I've been goofing around with the Chicken Calculator, and I think I might have a crossbreeding gameplan. But, I want to know more about the genetics of the birds involved first.
For example, the Cuckoo Marans from Murray McMurray, what is the 'extension of black'? 4 options on the calculator...
I'm trying to get a decent size list of good layers who come in this color pattern. I want to work autosexing into a medium size, dual purpose that lays well.
I know sussex at least used to have a brown, but I can't find them (unfortunate, as the sussex personality is my first choice). It looks...
Hello, everyone.
I have stopped keeping chickens, but I decided to start keeping again. I am addicted to these blessed creatures.
I am incubating gold partridge leghorns at the time.
I am going to divide the baby chicks into two groups.
Group A will contain the female chicks.
Group B will...