Characteristics of Brahmas 



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Light Brahma cock should weigh 12 and the hen 

 9}/2 pounds. The Dark Brahmas are a pound 

 lighter. The Brahmas have yellow skin and shanks, 

 and the outer sides of the shanks are feathered. 

 Leg-feathering is undoubtedly a protection during 

 the severe winter weather, but it is somewhat objec- 



Fia. 11. Dark Brahma hen (one-seventh size). 



tionable, as the majority of consumers prefer a 

 clean-legged fowl. 



The young birds do not "feather out" so rap- 

 idly as the young of the Mediterraneans, and con- 

 sequently are ill-looking while young on account 

 of their partially naked appearance. Sometimes 



