What breed is this brahma?

[Flockking]

Unfortunately, I can't tell much more about the color than what you said:

I agree that he will have some amount of buff (or gold or red or brown) in his coloring. He will also have some black in his coloring. The arrangement of colors will probably not match what a Buff Brahma is supposed to have.


I think it is a pea comb, like the combs on several other birds that were posted later in the thread. In addition to the central part standing up (looks like a single comb), I'm pretty sure I see a section sticking sidways toward the camera, which makes me assume there is a third section facing away from the camera too.

Section?

 

[MysteryChicken]

These are his parents

They're Cochins. At least the rooster is, he's single combed. Hard to tell with the hen.

 

[MysteryChicken]

The other birds pictured are Brahmas.

 

[NatJ]

Section?

"Section" is probably not the official word, just the one I happened to use.

A single comb has one flat section or blade, standing upright, with points along the top.

A pea comb is often divided into three sections, with the center one being taller than the one on each side.

For the rooster that is the father of your chick, I think I see part of the comb standing up, and part of the comb sticking out sideways toward the camera. For some of the other roosters, the picture is taken from the front, and it is easy to see that the combs are split into three parts, one standing up and one on each side sticking out at a bit of an angle.

They're Cochins. At least the rooster is, he's single combed. Hard to tell with the hen.

It's hard to be positive in the photo, especially with the wire mesh in the way, but I think he does have the same kind of pea comb as the roosters in other pictures that were posted after that one.

Either that, or there is a shadow on his comb that is fooling me in a very convincing way.

(I'm talking about the rooster pictured in post #2 of this thread.)

 

[MysteryChicken]

"Section" is probably not the official word, just the one I happened to use.

A single comb has one flat section or blade, standing upright, with points along the top.

A pea comb is often divided into three sections, with the center one being taller than the one on each side.

For the rooster that is the father of your chick, I think I see part of the comb standing up, and part of the comb sticking out sideways toward the camera. For some of the other roosters, the picture is taken from the front, and it is easy to see that the combs are split into three parts, one standing up and one on each side sticking out at a bit of an angle.


It's hard to be positive in the photo, especially with the wire mesh in the way, but I think he does have the same kind of pea comb as the roosters in other pictures that were posted after that one.

Either that, or there is a shadow on his comb that is fooling me in a very convincing way.

(I'm talking about the rooster pictured in post #2 of this thread.)

I see, what you're talking about now. Does look more like a very modified Pea comb now that I look even closer.

Do you think they maybe Cochin cross? They look alot more fluffy then a Brahma should be.
Not all the Brahmas pictured though.

 

[NatJ]

Do you think they maybe Cochin cross? They look alot more fluffy then a Brahma should be.
Not all the Brahmas pictured though.

I've never been very good at recognizing correct body shapes, so I don't know for sure.

Since the original poster is in Nigeria, I was wondering if they have different standards than what we're used to in the USA? Or if someone only recently imported the breed, they might have tried to increase the population and avoid inbreeding by crossing with other similar breeds and be working back toward the right traits, but might still have a ways to go.

I see, what you're talking about now. Does look more like a very modified Pea comb now that I look even closer.

Between natural variation in combs, moving chickens that make pictures blurry, wire fences, and shadows: I am sometimes surprised that any of us manage to identify any comb types correctly! And of course there's still the chance that I'm the wrong one here.

 

[Flockking]

I've never been very good at recognizing correct body shapes, so I don't know for sure.

Since the original poster is in Nigeria, I was wondering if they have different standards than what we're used to in the USA? Or if someone only recently imported the breed, they might have tried to increase the population and avoid inbreeding by crossing with other similar breeds and be working back toward the right traits, but might still have a ways to go.


Between natural variation in combs, moving chickens that make pictures blurry, wire fences, and shadows: I am sometimes surprised that any of us manage to identify any comb types correctly! And of course there's still the chance that I'm the wrong one here.

Oh no brahma's have been here for a very long time now with numerous breeders together with silkies, Cochins and polish breeders
And the comb is the same with the other roosters just with more height

 

[Flockking]

Pardon the photo with the wire mesh I took that the day I went to pick arrax

 

[Flockking]

Here's an update on the little guy I don't know if his growth is okay cus the broilers he was placed with at 2 weeks old have surpassed him 10folds though I bother about his feet's
A breeder curious about the buff coloration cus we don't have much here, asked to see him after which saying his feet feathers are of bad quality due to the fact it's on just one toe and won't make a good parent stock so was wondering if that was true

 

[NatJ]

Here's an update on the little guy

Thanks for updating! It looks like he's growing nicely and getting some pretty buff feathers!

his feet feathers are of bad quality due to the fact it's on just one toe and won't make a good parent stock so was wondering if that was true

If you are trying to breed Brahmas with good foot feathering, then this bird would be a poor choice for parent stock.

A breeder curious about the buff coloration cus we don't have much here, asked to see him

If his color is rare, it could be worth breeding from him anyways, but try to use females with really good foot feathering. That would be a way to keep his genes for good coloring, but get them into birds with better foot feathering.

Of course coloring and foot feathering are not the only points to consider, so you'll need to pay attention to other traits as well.

If you have lots of birds of a given breed and variety, of course you breed from the best and not the others. But if every healthy bird has some major problem with their visible traits, you have to work with what you have, and try to combine more and more of the good traits into your lines over time. Eventually you can have birds that show more good traits than any of their recent ancestors.

I don't know if his growth is okay cus the broilers he was placed with at 2 weeks old have surpassed him 10folds

I can't say whether he is growing normally for his breed or if he is slower than normal. Brahmas tend to grow relatively slowly, and broilers definitely grow fast, so even a normal Brahma would look quite slow compared to broilers.