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  1. 3riverschick

    What's the difference between a "breed" and a "hybrid" in chicken taxonomy?

    More than welcome. I spent 15 years in the dog world breeding collies. Retired the kennel in 2009. I found poultry to be a whole different world. Esp. because in poultry the male has XY and the female XX. Plus all the sex linked genes. And ...the fact ratios and placement of color aren't...
  2. 3riverschick

    What's the difference between a "breed" and a "hybrid" in chicken taxonomy?

    Here are some of my fav "technical" books on poultry and animal breeding. Technical in the sense they dispense fact and not opinion. Ms. Derry specializes in the history of animal breeding. This is her first book: Bred for Perfection: Shorthorn Cattle, Collies, and Arabian Horses since 1800...
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    What's the difference between a "breed" and a "hybrid" in chicken taxonomy?

    OK....so what then is a "hybrid" chicken? ================== Forget Carl Linnaeus for a moment. He is not necessary to answer your question. Neither is it expedient to extrapolate back to the beginnings of Gallus Gallus. You need go no further back than the beginning of the purebred animal...
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