geneology

I'm curious about a breeding experiment I recently thought up. I'm considering breeding welsummers, Bielefelders, and brown leghorns together to create a new breed. I'm mainly wanting a deer Brown hen that's flighty and has a nice sized body for dual purpose. Also an additional trait is the...

I have blue barred and black barred Orpington cockerels. If I cross them with our black orp girl, what should I expect?

I have been researching genetics of Lavender and Cuckoo for about 6 months now. I have finally started incubating and hatching eggs from my Cuckoo Orpington and now that the chicks are here I am not seeing any defined spots like I do on my legbar cross. Backstory: My hen was bred from a cuckoo...

Hi everyone! Not new to chickens but new to breeds other than BYM or your standard feed store dual purpose/layers. I recently decided to work with silkies as well as one other breed. I want to learn the SOP and breed towards it I decided to begin with a black pen for silkies .. I noticed that...

I've been really interested in learning about chicken color genetics and patterns and such. Any good resources out there for a newbie? I've been breeding my backyard flock and since the rooster is white & black, majority of my chicks are white and black... (Hoping to see some colors leaking...