books on chicken genetics??

[Chickies]

does anyone know of any books on chicken genetics? i'd like to get into breeding at some point, but that point is kinda far off at the moment

anyway, i want to learn all about chx genetics but i need all the info in one place (a book) in order for my brain to process it successfully.

any suggestions?

 

[SeramaLife]

Some simple genetics books are being sold through the SCNA. Here is thee book webpage: http://www.chickencolours.com/index.html also you can find the chicken color calculater on this webpage it is a great tool. Here is where you can order the book in the USA: http://scnaonline.org/color_genetics_book.php

 

[MoodyChicken]

Genetics of the Fowl, by Hutt. It's 30 or 40 years old, but still very true, just different terms today. It's about $30. It goes into everything from comb genetics, to color genetics, to egg laying genetics. There's another THICK book, thick like you could use it as a murder weapon thick, that's really great. But it costs an arm, leg, and kidney, so...

 

[Krys109uk]

Grant Brereton has published a book 21st Century Poultry Breeding. Golden Cockerel Press I think, probably available at Amazon. Knowing Grant I imagine his book would be well written.

 

[Krys109uk]

Not trying to be rude but Hutt's book has a fair bit that is out of date & would be pretty confusing & inaccurate for people wanting to learn colour genetics.

For a technical approach Poultry Breeding & Genetics, edited by Crawford, published by Elsevier Science has most things & generally up to date or there's Genetics & Evolution of the Domestic Fowl , by Lewis Stevens, published by Cambridge University Press

 

[MoodyChicken]

I found Hutt's book very useful, but I did have to do a lot of outside research to clarify the recent information. So yes, it is confusing if you're totally green to genetics. It was the most affordable one I could find though.

Isn't the Crawford book rediculously expensive? I remember I found a book online for $400 by Crawford. Mabye not the same one though.

 

[Krys109uk]

Yes, Poultry Breeding & Genetics is expensive I bought mine in Europe, I think it was over 100GBP, I don't know the price here. Also PBG has a lot of info which probably isn't needed by most hobby breeders & takes for granted that one knows a certain amount about genetics to begin with.
Steven's book is cheaper than PBG but along a similar vein.
I imagine Grant Brereton's book will have been geared for people in the fancy & will probably be more user friendly than PBG anyway. I believe Grant's book is about 30USD. Probably the best bet.
Also Dr.Clive Carefoot's "Creative Poultry Breeding" is a wealth of valuable information, written in an easily understandable style but sadly this book is like gold dust.

Kaz from Australia had a really nice genetics website which explained everything very nicely, but it seems to have moved. Does anyone have an up to date link for her site?

 

[Fancie]

GENETICS OF THE FOWL

I bought this book. It was recommended by this site. Haven't got it yet thou....