Thanks--those are very helpful answers! It's a complicated project but if I come up with a "short list" of questions I'll post them here. I'm really glad to know about Classroom at The Coop, Sonoran Silkie.
Several months ago I saw a post where a member mentioned that he had some education/training in genetics. Are you out there, or does anyone know who it is? This person's training may have been in genetics other than poultry, but he was knowledgable about chicken breeding. For a project I'm...