a couple years ago from a breeder. The rooster is lavender split to partridge, and the hen I have this year is a beautiful isabel that I hatched last year from him this rooster and a hen that I no longer have. This female has beautiful feathering, but if I get one egg a week from her it's a good week. I have some very nice partridge brahmas that lay well, and I have another female that is lavender and I believe split since she doesn't show the isabel feathering. I'm thinking of making a cross this year to get some split hens and go back to this rooster. I have two options: Put the lavender brahma hen with the partridge brahma rooster, or the partridge brahma hen with the split rooster that I have. Is there any difference .... I know next year I'll get some splits and some isabel if I understand correctly. Have never done the isabel breeding. Thanks for any advice!

I don't think it would matter if you did it both ways. Should get beautiful birds regardless.

Isabel breeding isn't anything I've done before either.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Isabel to split makes both, isabel to isabel makes isabel and isabel to anything else acts as not isabel. For leghorns, that color is brown, not sure with brahma