My Light Brahma is HUGE

[dfclimber]

I have 2 light brahmas that are 22 weeks and 1 of 2 just started laying. The are HUGE and at 22 weeks easily outsize my 2 year old RIRs. The pop door is 12 x12 and it seems fine. I agree about keeping the roost on the low end to prevent injury when jumping down. They have not had a problem getting of roost of 2-3 ft

 

[stormylady]

yep my Honeycomb (light brahma Roo) was huge and ran like a goose! neck outstretched wing behind him and wattle running all the way I was sure he was fixing to take off and fly!

 

[Leo1]

Thanks much!! It's funny I have 2 buff brahmas as well, pullet and rooster and they are both much smaller than the light brahma hen. They are both exactly the same weight as each other.

 

[gritsar]

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Could they be bantams? Took me a long time to realize that my one buff brahma hen wasn't a LF at all, but rather a bantam.

 

[Leo1]

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Could they be bantams? Took me a long time to realize that my one buff brahma hen wasn't a LF at all, but rather a bantam.

Not supposed to be, but how knows. I ordered day old females. The buff brahmas are supposed to be auto sexing and they still sent me a roo; so I don't have too much confidence that I actually got what I order otherwise. Right know they are about the same size as my easter eggers. I don't know how big brahma bantams are. If they are 6-7 lbs (the same as the easter eggers) I guess they very likely could be bantams. I guess I'll find out soon enough.

 

[gritsar]

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Could they be bantams? Took me a long time to realize that my one buff brahma hen wasn't a LF at all, but rather a bantam.

Not supposed to be, but how knows. I ordered day old females. The buff brahmas are supposed to be auto sexing and they still sent me a roo; so I don't have too much confidence that I actually got what I order otherwise. Right know they are about the same size as my easter eggers. I don't know how big brahma bantams are. If they are 6-7 lbs (the same as the easter eggers) I guess they very likely could be bantams. I guess I'll find out soon enough.

Auto sexing? Brahmas, the breed of choice for me, can be vent sexed by the experienced sexers at the hatchery (in which case it's still only about 90% accurate) or you can wait until the secondary sex characteristics show up around four to six weeks. They are not sex linked and I don't believe they can be auto sexed.

Maggie, my BBB, was also supposed to be a LF. There was a mix up and I don't mind because she's a very sweet hen. In overall size she is about the size of my standard easter eggers and my speckled sussex. She is a bit larger than my standard salmon faverolles. Maggie weighs approx. 3 lbs. at 3+ years old. In contrast, my large fowl brahma hens weigh anywhere between 7 1/2 lbs. for the smallest and 9 1/2 lbs. for my largest, fat ol' hen Jezebel.

 

[Leo1]

I read somewhere that buff brahma boys had lighter baby fluff than girls. My roo was much lighter; he looked like a chipmunk while his sister was very dark gray. Was it just a coincidence that he was so much lighter? My light Brahma is now up to 3 1/2 lbs at 12 weeks; I'm guessing this means she's going to be a big girl, since I hear it takes them 2 years to reach their full size. The buff Brahmas are up to about 3 lbs, so I'm guessing they're not bantams.

 

[brahmakid11]

mine are huge to can you post pics?

 

[SteveBaz]

how about some pictures to show the size difference. I have a Black Star that is the same age as everyone and was told each breed develops and grows at different rates

Steve

 

[OvertheHenHouse]

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Interesting! My buff brahmas are noticeably smaller than my EEs at this point and they're the same age (just coming up on 5 weeks)...