Spring Valley, IL
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Varieties
- Purpose
- dual
- Egg color
- brown
- Eggs / year
- ~150
- Hen weight
- ~9.5 lbs
- Cold hardy
- Yes
- Heat tolerant
- No
- Temperament
- docile, calm, gentle giant
- Forages
- fair
- Broodiness
- moderate
- APA class
- Asiatic
- NPIP stock code
- R18
- Origin
- United States (from Asian stock)
Breed guide
Brahma
Also known as: Light Brahma, Dark Brahma, Buff Brahma
Massive feather-footed breed developed in America from Shanghai-type birds in the mid-1800s, once called the King of All Poultry. It carries a pea comb under dense feathering and keeps laying through winter. Birds take a long time to mature.
Keeper's notes
Pea comb and heavy plumage handle deep cold. In a wet winter the feathered feet cake with mud, so keep runs dry and check the toes for mud balls when it freezes. These birds are heavy, so set the roosts low.
From the 1910 Standard of Perfection
Class: Asiatic
Standard weights: cock 12 lbs, hen 9.5 lbs, cockerel 10 lbs, pullet 8 lbs
“The solidity of form and compactness of plumage unite, in the standard Brahma male, to produce a finely-proportioned fowl of large size and active nature.”
Disqualifications: Light variety: solid black feathers in back; positive black spots prevalent in web of back feathers; vulture-like hocks; shanks any color other than yellow or reddish-yellow; birds falling below disqualifying weights.
APA recognized varieties
Asiatic · American Standard of Perfection, 2010 list
Dark 1874Light 1874Buff 1924
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Where to find Brahma
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Regional breeders with this breed on file (107)
Willow Hill, IL
Oakley, IL
Pekin, IL
Sterling, IL
Decatur, IL
Brighton, IL
Hampshire, IL
Cambridge, IL
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Regional hatcheries that carry it (7)
Zeeland, MI
Mt Gilead, OH
Polk, OH
Sugarcreed, OH
Sugarcreek, OH
Cincinnati, OH
OH
Sourced from NPIP state directories, matched by the stock codes each participant registers. A flock may keep breeds beyond what it registers, so this list runs conservative.
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