48 Farm Poultry 



For egg production, however, they should not 

 be kept longer than two years. If the pullets 

 are early hatched and mature reasonably early, 

 for Brahmas, they should not be kept longer than 

 one complete season of usefulness if egg produc- 

 tion is an important essential. 



The Dark Brahmas are not considered to be as 

 good layers as the Light variety, and are quite 

 as difficult to breed true to color. The Dark 

 Brahmas have somewhat delicate feather mark- 

 ings which are difficult to produce with that 

 degree of excellence necessary for exhibition 

 purposes. 



The Brahmas are good sitters, in fact sit too 

 much for general -purpose fowls, and are consid- 

 ered too heavy to sit on eggs of light-weight fowls. 

 All Asiatics lay buff-colored eggs. Some of them 

 are much darker than others. The Brahmas are 

 "good growers" and make excellent table fowls. 

 They are fairly hardy and gain rapidly in weight. 

 The meat is of fair quality, but does not equal 

 that of the Dorking or Game. The Dark Brahmas 

 are not quite so popular as the Light, which is no 

 doubt due to the superior egg production of the 

 latter. Brahmas do well in small runs or yards. 

 When liberally fed the Brahmas have a tendency 

 to become too fat for laying and for breeding 

 purposes. Excessive fatness not only causes fewer 

 eggs, but a larger proportion of infertile ones. 



