foxy
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Goodness! He looks Huge!!! What a regal looking boy, love Brahmas 
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dorinda
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Thank you - I really miss my Lemon Pyles - I sold them as I needed the space for my show birds - I showed mine only rwice at the scottish National (because they had classes for non standard birds) they were seriously gorgeous the lighter one one won best non standard two years in a row - they were only youngsters in these pikkis
Lost pics, I cannot see yours or mine 
I have one darker shade hen and the other two are lighter, I prefer the darker but then again its probable because shes so cudderly my boy is the lighter shade .
Wish I could see your pics, here my young boy (darker)
I have one darker shade hen and the other two are lighter, I prefer the darker but then again its probable because shes so cudderly my boy is the lighter shade . Wish I could see your pics, here my young boy (darker)
Pics are back 08 Beautiful lemons,your boy is a lot lighter, he looks the same colour as my cockerel that I had to let go the other year when I couldn't find him any hens. Charlie is about 8 months in the pic so still has a lot of growing to do 
08 Beautiful lemons,your boy is a lot lighter, he looks the same colour as my cockerel that I had to let go the other year when I couldn't find him any hens. Charlie is about 8 months in the pic so still has a lot of growing to do
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Anonymous
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Beautiful birds - the more pics I see of Brahmas the more I'd like some (need to sort house & run for them 1st which may take a while).
Rebelodicus
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Nice birds 17
My bird population varies. ATM I have....
1 Beauty of a Buff Orp Cock
3 X- bats
1 Black Rock
and then just introduced to the Juvanile run ....
9 Muts off the Orp... Blackrock/Bat hens
4 Favrolles
3 Buff Orp
4 Golden Silkies
4 Leghorn (so 'm told)
1 Barnevelder
1 Cream Legbar
Too many. The Barnvelder and Cream legbar are male and will be sold when big enough for sure ... Unless I eat them01 .... Doubt it though ... proly sell 'em :mrgreen:
17 My bird population varies. ATM I have....
1 Beauty of a Buff Orp Cock
3 X- bats
1 Black Rock
and then just introduced to the Juvanile run ....
9 Muts off the Orp... Blackrock/Bat hens
4 Favrolles
3 Buff Orp
4 Golden Silkies
4 Leghorn (so 'm told)
1 Barnevelder
1 Cream Legbar
Too many. The Barnvelder and Cream legbar are male and will be sold when big enough for sure ... Unless I eat them
01 .... Doubt it though ... proly sell 'em :mrgreen:
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Anonymous
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We got six Light Sussex, some are cockerels and some are hens
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Anonymous
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I like the brahma pictures people have posted how big do the cockerels get because some of them look massive and is it hard to get rid of leg mites on them because they have feathered legs and do they get leg mite often
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dorinda said:I have something called Chicken Village which is in a botanic garden just up the road from me - people visit and look at the different pens (which are made to look like a village) a castle, a church, a sweetie shop, a prison, villas, kindergarden and cottages - and each one there is a different breed with all the info you need to know about them. I have 270 adult birds and about 480 chicks - I breed my birds mainly for exhibition (showing). I use certain wormers which come from home (France) much cheaper and easier to give to the birds, and I use spot on treatments which maybe aren't worth while if you only have a few birds. I'm also very lucky to have a "deal" with my feed merchant because I use a certain make of feed and other products he sells and I get all my feed at cost price (very worth while) and in exchange he uses photos of some of my birds in his publicity. As I show my birds they are all handled in some way everyday - I can "see" straight away if somethings not right -CHICKENS! said:
I keep the quail for fun and the geese for guarding they are called adolph and Ava
You got any pics of your village?
Jamie
dorinda
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Here are some pikkis of the Chicken Village and some of it's residents
The Church with Svart Hona for those that haven't ever seen them they look like this
The Restaurant (a replica of the restaurant at the garden where I have chicken village) with LF Salmon Fav cock breeding pen
The Villa with Chamois Poland
The Cottages with Gold sebright and Barbu de Watermael
The Prison woth Suffolk Chequers
The Castle with Cuckoo cochins
There is also a sweetie shop with young growers and a Pub - and a village pond in the middle with a pair of Carolina Tree ducks
As for the Brahmas - don't wait for an outbreak of scaley mite - when I treat all my birds (prevention) for mite, toenails, spurs, beaks etc I paint their legs with Benzyl Benzoate - excellent when you have feathered legged birds as it soaks in but doesn't leave grease" on the feathers
This pikki is of a young Gold Brahma cock breeding cockerel who will be HUGE - only shown 3 times as he was a late hatch last year and he has won 3 Best of Breeds, 1 Best Large soft feather and 1 best large Heavy - he should be a good bird when he is fully grown and mature
The Church with Svart Hona for those that haven't ever seen them they look like this
The Restaurant (a replica of the restaurant at the garden where I have chicken village) with LF Salmon Fav cock breeding pen
The Villa with Chamois Poland
The Cottages with Gold sebright and Barbu de Watermael
The Prison woth Suffolk Chequers
The Castle with Cuckoo cochins
There is also a sweetie shop with young growers and a Pub - and a village pond in the middle with a pair of Carolina Tree ducks
As for the Brahmas - don't wait for an outbreak of scaley mite - when I treat all my birds (prevention) for mite, toenails, spurs, beaks etc I paint their legs with Benzyl Benzoate - excellent when you have feathered legged birds as it soaks in but doesn't leave grease" on the feathers
This pikki is of a young Gold Brahma cock breeding cockerel who will be HUGE - only shown 3 times as he was a late hatch last year and he has won 3 Best of Breeds, 1 Best Large soft feather and 1 best large Heavy - he should be a good bird when he is fully grown and mature
