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Oh groan..............really I don't like being offensive or challenging, but I just can't seem to let things slide, so here I go..........again.................do you have a goal? I mean with what you're crossing? What I'm saying is, past the first generation (F1) there is no calculator that can help you with predicting what you're going to get from a "cross" between two purebred birds. Your F2 generation is going to be pure mess/hodge-podge and totally unrecognizable as anything remotely related to the original birds. Unless you are using an outcross to acquire a particular trait from that breed, there is little reason to mix purebred birds. IMHO
I do hope you'll take this in the spirit it is intended which is care and concern for the breeds and the welfare of our birds. I hope that we all can benefit from this thread and keep an open mind to looking at a different approach to breeding practices. If I've misunderstood you're intention, I'm truly sorry, I'll let this be a general statement about my beliefs on "designer chickens."
LOL, no I do understand what you are saying. I am not crossing anything without a purpose but there are a million posts on here that ask, "What do I get if I cross This with This" and someone always comes up with an answer and I have no idea how they do it. It was my understanding that the calculator could get you past the F1 generation or so I am told, not that I have ever figured it out. I do have birds that I have crossed to with a "goal" in mind as you put it and I am doing fairly well with my projects, I didn't really need a chicken calculator to do it or all the genetic knowledge just some good advice from other people.
