Ongoing Brahma Projects Thread

[bumpercarr]

Gold partridge brahmas, second picture the pullet is actually a blue. First picture is a 1 1/2 year old cock and a 5 month old cockerel. Old pictures, I'll try to get some more recent pictures in the next few days.

 

[big medicine]

thanks gr8 med.
btw can i ask sth else?how to Over size our brahmas?is ther any usefull link or stuff like that u can mention it?thanks and all the HAils to ya!

Only way that I am aware to maximize size is good nutrition, and breed only from the largest birds you have, or can get your hands on. Early spring hatches seem to reach fuller size potential than say a late summer or fall hatch. Not over crowding birds as they grow and develop produces less stress and may also help a bird realize their full potential.

 

[bigzio]

Thanks for the information bumpercarr about the two different colors involving, gold/gold partridge. I'll reread the last newsletter that I have saved.

bigz

 

[big medicine]

btw any idea about my chicks?the goldens are paired and the whites are together.

Best guesses here. The gold pair should produce all gold chicks of both sexes. Now as to pattern the male as best as I can tell looks to a solid gold/buff color. I was looking for any sign of columbian showing (like standard buff Brahma), such as any dark in wing, tail, or hackle feathers. I see none, although the tail feathers do look to be a slightly different shade.. Also the lightness of his beak leans me toward buff ( which according to the calculator actually does carry columbian)

The gold hen looks to be a penciled pattern. Crossing these two will likely produce something more closely resembling a buff columbian pattern with some carry over penciling. Maybe something
like this.



The silvers should produce all silver chicks of both sexes. The female looks to be a standard silver columbian pattern (light Brahma), The male also appears to be silver columbian, but somewhat
different in that there is no black showing in his neck or saddle feathers. What causes his white neck I do not know, nor how it is passed on. So I would expect silver columbian patterned chicks, what will be interesting is if they are dark necked or light, or if it is possibly sex linked.

I have had something somewhat similar spontaneously appear in some of my red project chicks. This blue buff columbian cockerel also lost the neck and saddle color somewhere along in the process. Would have been interesting to follow up on how this carried through in following generations, but not enough space, or feed, to investigate all the interesting things that pop up in these projects

 

[armansourani]

actually the silver rooster has a black necklace but its hidden beneath the feathers


golden cock has black witch turnes to green in light-dark brown-feathers in his tail and underlying some brown-whites underlying wing


golden-blue brahmas are very rare here i think breeders like the pure ones

 

[Cfmills]

Young roster about 1 and a half years old. He weighs 9 lbs. Any idea how much bigger he will get?

 

[SFIcelandics]

Anyone have any blue laced adults for sale. Looking for a male. Also have a really nice, dark deep red laced male for sale.

Nate

 

[armansourani]

hey again.
i have a question.i saw 2 hens like this.i know they are not that interesting but its fun to do some experiments.
i wannna pair these 2 hens with 1 of these roosters.



or mr gold:



which one do ya think may be better and produce a better generation.the gold cock or the silver one?
hens are the following



some infoe father of these hens was a silver brahma and mother was a pencilled brown columbian.
i know they are not so beatiful but i saved them from a bad situation now want to make them so love stories
thanks for your company

 

[BeachBumBiddies]

Idk the answer but I really like that mostly white cockerel. He's cool!

 

[big medicine]

hey again.
i have a question.i saw 2 hens like this.i know they are not that interesting but its fun to do some experiments.
i wannna pair these 2 hens with 1 of these roosters.



or mr gold:



which one do ya think may be better and produce a better generation.the gold cock or the silver one?
hens are the following



some infoe father of these hens was a silver brahma and mother was a pencilled brown columbian.
i know they are not so beatiful but i saved them from a bad situation now want to make them so love stories
thanks for your company

Depends what you want to do, and which color you like better. Looks like all four are based on some variation of the columbian feather pattern. As to color, not sure what exactly a silver Brahma, or a penciled brown columbian are pattern wise, but a silver based male over a gold(brown) based female should have produced silver based pullets. So again not sure how you got what looks to be gold based females. The gold male should produce gold based male and female chicks. The silver (white) male should produce silver females and split silver/gold males, if I am reading your hens correctly. Personally I think the gold male looks to have a much fuller chest than the white male, I would lean that way.