BYC Genetic/Breed Calculator Huge Task Ahead!

[Dawnclucks22]

Ok, here goes.
Hen:

Rooster:

 

[CarpCharacin]

Yes please, as this user has said that he/she doesn't want to lose it Thanks

OK, I added it to the first post.

 

[Dawnclucks22]

That's alright. if you want I can trace over your hand drawings in medibang later.

Go ahead, I think I'll try drawing other breeds too though. Did you see my updated versions? I didn't color it in because it's for the Calculator and there are so many different varieties.

 

[Rose Quartz]

Pink eggs. Inside. I guess my d'Anvers have that gene. What about brown eggs with white speckles?View attachment 1436837

Wow that's so cool. I'm pretty convinced at this point that the pink is just a variant of brown, and that's what I intend to put in the notes.
check this video out when you get a chance.

eta: the white speckles are likely the cuticle/bloom

 

[Rose Quartz]

Ok, here goes.
Hen:
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Rooster:
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Awesome! I'm wondering where these should be put so they don't get buried. I'll add them in to the multi-quote update I'm doing for now.

 

[Dawnclucks22]

Leghorns!

 

[Rose Quartz]

Im not sure. want to see if you can figure out if "tinted" eggs mean they are colored with brown all the way through the shell?

Im guessing that must be what it means, but i havent tried finding an answer to that yet. Im not really sure how to look for that info.

.... I'm getting sucked back into this theorizing on egg shells thing... I wonder if egg shells are lighter not because they are using less pigment, but because the pigment is being stretched through the whole shell, instead of just on the outside, and that's why darker eggs (brown) seem to all be whiter on the inside than the lighter brown ones.

 

[Rose Quartz]

No idea. Want a fellow researcher?

I think part of the problem is that few people have the same definition of a "pink" egg. Also, I'm thinking that if a hen can eat things and make her yolk yellower, the brown inside (palisade?) may be a similar thing with the shells—not genetics as much as the material the hen has to work with.

I think I've got the egg colors covered now. We'll be starting on the plumage color before too long.

 

[Dawnclucks22]

.... I'm getting sucked back into this theorizing on egg shells thing... I wonder if egg shells are lighter not because they are using less pigment, but because the pigment is being stretched through the whole shell, instead of just on the outside, and that's why darker eggs (brown) seem to all be whiter on the inside than the lighter brown ones.

It honestly fascinates me how people can determine genes and what causes speckles etc. Genetics have always been interesting to me and poultry genetics is something I'd like to study on my own sometime.

 

[Rose Quartz]

It honestly fascinates me how people can determine genes and what causes speckles etc. Genetics have always been interesting to me and poultry genetics is something I'd like to study on my own sometime.

When we're done here we can all probably point you in the right direction for what websites we used. I find it super interesting too