New Brahma Group: Blue Partridge x Partridge, Plus Dark

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The pecking order battle between the two six-week-old Brahma males has begun! Thought you'd enjoy the battle footage, complete with dramatic music.

 

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The 10 1/2 week old brothers today. The lighter blue male is the smallest of them all, with the partridge boys the largest, as usual.

 

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Someone must really want a super sweet gentle giant! I really can't have MaryJo living with three Brahma roosters, much as she seems to want it.

 

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Someone must really want a super sweet gentle giant! I really can't have MaryJo living with three Brahma roosters, much as she seems to want it.

I suppose for now they look like they are harmless and below her on the pecking order.

 

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I suppose for now they look like they are harmless and below her on the pecking order.

For now, they are just little brothers. But, she's been chased by big old Bash and I don't think she is making the connection yet, LOL. Bash is relentless going after her and I have to rescue the nutty thing. She does not like Hector, seems to sort of like Atlas and ends up in his pen until they all come back and then, she realizes she's trapped and wants out. So, she can't settle on any group yet. I want her with Hector, but I'm also all for peace and quiet!

 

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These three are still available. They are so sweet, someone needs to save me from becoming too attached!
11 weeks old tomorrow.

Nosy boy who is going to his new home this week with all six 7 week olds.

The younger crew.

And BJ with her new feathers finally growing in.

 

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The six younger chicks and now, TWO of the older males, will go to their new home on Sunday. It was supposed to be Saturday, but it's supposed to be pouring rain and the new mom is coming from over 2 hours away in South Carolina. We decided the next day might work out better. So, unless she changes her mind about the 2nd 11 week old cockerel, my BR pullet, MaryJo, will be losing two of her "brothers", the darker blue partridge and one of the partridge boys. Gosh, these boys are amazingly sweet. The biggest one has actually begged me to pick him up more than once. I told her they were highly addictive!

She asked me how big they were, trying to decide what size crates to bring, that she was figuring maybe baseball size for the younger ones and softball size for the 11 week old one. I said it was more like softball for the 7 week olds and 18-20 week old large fowl pullet size for the 11 week old boys!

 

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The six younger chicks and now, TWO of the older males, will go to their new home on Sunday. It was supposed to be Saturday, but it's supposed to be pouring rain and the new mom is coming from over 2 hours away in South Carolina. We decided the next day might work out better. So, unless she changes her mind about the 2nd 11 week old cockerel, my BR pullet, MaryJo, will be losing two of her "brothers", the darker blue partridge and one of the partridge boys. Gosh, these boys are amazingly sweet. The biggest one has actually begged me to pick him up more than once. I told her they were highly addictive!

She asked me how big they were, trying to decide what size crates to bring, that she was figuring maybe baseball size for the younger ones and softball size for the 11 week old one. I said it was more like softball for the 7 week olds and 18-20 week old large fowl pullet size for the 11 week old boys!

Tell her to bring a U-Haul, they are big boys.

 

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Tell her to bring a U-Haul, they are big boys.

That they are!

 

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Looks like the younger blue partridge male will be more like the lighter, older boy.