Quote: for chickens to be around kids, brahmas are one of my favorite breeds to recommend. you are exactly right they are "gentle giants". my biggest issues with them are (in my experience) they dont lay well in the winter for me, and i have a hard time keeping roosters through the winter for some reason. i have 4 hens and no roosters going into this year, i really need to find a couple decent light brahma roosters. i called Tim to see if he had any, and all he has is his own breeders, he himself is a rooster short going into this year. he was checking at a show this weekend to see if he could find any extras.
as far as feed to egg conversions i would put brahmas as lower medium range, but in heritage brahmas i have yet to find an aggressive rooster. for self sufficiency overall i would give the brahmas a 7 on a scale of 10.
just curious if your observations of them are the same?