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    Chicken Genetics outside of Breeds

    This is not at all relevant to my post but: For those of you looking for some basic information about feathering types, feather distribution, and feather growth Chicks n Stuff has kindly linked a facebook post about it.
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    Chicken Genetics outside of Breeds

    I'm looking for some in-depth help charting out what patternings are the result of what combination of genes. For some extra context I'm using a slightly simplified system by grouping the MC1R alleles into 5 major groups based on the percentage of black pigment displayed when all other modifying...
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    Cutiepie Chicken Breed project.

    No, just some are very small. Others are medium, when/if I add Minorca I'm planning to use a standard size because I would like the full range. A lot of my latest generation have been in the 2-3kg range.
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    Cutiepie Chicken Breed project.

    I can't buy a new house, I don't have that kind of money, and I live in Australia, the pool is limited in the first place so many of my replacement birds would have to come from the very same breeders. My prediction is starting over will be starting over with the same problem no matter what I...
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    Cutiepie Chicken Breed project.

    To start I have to address the bad news. I lost more chickens that I care to think about due to at least 3 different infections running loose through my flock. I was also dealing with painful and extremely debilitating health issues myself and could not get any of them under control. We had an...
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    Cutiepie Chicken Breed project.

    I'm doing something a little odd with my CutiePies and selecting for shape but not size. One of my hens is 2.5kg and has the exact same shape as her 800g great grandmother.
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    Yellow earlobes?

    She is most likely just yellow skinned, if you you a look at some of the show leghorns you may see the same yellow ears. The yellow is removed while hens lay starting at the vent and working its way up the body to her head, then when they go off the lay the colour returns starting at the vent...
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    Cutiepie Chicken Breed project.

    2020 Was a very hard year on my flock, and due to my own health problems I really dropped the ball on tracking parentage. However the CutiePie project is still moving forward. I have a new batch of roosters that are promising and several very nice hens. I'll update with pictures some time this...
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    "breed true"??

    Its simply that if you bred two matching ones together the chicks would not look like the parents. It can be that they will be nothing like the parents, or just certain features like feather colour, egg colour or body shape. That means they dont breed true. "Pure breeds" breed true.
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    White crested black silkies? Can it be done?

    White crest has been speculated to be a form of mottling so it makes sense they are only showing in F2. I really recommend watching carefully that the beaks stay black cause mottling strips out the fibro easily. Im very excited to see how you go :)
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    CAN HEN TURN INTO ROO?!?!?!

    Im going to play devil's advocate and say they probably just looked for a picture that looked like what she did look like. Most people don't take pictures of their run of the mill chickens, its only in hindsight they found a need for pictures. But hens turning into the rooster phenotype isn't...
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    How are you feeling today?

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    How do 5 toe genetics work?

    For the sake of people finding this now and the future let me clear this up! Polydactylism is a dominant gene with variable expression, some of which is controlled by additional unrelated genes. This means that a chick with the gene will probably have 5 toes. But can have 6 & 6 toes, 6 & 4 toes...
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    New Silkie Flock

    You can expect at least mostly all black chicks. In aus I know silkies are all partridge and use other melanizing genes to make them black rather than just extension. So.. if they are not homozygous for the melanizers then you may find a few brown partridge chicks amongst the black chicks and...
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    Chickens screaming like teenagers

    I have a few hens that do this also! And I know what the want too, they are calling for roosters. Sometimes you can satisfy them with a good stong backrub. But usually when they are that "thirsty" only a real rooster will do. Good luck!
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