Brahma Breeders thread

[Flaisure]

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A frizzle brahma?

 

[PippinChicken]

Hey everyone! Looks like this thread has been quiet for a while but I've got a question for the experienced brahma breeders on here.

I plan to start breeding brahmas in the spring. I got the highest quality birds I could find to start out with, but obviously none are 100% perfect. There's no vulture hocks, split wings, or wrong comb types so they're good on those major defects at least. Everyone carries their wings nice and high too. The areas I can see that are lacking are tail carriage and shape (some low set, and more peaked Us and wide Vs than any really good Us), and some have a weaker brow than they should. Are these traits easier to improve over generations than it is to breed out other undesirable traits, like vulture hocks?

 

[greybird11]

2018 LF pullet

 

[Bluegenes]

Does anyone here ship Brahma eggs (especially colors outside the typical buff, dark and light) or live in Wisconsin? Looking for nice quality that can be bred toward SOP but hopefully still have some utility characteristics left. Now looking to show, just get birds a step above hatchery birds.