Okay, went through the hand out from the March 2014 Genetics seminar that Grant Brereton had in Morganton NC, and didn't locate a reference to this basic bird -- somehow I think it was a silkie..? I'll look again later. Maybe it was a bird that had none of the wild-type genes and all of the...
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Thanks for starting this thread Miami Leghorns. Ridgerunner, great insights in your post. This is going to be interesting!
Some folks have great patience with test breeding -- and as Ridgerunner states that is probably the only way to learn what is in any one particluar chicken...