Cyneswith
Songster
This is theoretical, but I'd like to hear opinions, because I LOVE color genetics. Not sure if this is the right forum
I've always been a fan of genetics, and I was unaware of both the ZZ/Zw arrangements for birds and the vast array of feather coloration/marking genes (ZZ males makes the breeding process faster). If I had been, I would've been more into chickens than horses as a teen, and that's saying something.
I'm thinking about attempting to create a lemon-laced orpington (buff/cream with black lining, by breeding silver laced over buff) or a new line of Isabel-laced orpingtons (gold laced over lavender). The lemon laced is more tempting because even the "cast offs"/incomplete versions are super cool looking, and I've no intention of becoming a pro at this (selling my pullets as layers and cockerels for, ahem, where cockerels tend to end up doesn't really bother me.) Isabel laced would, I think, be harder to achieve with homelier cast-offs, and it's been done well before... but it's really pretty and possibly worth it.
(I'm not a fan of barred plymouth rocks - yet - but speckledhen's project is fascinating to me. And I'm ooh-ing and aah-ing over the refinements, too.)
My questions:
What color/type would YOU like to breed for?
Between lemon-laced and a new US Isabel-laced line, which would be more interesting to you?
Have you bred for anything? Is there a project you are watching?
Does anyone know of an existing lemon-laced line? (Any breed.)
I've always been a fan of genetics, and I was unaware of both the ZZ/Zw arrangements for birds and the vast array of feather coloration/marking genes (ZZ males makes the breeding process faster). If I had been, I would've been more into chickens than horses as a teen, and that's saying something.
I'm thinking about attempting to create a lemon-laced orpington (buff/cream with black lining, by breeding silver laced over buff) or a new line of Isabel-laced orpingtons (gold laced over lavender). The lemon laced is more tempting because even the "cast offs"/incomplete versions are super cool looking, and I've no intention of becoming a pro at this (selling my pullets as layers and cockerels for, ahem, where cockerels tend to end up doesn't really bother me.) Isabel laced would, I think, be harder to achieve with homelier cast-offs, and it's been done well before... but it's really pretty and possibly worth it.
(I'm not a fan of barred plymouth rocks - yet - but speckledhen's project is fascinating to me. And I'm ooh-ing and aah-ing over the refinements, too.)
My questions:
What color/type would YOU like to breed for?
Between lemon-laced and a new US Isabel-laced line, which would be more interesting to you?
Have you bred for anything? Is there a project you are watching?
Does anyone know of an existing lemon-laced line? (Any breed.)
