Make way for the fat birds - my brahma flock

[HHandbasket]

What a beautiful little flock you have! I really like Jezebel's pattern--so pretty. Gorgeous roo, too.

 

[gritsar]

Thanks y'all. I would have gotten pictures of the whole brahma flock, but the girls were not cooperating.

 

[PepsNick]

Those are beautiful! And HUGE!

 

[StevenW.]

They are very pretty!!! I have light brahmas right know and I love them the rooster is very friendly

 

[gritsar]

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I've read where brahmas are supposedly big eaters, but I haven't seen it myself. I go through maybe one 50# bag of layer feed a month to feed the 13 of them, though it's true that my birds are free ranged and get alot of their nourishment that way.

 

[patman75]

It is not fat, it is fluff.

Very pretty birds.

 

[jojo54]

what pretty girls!

 

[Sjisty]

I think they are absolutely beautiful. Of course, I'm prejudiced - I also love the Brahmas the best!

 

[artsyrobin]

that roo is stunning! so what causes the yellowish feathers- my roo has them too- we have one brahma we call chubbs- she doesn't like to get her feet wet...

that bella of yours is gorgeous! so are all darks colored that way??

 

[gritsar]

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Best I can tell - the yellowing is called bronzing. They get it from being out in the sun alot. The other theory I've read of says that it's caused by feeding them corn. I don't buy that one because I only feed corn in the winter and Thor is more "bronzed" in the summer than at any other time.
This is a better pic of Thor, when he's not so yellow:

Yes, all the dark hens are colored that way. The darks are actually the only ones of the three common colors in the US (dark, buff, & light) where the males can be sexed from the females at a young age because they feather out completely different.
This is my Lil'Bit, recently taken by a hawk. She was very small, the runt and only ever had one tail feather, but I loved her so: