what else comes in "buff" brahma color?

[amazondoc]

Well, I went to the Tennessee Valley Fair today. It has a biiiiiiiiiiiig poultry show. I am now, at least temporarily, in love with the "buff" brahma color/pattern. I say "buff" with quotation marks, since it looks like a combination of buff and columbian color, not solid buff like orps.

Anyway--

I don't need any more feather-footed birds, and I don't really want anything as large as a LF brahma. The bantams were awful cute, but then you get back to the feathered feet. So -- what other breeds in the US are available in that same pattern? Inquiring minds want to know!

 

[Mrs MIA]

I don't know of any breeds, though I'm no expert. Maybe you could cross a buff rock with a columbian...

I dunno. I do know that every cross I did with my light brahma created feathered feet, so that's out...

 

[pokey]

don't new hampshire hens come in that pattern?kinda buff body with the colored feathers around the neck, and no feathered feet. i have a hen that is colored this way and i was told that was the breed.

 

[AtRendeAcres]

buff columbian wyandotte
buff columbian sussex

there is also a Buff columbian Cochin but you don't want feather feet!

 

[LilPeeps]

The pattern is buff columbian, and there are several breeds with this pattern.

brahmas (feather legged)
cochins (feather legged)
d'uccles (feather legged)
wyandottes (clean legged)
oegb (clean legged)
and possibly a few others, these are just the ones I know of offhand

New hampshires are not buff columbian.

Why do you not like feathered feet?

 

[speckledhen]

I'm with amazondoc on the feathered feet. They are messy and then there seem to be more ingrown feathers and raised scales from the feathers poking out. I also like clean legs although I do have a Lt Brahma and a Buff Brahma and one banty Cochin, plus a cross between my Blue Orp roo and my Buff Brahma hen who has feathered legs. I'd love a Buff Columbian Wyandotte myself.

 

[chickNjake]

I went yesterday and going back 2moro after judging to buy some of the show birds!!!!

I like that color too, especially buff Sussexes but those can be pretty hard to find; also buff Columbian Plymouth Rocks I've only seen those in bantams though:/ I like the feather feet but they are difficult to keep clean, i liked the showgirl chickens at the fair! they were the freakiest thing i've ever seen!!!

image from wikipedia

 

[pokey]

which breed is the pic of? looks like mine,but mine might be slightly darker. guess someone told me wrong on her background.
well, i looked on the feathersite.some of the new hamshire hens do look like that(there is a colored pattern on the neck). anyway they don't have feathered feet, so you might take a peek at that breed. mine are easy going, lay lots of eggs.

 

[amazondoc]

Thanks for the info, guys!

Julie, as to the feathered feet -- I have no good rational reason. I just think it often looks icky -- especially on birds with long legs. I don't mind it nearly as much on the cochins, which are basically a big ball of feathers anyway.

I'm going to look around for buff Columbian Sussex and Rocks. I bet buff Columbian bantam cochins would be pretty, but I've already (still) got enough bantam cochins. Thanks again!

 

[seriousbill]

LOL, you guys. I try so hard to get better foot feathering on my BBBs I can't even imagine not wanting them to have it

BTW, I think the Buff Columbian Rocks are gorgeous, but watch out, they are extremely hard to find. I ordered some hatching eggs once from a breeder (who is a well known poultry judge), and guess what I got? Buff Brahma Bantams

. Eh, I got used to the feathered feet