tygrysek75
Member
Dorinda,I love yours The Church with Svart Hona.They look amaizing-is this breed is only for showing?Newer seen anything like it
dorinda
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No I have the only ones in the country at the moment. The svart Hona is a "project" of mine - I imported the eggs from Denmark last year and I hatched 7 of them and have given a trio to another well knwon and respected breeder - who will breed from them . and I have another two breeders who are also going to breed from the trio that I give them (from chicks hatched by me this year). They will have to breed birds themselves next year and PCGB ring them. then I have to form a breed club and I have several breeders who have at least 4 generations that breed "true to standard" - it will take a good few years before they are even ready to be standardised in this country - but I do have a breed registrar - Julia Keeling - and I am very grateful to her for her interest in the breed - there is a possibilty that they have "come" from the Ayam Cemani breed - which could cause complications - and I'll have to have DNA done on my birds to verify that they aren't "bastardised" Ayam cemani - there shouldn"t be a problem .. nothing is simple on intruducing "new breeds" - I showed them at Ayr county show about a month ago - as an exhibition bird (I took a trio) and everyone was fascinated by them - they are BLACK - very black - skin, flesh, combs are all black - I love them and they are very good layers - and very hardy - except for cocci for some reason. I will be showing them this year at the National in the Non standard breed class 6 with a bit of muck they will create a bit of interest
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Anonymous
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hi
i keep
leghorn in most standard colours and making new colours all the time
have one hand just now 300 hens, and 100 roos and about 60 babies
, also keep brahma in large and bantam
rosecomb in black
belgian bantam in black mottle and millie
ancona bantam
all up over 700 chooks
angie99
lovely legs poultry
i keep
leghorn in most standard colours and making new colours all the time
have one hand just now 300 hens, and 100 roos and about 60 babies
, also keep brahma in large and bantam
rosecomb in black
belgian bantam in black mottle and millie
ancona bantam
all up over 700 chooks
angie
99 lovely legs poultry
We have a total mix and match of mainly hybrids but a few pure breeds..ours are all girls ..
faverolle black/birchen
bhrama..can anyone tell me what are they are when they have their growth spurt? Ours looks like a large bantam at the moment but we have beem promised by the breeder that its LF
cream legbar
welsummer
maran
aracunas
silkies
welbar
10 ex-batts
lots of hybrids
and 9 ducklings
53 in total. and some orpington eggs that someone is very kindly incubating for us..
faverolle black/birchen
bhrama..can anyone tell me what are they are when they have their growth spurt? Ours looks like a large bantam at the moment but we have beem promised by the breeder that its LF
cream legbar
welsummer
maran
aracunas
silkies
welbar
10 ex-batts
lots of hybrids
and 9 ducklings
53 in total. and some orpington eggs that someone is very kindly incubating for us..
foxy
Active member
ncotb said:foxy said:oh and a naughtly light sussex bantam called ena!
:lol: :lol: she is cheeky! How are the girls doing? Broody yet?
Oh yes....Buffy is hogging one of the nest boxes... and looks quite fierce actually if you go near her! Ena was broody for bit then got bored. She must be one of my smallest hens but boy she has a hard peck!! :lol: :lol:
tygrysek75
Member
This is fantastic info you have given me.I was looking on the internet to find out more as they really look amaizing and breed is orginated from Sweden.Lots of swidish pages but I can't read them.Do they stop laying eggs during winter as swedish winters are really long.You definytly raised my interest in themdorinda said:No I have the only ones in the country at the moment. The svart Hona is a "project" of mine - I imported the eggs from Denmark last year and I hatched 7 of them and have given a trio to another well knwon and respected breeder - who will breed from them . and I have another two breeders who are also going to breed from the trio that I give them (from chicks hatched by me this year). They will have to breed birds themselves next year and PCGB ring them. then I have to form a breed club and I have several breeders who have at least 4 generations that breed "true to standard" - it will take a good few years before they are even ready to be standardised in this country - but I do have a breed registrar - Julia Keeling - and I am very grateful to her for her interest in the breed - there is a possibilty that they have "come" from the Ayam Cemani breed - which could cause complications - and I'll have to have DNA done on my birds to verify that they aren't "bastardised" Ayam cemani - there shouldn"t be a problem .. nothing is simple on intruducing "new breeds" - I showed them at Ayr county show about a month ago - as an exhibition bird (I took a trio) and everyone was fascinated by them - they are BLACK - very black - skin, flesh, combs are all black - I love them and they are very good layers - and very hardy - except for cocci for some reason. I will be showing them this year at the National in the Non standard breed class 6 with a bit of muck they will create a bit of interest
Love the pics of Chicken Village, those Swart Hona are stunning!!!! Look forward to seeing them 17
She sure does :lol: Was excellent broody last year.
17 foxy said:ncotb said:foxy said:oh and a naughtly light sussex bantam called ena!
:lol: :lol: she is cheeky! How are the girls doing? Broody yet?
Oh yes....Buffy is hogging one of the nest boxes... and looks quite fierce actually if you go near her! Ena was broody for bit then got bored. She must be one of my smallest hens but boy she has a hard peck!! :lol: :lol:
She sure does :lol: Was excellent broody last year.
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Anonymous
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at the moment my chicken is raising 6 chicks and they are all fine none of them have died but she has started to lay eggs and the chicks are nearly 4 weeks old is this normal because normally they are independent at 6 weeks so what should i do?