Question about Light Brahma Chickens

[haileesherd]

Ok thank you. I have a Silkie that went broody awhile ago and we had to seperate her from the nest. And then the other chickens forgot who she was and decided to pick on her, so hopefully they don't go broody.

 

[John Ryan]

BR, BE, EE, not everyone is a chicken expert, some of us are noobies, please say the full name of the breeds so we can understand what ye are talking about please, its my first day here and im now more confused than i was.

 

[dsqard]

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Go to this thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=241913 and look at post #4 most of the abbrevaitions are there and

 

[alaskachick]

I have 6 Light Brahmas who ar 10 months old now. I remember when I first got them I thought they were born without chicken uteruses because they were slow to lay. Then I talked to a brahma farmer who told me because they are dual birds (both for meat and eggs, they energy goes all to building their large bodies and then when those are about developed the energy goes to the eggs laying organs. Made sense to me and my chickens started laying at about 24 weeks, 4 weeks later than my buffs and leghorns. Their eggs are different shades of light browns. Very nice eggs.

 

[cbohn80]

i recently got 2 lb's and they are growing at half the pace my other birds did. is this normal?

 

[gritsar]

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Could be. Be sure you are giving them a grower type feed, with enough protein.

I remember when I got my brahmas I thought they were done growing when they were about 8 months old, having no other chickens at the time to compare them to. Yet they kept growing and growing and the hens were close to 18 months old before they finished growing. My dark brahma rooster was nearly two before he finished putting on weight and filling out.

 

[ninabeast]

I've had three hatchery Light Brahmas for just over 8 months, raised from chicks. One was the first of all my hens (4 breeds) to lay, before the Production Reds, before the Rocks. So much for being a late laying breed. She is noticeably smaller than the other two LBs, and so are her eggs. She and the biggest LB (who lays the biggest eggs) are regular layers, but the third is a sometime layer, with really odd-looking eggs. She was one of my last hens to lay.

All this to say...expect the unexpected.

P.S. If my Pip keeps growing until she's 18 months, I'm not going to be able to lift her anymore!

 

[gritsar]

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Of my 5 buff brahma hens, one was noticeably smaller but I never thought much about it. The small hen, named Maggie, was well over a year old before I realized that she is a bantam that somehow got mixed in with the LF. DUH!

My Thor weighed 13 lbs. when he died (he was 3 y.o. and we had to cull him for a leg issue):

My largest brahma hen is Jezebel. At 3 years, 8 months old she weighs just a tad over 9 lbs.

 

[Happy Chooks]

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Brahma's are a slow maturing breed, so yes, it's normal.

 

[cbohn80]

thanks chooks, and those pics are beautiful!