Introduction
When I saw Blue Partridge Brahma for the first time, I was excited and completely fell in love with this breed’s color and appearance. It’s truly the most marvelous color of chicken you ever see. It’s a combination of many different colors of Brahma chicken. It’s the only breed that can be compared with the Jersey Giant Chicken.
Brahma Chickens are known as the “King of Chicken” due to their size. They are known as Gentle Giants due to their calm nature and docile behavior. B is a rare color in Brahma chickens.
Blue Partridge Brahma Image Gallery
Blue Partridge Brahma Chicken Genetics
The Blue Partridge Brahma Rooster is a mixture of glistening black, gold, and red colors. It is created through a breeding project involving three different colors, one of which is Blue Brahma chicken colors. During various breeding combinations, the black feathers acquire a weaker gene known as ‘Andalusian blue,’ transforming into a bluish-grey tone, resulting in a more glamorous color combination and as a result, it produces Blue Partridge Brahma Rooster and Hen.
In this project, birds took years to create and generate new genes in Brahmas. They are large and mature late, so producing such a beautiful bird took time.
Partridge and Dark Colour Genetics
They are raised on the farm as a dual-purpose breed. It produces many eggs even in winter when other breeds stop laying eggs due to cold weather. Their heavy and dense feathers allow them to keep warm in winter and lay many eggs.
Adding them to your backyard chicken flock is a good choice for a delicious breakfast. Blue partridge Brahma chicken egg color is brown. They lay brown in medium to large-sized eggs. Keeping them as a pet is a wonderful experience.
Blue Partridge Brahma Chicken Breed
They are dual-purpose chickens, famous for both their eggs and meat production. They are feathered foot chickens. Their feathers are heavy and dense. They are one of the largest breeds of chicken in the world.
Blue Partridge Brahma Chicken Egg Production
| Weekly | 3-4 Eggs Per Week |
| Monthly | 12-16 Eggs Per Month |
| Yearly | 160-200 Eggs Per Year |
Blue Partridge Brahma Chicken Egg Color And Size
| Colour | Brown |
| Size | Medium to Large |
| Inches | 6-8 inches diameter |
| Weight | 55g-65g |
Blue Partridge Brahma Egg Color
Blue Partridge Brahma Rooster
Their Rooster is very similar to the Gold Partridge Rooster. The main difference is the black shade of the gold partridge brahma rooster diluted and weakened and changed into a greyish Blue shade in the Blue Partridge Rooster shade.
Roosters have Gold shade lacing on blue feathers on their hackles and saddles. The tail is a pure blue shade. Roosters have broader chests with a blue shade. V-shaped standing posture looks awesome and gives them a distinct look from other breeds.
Blue Partridge Brahma Hen
Blue Partridge Brahma chicken is also very similar to gold Partridge Brahma hen. The key difference is the lacing of the gold partridge female is 2 to 3 finely black pencil marking lacing feather patterns, and in the blue partridge female, it is greyish blue. They are excellent layers of large brown eggs.
Blue Partridge Brahma chicken is also very similar to gold Partridge Brahma hen. The key difference is the lacing of the gold partridge female is 2 to 3 finely black pencil marking lacing feather patterns, and in the blue partridge female, it is greyish blue. They are excellent layers of large brown eggs.
Blue Partridge Brahma Weight
| Rooster | 10 to 12 Lbs |
| Hen | 8 to 10 Lbs |
Blue Partridge Brahma Height
| Rooster | Up to 30 Inches |
| Hen | Up to 22 Inches |
Color Varieties:
There are many color varieties available in Brahma. Initially, only 2 colours were recognized by the American Standard Poultry Association in the 1800’s. These 2 colors are:
Later on, many gorgeous color varieties were created during different projects, like
- Buff Brahma
- Partridge Brahmas
- Blue Columbian Brahma
- Black Brahma
- Silver Laced Brahma
- Golden Laced Brahma
- Buff Columbian Brahma
- White Brahma
- Blue Brahma
- Splash Brahma
Blue Partridge Brahma Chicks
Their chicks are big as compared to other smaller breeds. If you are new to keeping chickens, select pullets and cockerels. If you have good experience in raising and keeping chicks, you can buy day-old chicks from a hatchery, or you can get their eggs from any breeders and hatch them under any boody hen famous for being a good mother.
Blue Partridge Brahma Needs
They are cold, hardy chickens but can also easily survive in hot temperatures with extra care so that you can add them to your backyard. They need big coops because of their size, and they can stretch their wings and move freely in their cage. To achieve good quality breeders by providing them with a hygienic environment and quality feeds and greens. Giving them good pens can decrease stress levels and help them lay many eggs.
They have a friendly nature and are not skirty, so introducing them to your existing flock is relatively easy. They are good mothers. Their females commonly go broody and are go in raising chicks. Females weigh around 8 lbs, and due to their big size, they can underlay a good number of eggs.
Blue Partridge Brahma Eggs
Many hatcheries are offering blue partridge brahma chicken eggs for sale. You can get their eggs and hatch under a broody hen.
- Serenity Sprouts Hatchery
- Lockwood Feather Farm Hatchery
- Wix
- Feather Fern Farmstead
Blue Partridge Brahma Day-Old Chicks
You can get their day-old chicks from several hatcheries or any nearby breeder who is selling. Prices depend upon the age of the chick and sexed or mixed (male and female) chicks. It’s a rare color, so prices may be higher than other colors of Brahma chickens. Here is a list of hatcheries
- Greenfire Farms
- WIX
- Lockwood Feather Farm
Blue Partridge Brahma Chicken History
Brahma chickens, a cross of Malay and Cochin, were bred in the 1800’s, and as a result, we got Shangai Chicken in China. Later on, it shipped to the United States of America and European Countries named Brahma Chicken.
The first Buff Columbian Brahma was in 1950 after the buff color gold and blue partridge color was created very late 1960 1970 in Germany.