Brahma Thread

[sharebear29]

hmmmmmmmm. I was kind of hoping the females would be white...but that's very interesting. I'm definitely going to do this. Thank you.

 

[Helen in the Desert]

Can someone explain or show pictures of Vulture Hocks and Good Hocks?

Thanks

 

[snowbird]

hmmmmmmmm. I was kind of hoping the females would be white...but that's very interesting. I'm definitely going to do this. Thank you.

If you want light female use a light male over Buff female. Always use a male in the color you want to work with

 

[chickee]

A few of my favorites out of my 8 Neff line bantam buff Brahma chicks. Am I on the right track?

 

[Tim63]

That's fine in your own personal flock. It's when people decide to sell, or give away birds carrying this recessive fault that further degrades the variety. I am guilty of it as well. If I could go back in time, I would have held off another couple years before allowing any silver laced off my place. I thought I had bred the vulture hocks out, but apparently a male I used still carried a hidden copy. This resulted in some vulture hocked birds being out there, which would have been correctable with proper breeding, culling, and time. Which seems to be a lot to expect of some folks.

I'm finding the VHs are pretty easy to cull for in my Bantam Darks. The VHs are immediatly apparant when the chicks start to feather. I hatched about 40 total and culled down to 5 pretty quickly. Jimmy Rust says his this years hatch is about 95%VH free. They are pretty hard to get rid of as many birds do carry a recessive copy. Ruthless culling is key.

Nice looking birds 4-HMom! You guys are doing great.

Tim

 

[Tim63]

A few of my favorites out of my 8 Neff line bantam buff Brahma chicks. Am I on the right track?

Still look a bit young. I like the heads on the females and the top line on the lone female in the second photo. The male still looks a bit green. Males are a little slower to mature in the bantam buffs in my opinion. You are sure enough on the right track.

Tim

 

[CluckyCharms]

Can someone explain or show pictures of Vulture Hocks and Good Hocks?

Thanks

x 2 for me - that would definitely be useful...pictures in particular. I know the 'explanation' of vulture hocks but I'm a visual learner - would be nice to see comparison photos.

 

[Sjisty]

Here is a good example of vulture hocks - Notice the feathers hanging down from the back of his "knees."



This is much better - more like pantaloons.

 

[CluckyCharms]

Here is a good example of vulture hocks - Notice the feathers hanging down from the back of his "knees."



This is much better - more like pantaloons.

Thank you muchly for the photos! So - for those who are diligent and determined breeders of brahmas - do they cull everything that has vulture hocks and keep the ones that do not, for their breeding program? I would think that would be the only way to avoid having them at all in a certain lineage, yes? Ouch that'll be hard.

 

[Helen in the Desert]

Here is a good example of vulture hocks - Notice the feathers hanging down from the back of his "knees."



This is much better - more like pantaloons.

NOW I get it. Thank you so much!