Recently I have been looking in to genetic calculators, however most of them have faulty English and are very old and confusing.I have seen a few threads suggesting that we need something like this, however they are mostly very old.The current calculators I've found are difficult to use, and very outdated. I think that BYC needs it's very own genetic calculator. However it will be a huge task, and it is just a suggestion, however I have done my best to make this experiment/project well fleshed out, and hopefully easy to act on.
What the calculator would need(Suggest anything I may be missing please, etc means I need way more suggestions):
-Comb types(rose,single,walnut,pea)
-Skin colour(black,white,yellow)
-Patterns(cuckoo, columbian, laced, etc)
-Colour(white,blue,buff,grey)
-Feather types(frizzle,smooth,silkie)
-Egg colour(green,pink,tan,white,brown,chocolate,blue)
-Earlobe Colour(white,red,blue)
-Number of toes(four,five)
-Feathered feet(yes or no?)
-Leg colour(green,blue,yellow,grey)
What the project needs:
-Artists/illustrators willing to work on potentially hundreds of images for each breed, colour, and possible offspring variants(I can help with this, as I am an artist and love to draw, although I most certainly can't do everything. So we'll need bases for each breed and feather type, I'll attempt to post bases if this is a go, and If you'd like to help, you can print them and colour them. Or colour them digitally)
-Genetics experts willing to come together to help create this generator, I have almost no knowledge on genetics, however there are so many knowledgeable people on BYC, so if you know about genetics, any help would be amazing.
-Coders, the people needed to put the generator/calculator together. They'll need to iron out bugs, and make sure it is clean and simple to use.
Other thoughts/ideas:
For ease of use there should be a way to choose a breed, and then a colour. However if the bird is an experimental colour or a cross breed there should be a way to choose body type, or breed baseline. There should also be a way to colour individual sections/feathers. Like this(Please note picture is not mine, and something like this wouldn't be the finished project EVER):
Any advice and help would be amazing, and it will truly take alot to make this project possible.
I will post bases when possible, but for the meantime any advice would be great, and if this project becomes reality that would be amazing!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...uge-task-ahead.1252593/page-107#post-20118502
What the calculator would need(Suggest anything I may be missing please, etc means I need way more suggestions):
-Comb types(rose,single,walnut,pea)
-Skin colour(black,white,yellow)
-Patterns(cuckoo, columbian, laced, etc)
-Colour(white,blue,buff,grey)
-Feather types(frizzle,smooth,silkie)
-Egg colour(green,pink,tan,white,brown,chocolate,blue)
-Earlobe Colour(white,red,blue)
-Number of toes(four,five)
-Feathered feet(yes or no?)
-Leg colour(green,blue,yellow,grey)
What the project needs:
-Artists/illustrators willing to work on potentially hundreds of images for each breed, colour, and possible offspring variants(I can help with this, as I am an artist and love to draw, although I most certainly can't do everything. So we'll need bases for each breed and feather type, I'll attempt to post bases if this is a go, and If you'd like to help, you can print them and colour them. Or colour them digitally)
-Genetics experts willing to come together to help create this generator, I have almost no knowledge on genetics, however there are so many knowledgeable people on BYC, so if you know about genetics, any help would be amazing.
-Coders, the people needed to put the generator/calculator together. They'll need to iron out bugs, and make sure it is clean and simple to use.
Other thoughts/ideas:
For ease of use there should be a way to choose a breed, and then a colour. However if the bird is an experimental colour or a cross breed there should be a way to choose body type, or breed baseline. There should also be a way to colour individual sections/feathers. Like this(Please note picture is not mine, and something like this wouldn't be the finished project EVER):
Any advice and help would be amazing, and it will truly take alot to make this project possible.
I will post bases when possible, but for the meantime any advice would be great, and if this project becomes reality that would be amazing!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...uge-task-ahead.1252593/page-107#post-20118502
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