Questions about Light Brahma Chicks

[KinderKorner]

Alright. At first chickens were jsut for fun. I got a few from a local feed store. Then I decided I wanted to breed Brahmas. Long story short I am now starting to breed like 8 different types.

Anyway, all Brahma chicks I've purchased or hatched have always been black and yellow. Big fluffy cute little chicks.

My adults have always had a lot of extra messy black spots on them. And after several generations I am trying to breed it out.

But as I looked around at Brahma Chick pictures, lots I have seen the chicks are completely yellow. I figured mine just aren't great quailty, and have too much black.

Oh well. After a few more generations hopefully they will be better.

So does having black and yellow chicks mean yours are low quailty. I would really like to improve my birds. Also if I continue to cull and keep only the whitest birds, after a few more generations will mine be more clean looking?

 

[vortec]

Mine were like you say, dark and yellow spots, and really fluffy. I ordered mine through ideal hatchery. I am also interested as I have seen the same pics of light colored chicks with no colored spots that were light brahmas

vortec

 

[KinderKorner]

Yeah. It makes sense to me for them to have black as chicks. As they have black hackles and tails. So I can't imagine having yellow chicks turn that much black. I just don't know.

Perhaps it just depends on the line. But I must say. My black and yellow fluffy chicks have the sweetest faces, and are like 10 times cuter than the all yellow skinnier chicks. lol