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I learned that lesson with my No offense intended - just having fun!

One of my oldest Brahmas is a dark. I got her as a chick from our local feed store almost 10 years ago. She doesn't lay anymore, but she's still the boss.

My blue boy. I took this year off on trying to breed anything and just let some of my youngsters grow up. Gold - And then there are the rejects. Solid blue hen - love her disposition. Comb totally wrong. Thinks she's a lap dog. Eggs taste good.

The last black "Brahmas" I bought laid green eggs and had single combs. I don't know if anybody has any nice ones.

I laugh at all these chicken and/or egg commercials that advertise vegetarian fed chickens - then I look outside the window and see my flock playing tug-of-war with a frog or catch-me-if-you-can with a rather large insect or whatever they might have found. I just started feeding my flock wet...

I bred her to a blue partridge.

The original hen came from what I was told was a lemon pyle egg - This is her son -

I haven't decided yet. Right now all I have is a lemon pyle rooster and a blue partridge rooster, so there's not much to experiment with there. I am going to be getting a good either light Brahma rooster or a blue Columbian, but until I do, she's just a yard bird. I really think there's just...

My first solid white LF Brahma, totally accidental, just breeding Brahma to Brahma. Comb wrong, tail no good, not enough feathering on feet ... but her eggs taste good!

My Brahmas lay at 7-1/2 months at the earliest, and more usually around 8-1/2 to 9 months. My cockerels usually start crowing and approaching the girls at 7-ish months.

Don't worry about it Tim - no offense taken. I just figured it's too early for a Snickers.

Soft vulture hocks is a term I learned from a judge years ago who disqualified one of my chickens. I guess it is a judgment call.

You're welcome. Believe me, I've had lots of experience with vulture hocks! My first birds came from Wales, where vulture hocks are the standard. I have been breeding for years now to try to keep the huge size but get rid of the VH.

Notice the feathers sticking out from behind at the "knee" in the cockerel in the back. The front one has them, too, but they are softer and lay down instead of sticking out. Those are vulture hocks. Now look at Rocky. He has more of a "pantaloons" look. No vulture hocks.

It's hard to tell. It looks to me like he has some soft vulture hocks. I know these pictures aren't that great, but you can see there's plenty of foot and leg feathering, but they don't have the vulture hocks. If you look at the cockerel in the rear, you can see his feathers above the hock...

Sounds good, now if I can only find a decent dark. My only hen is around 8 years old and lays very sporadically. Lately her eggs have been infertile, anyway.

Sorry, Tim, I'm a babe in the woods when it comes to genetics. I've just been breeding different Brahmas to Brahmas and experimenting with colors. I have gotten some pretty colors, but the type is not right. Now that I'm trying to get serious about type, I can see I have lots to learn!

Well, I guess I just need to make sure they never turn around - Thanks! At least I seem to have gotten rid of the vulture hocks - two steps forward, one step backward.

One of my latest pullets. I'm thinking she's wide enough. Is the tail okay? It's sort of a U. Papa

I'm not Tim, but YES that's true! I have been battling vulture hocks for years as my original stock came from the UK, where they are preferred. I kept breeding them because I loved the colors and size, but even now, years later after breeding back to clean hocks, every now and then one pops...