genetics

  1. myawesomepullets

    Some Questions About Chicken Genetics

    Hey! I'm continuing my quest to learn chicken genetics. I want to know more about silkie, frizzle, and sizzle alleles, mainly the frizzle/sizzle ones. I know that H+/H+ and H+/h would be normal (non-silkie) feathering, and h/h is silkie feathering, but I don't know how the frizzle/sizzle...
  2. Cloverr39

    Are weird wings genetic?

    My roo has wings that sort of stick out and look messy. I think some of his primary feathers are going over his secondary. I just hatched out his first chicks and the oldest (around 9-10 days) has wings that stick out. I do have 1 hen with wings that always stay a little bit open. Like she can't...
  3. Cloverr39

    What would it take to make a new breed?

    Okay so I won't actually be attempting to make a new breed anytime soon as I'm still a minor and I don't have the space either, but I do one day want to attemt to create a new breed. How are new breeds created? And what are all the F1 and F2?? I guess I just need someone to explain how it works...
  4. A

    Color leakage- how did it come into existence?

    Hello! I am looking to learn more about color leakage on chickens but there isn't very much information I can find. Does anyone know how color leakage came into existence and anything about this type of genetic?
  5. Cloverr39

    What is color leakage? Why is it bad?

    I have black silkie roosters with gold and silver leakage. What does color leakage mean? I was told it gives you a better idea of their genetics, but how exactly? I just need someone to explain it to me. And why is it not wanted in breeding? I'm about to hatch a couple chicks from my black...
  6. All4Eggz

    Some Questions About Egg Genetics in Chickens - Questions About Genetics (Ask questions!)

    I have a few questions about genetics in chickens. Anyone else with questions about general genetics in chickens- feel free to ask them in this thread and possibly some experts will chime in. @aart @MysteryChicken @JacinLarkwell @Overo Mare @Rhodebar Lover @ColtHandorf @LadiesAndJane...
  7. CrazyCrevecoeur

    Mystery: Turken born with feathered neck?!

    Somehow, and I’m dumbfounded by this, the Turken x Ameraucana mix which hatched has neck feathers?! I may be mistaken, but for the longest time I’ve known for a fact that the Turken gene in chickens is always dominant, no matter what the cross is? Am I right? I thought that they only needed one...
  8. CrazyCrevecoeur

    Crested Chickens in Breeding

    Hello. Just wondering if anyone knew about genetics and breeding say, an Ameraucana rooster with a Crevecoeur hen, and if it would result in crested offspring? No way to tell for sure if the eggs are definitely a Crevecoeur or just an Andalusian or leghorn, but best guess says two in the...
  9. wolf-deer88

    Mauve Silkie

    What colors make a mauve silkie? And what should you breed back to it?
  10. Fae Forest Farm

    Creating the Corvalla! A chicken that looks like a crow

    Those who free range their chickens have had problems or fears with regards raptors preying on the flock, whether they are hawks, eagles or owls. There are a number of deterrent ideas to utilize, one of which being to put crow decoys around which need to be consistently moved around and cannot...
  11. SapphireHill

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  12. wolf-deer88

    How to know if a silkie is true black?

    I mean, without breeding to white. I'm thinking about ordering some black silkies from Ideal Poultry and I wanna know if I'm getting a true black. They state on their website that their chicks are purebred so does that mean that the black silkies have no blue in their genes? Thanks in advance.
  13. myawesomepullets

    Learning Genetics?

    I want to learn chicken genetics. I already know the ins and outs of dominant traits, recessive traits, codominance, incomplete dominance, and multiple alleles, etc, I understand them pretty well. I just have no idea how to jump into learning about chicken genetics, it seems very daunting. Do...
  14. wolf-deer88

    Is my paint silkie a purebred?

    So a purebred paint silkie has to be the offspring of two purebred paints, right? My paint rooster's parents were lavender and white, so is he not pure? As y'all can tell I'm terrible with chicken genetics. 😆 Thanks in advance!
  15. Goosey Girl

    Sebastopol crossed

    Looking to increase my small gaggle with pretty additions. I have 3 mixed geese that are half white Sebastopol / half pomeranian saddleback (probably all female). Also have 3 colored Sebastopol - one male lavender, one male buff, and one female buff. They are all 8+ months old and the males are...
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  16. ChickenLeg

    Spiral (clan) Linebreeding

    So spiral breeding is a pretty simple technique to keep a wide diversity in a flock with a slower progression of desired traits than from other linebreeding programs. A single pair linebreeding program is a great way to keep a line going for 4 generations off a single pair before adding new...
  17. B

    Buff splash silkies

    Hey everyone :) has anyone else ever hatched buff splash silkies? I have a few this colour and I’d love to see if anyone has adults this colour
  18. Bluebell81

    Naked Neck Silkie Cross

    I have a Cock that came from a Naked Neck Mom & a Silkie Dad. He was born with neck feathers instead of without. If I bred him to a Silkie Hen, would any of the chicks from that be born without neck feathers or would all of those chicks have neck feathers like him? Pic is of him:
  19. kurby22

    Frizzle Cochin genetics question??

    I have a few “barnyard mix” chickens and I’m wondering about my girl Ms. Frizzle and thought I’d ask to gain a better understanding of the frizzle gene. Her mother was a blue Cochin and there are several possible fathers. The mom was a normal smooth feathered Cochin. If I understand the...
  20. The-White-Elephant

    What breed would I get?

    Hello! I don’t Have an incubator first of all, so my only chance of getting chicks, is If I get a broody hen, which I really hope happens. So I have Black on white laced Cochin, and an Appenzeller Spitzhauben Rooster. I would like to know how the chicks might end up looking like if the hen goes...
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