BYC Genetic/Breed Calculator Huge Task Ahead!

[Brahma Chicken5000]

A bit off topic but does anyone know if vaulted skulls in Silkies are dominant or recessive when a Silkie is bred to a non vaulted breed?

 

[chicksonline]

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which colors would you say the parents are?

I can probably give you a ballpark.

Tint one and green3 I would say

 

[Rose Quartz]

Tint one and green3 I would say

which is the male?

edit: actually, that's not going to matter too much for an estimate.

It would probably be around a green 1 or 2.

 

[chicksonline]

which is the male?

The male is the tint one and a green egged Mum


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[Rose Quartz]

The male is the tint one and a green egged Mum


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more likely to be a green 1 then.

I'm not great with diseases. I don't have much experience with adult birds.

 

[chicksonline]

more likely to be a green 1 then.

I'm not great with diseases. I don't have much experience with adult birds.

Okay thanks anyway and we will see about the egg in roughly 2-3 weeks!

 

[Rose Quartz]

Okay thanks anyway and we will see about the egg in roughly 2-3 weeks!

let me know what it is. what I have are mostly guesses based on the minimal research that has been done on chicken egg color.

 

[chicksonline]

let me know what it is. what I have are mostly guesses based on the minimal research that has been done on chicken egg color.

Yes I know the website for chicken colours is awful and there isn’t even an egg one!! I hope this project really happens I think it will be a huge success !

 

[Amer]

which is the male?

edit: actually, that's not going to matter too much for an estimate.

It would probably be around a green 1 or 2.

Wouldn't you also get the possibility of brown eggs?

Yes I know the website for chicken colours is awful and there isn’t even an egg one!! I hope this project really happens I think it will be a huge success !

It's not so bad, but you have to figure out how it works. We are basing the genes off of it but making the calculator easier for beginners to understand.
I sure hope it will be a success.


It's too bad they don't have egg colors. Egg colors are a little too complicated perhaps. You can get a million and three different browns, so you can see where that causes problems. Rose Quartz's egg color chart shows real colors, but uses fictitious names for each tint. Each tint is not controlled by one gene. A lot of it is the color of egg of each parent and the color goes between or sometimes beyond or below her parents darkness of egg.
There are genes for brown and blue, but there are others that are not well known.

 

[Amer]

A bit off topic but does anyone know if vaulted skulls in Silkies are dominant or recessive when a Silkie is bred to a non vaulted breed?

I believe the crest passes on. (But smaller) However the vaulted skull doesn't. I think.