genetics

  1. realenthusiast

    Anyone know more of the Genetics behind these Buff Silkie chicks?

    I have a pair of breeder birds I'm using to help start my own exhibition flock of Buff Silkies, and Ive gotten some odd looking chicks off of them. I completely understand that Buff is more of an ongoing project variety, and doesn't always give consistent results, but if anyone can explain the...
  2. shelabobby

    Strange Curved Feather Growth - 18 Weeks Old

    Okay this is Abby she's a Black Australorp and is 18 weeks today. I noticed that her feathers are growing differently from all the other chickens old and new. They are like at an angle growing from the left to right in a spiral on her neck to her breast. Her back/side feathers seem normal. When...
  3. Wallas

    Comb type

    I have two naked neck houdan cross. The comb on one is very small and doesn't resemble the normal comb type of either parent. I only had 2 hatch from this batch of eggs one got the crest and naked neck and this odd comb. The other has a fully feathered neck, no crest, a beard and single comb...
  4. Fallenone05

    What am I

    I bred a Blue Copper Marans to my flock. I know her mom is one of my pea combed hens, and that leaves me a couple of options; Buff Brahma Splash Oliver Egger mixes (2 different hens) Splash Brahma Green Queen mix Lavender Ameraucana A blue/red Easter Egger (idk how to describe her other than...
  5. The Sniper

    Genetics question

    How do you know the genetic makeup of your birds If I buy 5 buff orps from each of the 3 major hatcheries in the area, Cackle, Hoover, and Murray, and buy 5 buff orps from a random breeder guy in Texas, how do I know what are the recessive traits in the birds Will they all be the same...
  6. V

    Feather sexing week old chicks?

    Hi everyone! I hatched out some chicks on the 3rd and 4th of July and am trying to see if they can be feather-sexed or sexed through any other visual clues. Each of these chicks has the same dad, a silver phoenix rooster, but different moms: a white crested black polish hen, a splash blue...
  7. newchickychick

    Toe count - genetic?

    So one of our mystery chicks from Cackle Hatchery was a Crazy Cackle Toppie. It's got a really fun personality so far. But I noticed it's got five toes on one foot (the one splits into two horizontally where Silkies' toes do) but on the other foot, it only has four toes. I was just mildly...
  8. RossAcres

    ALERT! We have a genetic anomaly!

    Prepare yourselves. I have a suprise. I just hatched out a SILVER Cayuga. That's right. A SILVER Cayuga. Their parent stock are black Cayugas. I was under the impression that Cayugas were black and only black. But this little guy just hatched out and he is silver. I'm talking with all of my...
  9. newchickychick

    Newbie question - frizzle x frizzle carrier?

    Let me preface with I definitely know to never cross frizzle x frizzle! <3 We've ordered some frizzle bantam cochins. "therefore it is possible to order frizzles and receive some chicks that do not appear to be frizzled, although they carry the frizzle gene." this is on the website about it. So...
  10. Kimballs Coops

    Lavender/Paint Silkie Genetics

    Hello! I’m new to this and am planning on breeding silkies next year. I’m trying to plan all my separate pens. I wanted to have white silkies and lavenders. So I was going to get a white split lavender rooster with white only girls. Then I saw paints and realize I really want those too! Some...
  11. Fallenone05

    who is my momma?

    Hello! I hatched a chick who started solid blue but now has some gold leakage, specifically on his head. The dad is a blue copper marans. momma hens are any of these; The chick in question; There's also this little weirdo - she has black popping up but also red?? I'm wondering if my buff...
  12. Livia Ammon

    What genetics do these chickens have?

    I had a pretty black and white roo with cream feathers on his hackles, and bred him against an orange hen with black Colombian markings. They are both Whiting True Blues. I have 6 of their offspring in an incubator ready to hatch, but I can’t contain my curiosity about what color(s) they will...
  13. Swiftchicks_13

    Polish breeding

    I currently breed D'uccles but have taken a friends splash polish in because she wants some chicks and I have a polish roo. My question is what chicks would we get from a white capped black polish rooster and a splash polish hen? Can anyone explain the genetics and possible chicks we could get...
  14. Waddlewoods

    Crested Appleyards x Snowy Runner - Genetics

    My ducks still have yet to lay me an egg this year so I'm back with another question about genetics to fill the void. 🙈 1. Crested Apple Yard Hen with my Snowy Runner Drake... 2. Ancona Coloured Runner Drake. He's my fav drake and I can't seem to hatch any ducklings like him. I'm hoping the...
    • Waddlewoods
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    • #breedingducks #duckgenetics #genetics duckcolour duckgenetics genetics
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    • Forum: Ducks
  15. D

    Question about paint silkies

    I found a chart online that shows what colors you get from breeding a paint silkie to a chocolate silkie however I am wondering if this chart is accurate if the hen is a black that came from a paint pen. If I cross my black silkie hen to my chocolate rooster will I get paints or inly black roos...
  16. FAFOfarm

    Duck genetics, selling ducklings

    Hello There! I have multiple questions and I am not sure where else to look! I can find plenty of information on chicken genetics but not as much on ducks. At what point can you run into issues with fathers breeding daughters, brother sister, etc? I have a trio of Cayuga (1 drake, 2 hens) and...
    • FAFOfarm
    • Thread
    • cayuga duck duckling genetics sell
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Ducks
  17. JesWith3

    Ameraucana Genetics Clarification

    Which color Ameraucana parents would produce 50% Silver - 25% Black - 25% Splash? Would ANY pairing be able to produce this percentage of these colors? I purchased a dozen hatching eggs from someone who appears to be at least an honest seller. She has very good feedback, but that probability...
  18. M

    Will a call duck and a standard duck make a small or a standard duck.

    I would like to add some smaller exotic ducks to my flock and my one friend has a rouen call duck hen that has been fertilized by a Pekin drake. I am going to buy the eggs off of him. Would the ducklings be call duck size, standard size, or In the middle?
    • MikeTheRouen
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    • call duck duck breeding genetics
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    • Forum: Ducks
  19. M

    How do I create a pure white Turken?

    I have searched all over the internet and in stores and can’t seem to find anybody that is selling pure white turkens. (McMurray used to but isn’t selling them this year) So my question is, how do I achieve this myself? I already own red/buff Turken hens and was hoping I could breed them with my...
  20. couplepekins

    Curious what a pilkie x pekin bantam looks like

    Hello, I have a hen who is a silkie x pekin and a rooster who is a pure pekin. My hen, daphne, looks like a pekin but with a silkie bowl-cut hairdo. I was curious if anyone has had this combo before and how the chicks ended up looking? I feel like they would look just like a pekin. 🐣 Thanks!
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