BYC Genetic/Breed Calculator Huge Task Ahead!

[LilJoe]

You can't....? I haven't given you permission to edit.

You haven't given a gmail account for Cyprus to share the document with

Oh der... no wonder It says VIEW ONLY... if you can't tell... im not a techie.

 

[Kiki]

Yep, I love genetics! I've been interested to know, but never had a reason to go learn. There's still more to learn, but I'm not sure where I can find what I want to know.

genetics books

 

[Amer]

Yay! Didn't get sucked up by a tornado. Neither did Cyrus, that's good. Night!

 

[LilJoe]

*is the only one on here*
*is sad*

 

[Ms Biddy]

I didn't have time to read every page from today but I read most of them and bravo! You're doing such a great job! I don't know genetics, coding or illustrating but I'm very excited about this project and am cheering you on!

 

[Rose Quartz]

I didn't have time to read every page from today but I read most of them and bravo! You're doing such a great job! I don't know genetics, coding or illustrating but I'm very excited about this project and am cheering you on!

actually... are those your eggs in your profile pic?

I've spent all day researching egg genetics (and half the night now cause I can't sleep). if you have any pink eggs having a picture of the inside of the shell, with the membrane removed would be extremely helpful to me.

 

[Ms Biddy]

I would gladly check for you, but my avatar eggs are from a previous flock. My suspicion is that pink eggs are just a light rosy brown color, but you are right to want to check. Our current eggs look like this.

 

[Rose Quartz]

I would gladly check for you, but my avatar eggs are from a previous flock. My suspicion is that pink eggs are just a light rosy brown color, but you are right to want to check. Our current eggs look like this.
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they're pretty.


from what I can tell.... mind you I knew next to nothing yesterday morning.

egg shell color is only, white or blue.
all brown color is a coating over the base shell color.
and the cuticle or bloom is what would give it a pink shade. How ever, the cuticle is not part of the shell, and it's thickness can vary. according to this: https://academic.oup.com/biolreprod/article/97/1/39/3920755
the cuticle doesn't have a color, but it can overlap the timing of when the brown color would be applied to the outside of the egg, making the cuticle take on a color.

what I'm unsure about, is I read someone's post on BYC that their egg from a previously blue egg layer, was now only pink on the outside and the inside, under the membrane.

I wonder if there's anyone with pink eggs around. I don't really have access to my sisters eggs right now. and they are only slightly pink sometimes. I should see her in about a week though I'll have chicks to take to her.

lol that was probably more info than you were expecting.

 

[Ms Biddy]

Lol, thank you for sharing what you learned. Very interesting that the bloom starts colorless but picks up some color along the way. There are purple eggs and gray eggs too. They are amazing, but seem kind of like rare unicorns to me.

So, I searched the topic on BYC and apparently lots of breeds can lay pink eggs, even Barred Rocks. In some cases, maybe pink is in the eye of the beholder. Buuut, while light brown eggs with bloom might look pink and be white shelled inside, I found something interesting on page 7 of this thread. Check it out.

 

[Rose Quartz]

Lol, thank you for sharing what you learned. Very interesting that the bloom starts colorless but picks up some color along the way. There are purple eggs and gray eggs too. They are amazing, but seem kind of like rare unicorns to me.

So, I searched the topic on BYC and apparently lots of breeds can lay pink eggs, even Barred Rocks. In some cases, maybe pink is in the eye of the beholder. Buuut, while light brown eggs with bloom might look pink and be white shelled inside, I found something interesting on page 7 of this thread. Check it out.

It's very light, but it does look like the inside of the shell is pink....

Thanks for looking around for that.