genetics

  1. hannahsocal

    Red Silkie Genetics? Buff vs Red Genetics?

    Hello! 😄 I’m planning on working on a line of red silkies. It seems like there is a lot of confusion out there on the red/buff genetics, so I’m HOPING (🙏🏼🙏🏼) someone can shed some more light on how it actually works. My limited understanding is that buff genes have red diluters and red genes...
  2. BlessedChaosHomestead

    Runner mating with non-runners?

    Forgive the ignorance and what not. Still new to the poultry/waterfowl world especially with the mating area. We have a male runner duck. We have 2 female runner ducks. (One is almost 12wks, the other laying.) Then we have a hodge podge of different breeds of ducks. Swedish Blue & Black...
  3. WillowRidgeFarm

    Genetics, This Is A Project. What Color Rooster Should I Pair This Hen With?

    So this is a project that I’m working on. I’ve got this beautiful Pencil Laced Satin hen and I’m trying to decide which color rooster would best compliment her color? I would like to produce more of her color pattern. I had one person tell me to pair her with a gray rooster. Thoughts?
  4. PBAndAlice

    Quick Frizzle Genetics Question

    Working on a project about Frizzle chickens for a school Open House and don't wanna look like a moron in front of the whole town so I need some help. I only have simple baseline knowledge of genetics so I don't understand the big words and I'm also getting a lot of mixed info. This is what I...
  5. StepHENanie87

    Black sex link?

    Hi all, I recently hatched out 12 chicks. Possible roosters are New Hampshire red, or Buff Orpington. Possible hens RIR Barred Rock Buff Orpington Silver laced Wyandotte Speckled Sussex. This is one of the hatches I kept, I think it is a black sex link. Im not skilled in crosses or genetics...
  6. Wandering_r0gue

    White coturnix genetics issues?

    I have a question for anyone who can answer... The last four eggs that have hatched, all late, have been pure white quail, and smaller than most that have hatched so far. I have also had to help 2 of them hatch as there were shell issues trapping them in. The question: is there anything in...
    • Wandering_r0gue
    • Thread
    • #genetics #white assisted hatch coturnix genetics late hatch quail small white
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Quail
  7. Oldegarlicshnapp

    Need help planning blue barred/cuckoo genetics

    I’m a total rookie so please correct me where I’m wrong. So the idea is: • Male barred + female blue = female blue bar • Female barred + male blue = male blue bar • female and male blue bar = homogynous My bird of choice is the ko shamo. I know of a breeder that sells blue wheaten’s, but then...
  8. E

    Dun, Khaki, Platinum?

    my brain is fried, trying to understand these genetics. is this correct? can anyone share photos? I'm breeding specifically with silkies and satins, but any pics help. dun x dun = 1/4 khaki, 1/4 black, 1/2 dun dun x blue = 100% platinum
  9. Cloverr39

    How would you go about breeding autosexing into a breed that doesn't have it?

    I'm trying to learn about what causes autosexing and how you would go about breeding it into a breed that doesn't have it. What colors does it work on? How many generations would it take to breed it in? Is there a specific gene that causes it or is it multiple things combined? Where I live the...
  10. T

    What color is this satin silkie?

    What color would this satin silkie be?
  11. Cloverr39

    Will their chicks be sexlinked? Will they be sexlinked by skin color?

    I have a cuckoo silkie hen with light skin and a dominant white silkie roo with dark skin. I know that cuckoo female x non-cuckoo male results in non-cuckoo females and cuckoo males. That would be fine if I bred my hen to a black rooster. But I only have a dominant white rooster. I'm wondering...
  12. E

    White Silkie Genetics?

    I know most silkies are recessive white. however, say I have a black pen and a white pen - can I switch the roosters to see what colors are behind each white, or would there be a better color than black to use?
  13. UpstateSCChickens

    Bielefelder/Black Australorp Cross?

    Wondering if anyone has crossed Bielefelder with Black Australorp? I have a gorgeous Black Australorp Roo that I have thought about crossing with a Bielefelder hen. Curious to know if anyone has and what the results were. Thanks!
  14. WhiteTreeOfGondor

    Best way to crossbreed ducks for egg production

    The genetics forum doesn't seem to be overly busy so I thought I'd post here too :D. I have a small flock of mixed ducks which I will be hatching from this year; mostly just for fun but I would also like to focus on some traits. I am still pretty new to genetics and so far have only learned...
    • WhiteTreeOfGondor
    • Thread
    • duck breeding ducks egg production genetics laying
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  15. WhiteTreeOfGondor

    Best way to crossbreed ducks for egg production

    I have a small flock of mixed ducks which I will be hatching from this year; mostly just for fun but I would also like to focus on some traits. I am still pretty new to genetics and so far have only learned about colour genetics. Is good egg production something that is consistently passed...
  16. K

    Showgirls genetics…

    I just hatched out 7 chocolate showgirls from my chocolate pen. Fun part is I do not have any showgirls in that pen. These chicks are my first batch from the pen and I bought the Chocolate parents as eggs last year from a breeder who does sex-linked and who also has showgirls in her line. My two...
  17. E

    silkied Ameraucanas???

    I JUST learned they exist... and they're purebred! Silkies & Ameraucanas are my "specialty" breeds. tell me more? where they're found? how the heck anyone figured out how to silk an Ameraucana without using a Silkie???!
  18. goatsandpeacocks

    Color variations

    What breed other than silkies is best for playing with varieties? frizzles, naked necks, ear tuft, beards, feet, and of course COLOR! i have a chocolate satin silkie rooster and for hens i have a mille fleur colored showgirl frizzle and a normal mille fleur frizzle, a white showgirl, chocolate...
  19. ElimAcres

    Chocolate Silkie breeding clarification

    I purchased six silkies last fall that were advertised as chocolates. I understand now that quite often chocolate silkies are actually duns. I want to confirm if I have chocolates or duns so my question is this: if I breed these birds together and I get all chocolate colored chicks then I truly...
  20. Cloverr39

    Might add Wyandottes to a barnyard mix flock. What colors to expect now and over time?

    I'm thinking of adding some Wyandottes to this flock of barnyard mixes. They will most likely be silver laced, blue laced red and maybe buff laced if I can find any eggs. I'm planning on putting them in the barnyard mix flock and letting them mix together over the next couple years. I want to...
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