I have for sure found this to be the case. Light Brahma are known for
being gentle giants, and my adult birds are.
They had a difficult start in life - too many birds in an enclosed 2
foot high cage 20 by 20 - that was their world for first year of their
life. But they are calm and friendly. The rooster is a rooster, and
does keep his flock "in line". But he is responsive to me and never
threatening. I have juvenile brahma from another source - actually they
are still smallish, but acting/sounding like adults now, and they are
much more aggressive than my adult birds - especially towards each
other. They are responsive to my voice, don't threaten me, but don't
let me touch them, though I spend time with them each day. They were
several months old when they arrived here, and I know little of their
chick days, other than they hadn't been out of their brooder barn till
they got mailed to me.
There also is at least one little "roo" in the batch, or at least I'm
thinking it is so. The biggest one, the alpha of the juveniles, is
attempting to crow in the morning after the adult roo does his wake up
call. He/she _could_ just be mimicking the adult alpha - "Mr. Roo".
It isn't a very convincing (at all even) crow, but he/she isn't even 6
months old yet, and the brahmas are slow to mature. So far they are
all filling out, the alpha is a little bigger, but that is the only
difference in appearance.
Anyways, they are feisty little ones, not nearly as calm as my
neighbor's farm grown birds. They are "show quality" - don't know how
much difference that makes. Sara
> Bloodlines make a difference, not just handling.
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