Giant Silkie Project.

[Egg Snatcher]

Bigfoot has Vulture Hocks, he has two copies. The oddball Silkie chick doesn't have them.

Doesn’t the mom also need to have a copy too?

 

[MysteryChicken]

Doesn’t the mom also need to have a copy too?

No, vulture hocks are dominant.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Vulture hocks are actually recessive, not dominant. So Bigfoot could still be the father.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Vulture hocks are actually recessive, not dominant. So Bigfoot could still be the father.

Not from what I've seen. Bigfoot's father was a Mille Fleur/OEGB cross. He has vulture hocks.

Unless there's both, recessive, & dominant vulture hocks.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

I don't see vulture hocks on that bird. Are you sure you know what vulture hocks are?

 

[MysteryChicken]

I don't see vulture hocks on that bird. Are you sure you know what vulture hocks are?

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Yes, I do. His aren't large like a D'uccle.

 

[MysteryChicken]

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

...Those aren't vulture hocks, then? Vulture hocks are very long and stiff feathers off the hock joint. The picture I posted is what vulture hocks look like.

 

[MysteryChicken]

...Those aren't vulture hocks, then? Vulture hocks are very long and stiff feathers off the hock joint. The picture I posted is what vulture hocks look like.

They over lap the hocks, & are stiff. They're just not really long.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

That's still not vulture hocks no matter how much you want it to be. Most likely that's just a result of one of the leg feathering genes.