genetics

  1. Frej

    What colour will I get?

    I have lavender orpington and black split orpington roos, and I have some silver and gold laced ladies, i know the lacing is recessive, but what colour would my chicks be if I put these girls with these roos? Can anyone enlighten me?
  2. Cloverr39

    From silkie mix to new breed?

    Every time I post my black silkie/isabel brahma mix online in my local FB groups everyone always asks what her breed is and that she's absolutely gorgeous and they'd want one. I posted something about her being broody and trying to get her to stop and someone said that I should definitely let...
  3. Cloverr39

    I want to start learning budgie color genetics

    Hello! I'm interested in learning a bit about budgie color genetics. I own(ed) 4 budgies. 2 are the parents and 2 are their offspring (R.I.P. Kira). I would love to learn what the different colors are all called and what genetics are behind them. I also have a question on how my blue and green...
  4. proudduckowner22

    Olive Egger Breeding

    Hi, I got F1 olive egger roosters, whose parents are black copper maran and legbar. Was wondering if I bred the roosters to my Lohmann brown hens who lay a nice brown egg, or my buff orpington hens, will I get the green eggs that a olive egger should lay? Thanks!
  5. Cloverr39

    Breeding silkie + 2 other breeds. What to expect?

    Hello! I will be breeding a silkie rooster to a bantam brahma and a frizzle bantam cochin. The 2 non-silkie girls live with my silkies and I figured that since I'm probably gonna accidentally mix their eggs in with the silkie hatching eggs, I might aswell purposely hatch some chicks from them. I...
  6. H

    Breeding Red, Blue, and Black New Zealand Rabbits?

    Hello! I’m getting a trio of new Zealands but can’t decide on color combos. The breeder has Red, Black, and Blue NZs. What should I get??? One of each? What color buck should I pick? (I don’t want to have siblings breed so my doe and buck need to be from different litters) I know nothing about...
  7. hannahsocal

    Advice for breeding BBS (Blue Black Splash) genetics! 🐣

    Calling all BBS breeders and geneticists! After much searching, I have yet to find a single post where there is concise, useful information on bbs breeding - so I’m hopefully starting one here! ☺️ I’m new to the BBS breeding world but am not new to the biology/genetics world, so it would be...
  8. L

    Gold Laced Cochin Bantam x Mottled Cochin Bantam

    What would the offspring of a gold laced cochin bantam over mottled cochin bantam look like?
  9. Cloverr39

    Need some general advice on silkie breeding and your thoughts on my birds

    I first got silkies in summer 2021. I fell in love with the breed so much that I've decided I'm going to start breeding them. I've noticed most silkies in my country (with some exceptions and good breeders) are very off looking. They have smaller crests, very poor foot feathering (it's very rare...
  10. K

    Black Australorp/ Brassy Backed Olde English Bantam hybrid?

    We just got chickens for the first time this year so I am a total novice. We bought a whole flock of hens and a rooster from someone who was moving and couldn't take the birds with them. Early in June we realized one our hens had made a nest in the grass and was sitting on 12 eggs! (We have 25...
  11. ShrekDawg

    Now River Otter's Genetics 101

    I already have a general horse thread (that can be found here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/horses.1529653/) but @OneHappyDuckie wanted me to start one specifically for genetics so here we are lol
  12. Canadian Wind

    Breeding Plans!

    Sorry, this might be long! Any experienced Muscovy breeders want to chime in and give me advice on my breeding plans for next year, please? This is my current flock: Drakes: - Cloud, Blue, Pied - Mist, Blue, light Pied - Jewel, Black, Barred - Latté...
  13. ElizH

    Silked Serama??

    I bought Serama hatching eggs from a breeder two years ago and have been hatching chicks from them since. None of my birds are silked and I have never had a silked chick. Out of nowhere, one of the last chicks to hatch was silked. How does the silked gene work with Seramas? Does this mean one of...
  14. Mihai

    How do you differentiate tiger grizzle from a normal black grizzle?

    Hello! I want to purchase a pair of tiger grizzle but I'm not sure how to differentiate them from black grizzle. So, I tought to ask here. This is the pair i want to purchase (if they are tiger grizzle).
  15. Cloverr39

    Is he dominant white?

    I have this silkie boy. I'm 90% sure his mom was paint and dad was buff (came from a mixed color pen. My guess is based off the photos I was sent). I really want to breed either paints or bbs. I was thinking I'd keep black hens and 2 roos - one blue or blue partridge and this boy. I've been...
  16. Jaeden Mckinley

    Creating my own breed, Breeding project

    I am starting this thread as a journal for a breeding project I have been thinking of for some time. I would like to take my mix of hens and breed them to my buff brahma male until I get the desired bird. My sire has already proven him self over and over again to be a survivor. Goals for the...
  17. Azaia

    Confusion Over Cuckoo / Barring Genetics

    The whole chicken genetics angle is a minefield! I'm trying to work out what I will get in the F2. I call upon anyone that finds genetics a breeze! I'm looking at you @The Moonshiner et al. So here it goes: I crossed a solid blue Orpington male with a black cuckoo Orpington girl. From that...
  18. sapseason

    Silver ducklings from Buff Orpingtons

    Unfortunately, the last couple of ducklings from a failed clutch were found in the coop this morning. Projected hatch date was in a couple of days. Parents are Buff Orpingtons and they have no contact with other ducks. What's really interesting is that both ducklings were pure silver. Last...
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  19. Cloverr39

    What would this color look silked? Is it worth continuing to breed these mixes?

    I hatched 3 black silkie x isabella bantam brahma chicks. They're still very young (one is 5weeks, one is 4 weeks and one is around 2 weeks), but I have a feeling 2 are roos and the youngest will be a pullet. Still no way of knowing. Hoping for at least 1 pullet. If I get a pullet I really want...
  20. Cloverr39

    I have a theory on this silkies possible parents. Could i be right??

    I have a silkie I thought was a dominant white, but he started getting beige in the wing tips, back, neck and a few buffy looking pin feathers at the base of his tail. He also recently got a black feather on his wing. And now there's 2 buff looking feathers in his wings. My theory is that his...
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