This is a side project I have been wanting to do for a few months. I got an Ayam Cemani rooster back in October from friends, because he was aggressive. This rooster kinda kicked off the whole rabbit hole of chicken genetics for me. Since I am going to breed chickens anyways I might as well...
This is not really a question but more just sharing my experience, since I couldn't find anything similar on the site.
A few days ago I suddenly got 3 eggs on the same day while I though one of my hens had stopped laying years ago. I have 3 hens that lay at the moment a blue barred at least 5...
When I read papers on chickens, especially their genetics, I see a lot of names from Asian breeds that aren't known in the western world. I was wondering if there are books or papers out there describing these local Asian breeds that haven't really left Asia. I am mainly looking for sources with...
So this project has been in the works since October 2024 when I acquired an Ayam Cemani rooster. I thought it would be very fun and interesting to breed him to completely other purebred types of chicken. So I tried to think of representatives for different genetics or groups of chicken. These...
Today my brother gifted me a Silkie as part of my birthday present since I have wanted one to breed with. I wanted a partridge one and voiced this as such. The one I got looks kinda partridge but she has an awful lot of buff, kinda almost columbian looking to me. So is she partridge and what are...
This will be my first post on the forum, so my apologies if my format/storytelling is wrong or I make mistakes. So a few months I started doing a deep dive into the genetics of my flock, since I always just bred with random roosters I got and never kept track of heritage. At this moment in time...