Genetics chart, explanation of Chicken Calculator?

[YdogsflY]

I don't mean to spoil the party and all, but genetics are learned through doing. The "Genetic Calculator" is kinda funky. It can never be anything more than a guide and that's pushing it.

 

[Kiki]

I don't mean to spoil the party and all, but genetics are learned through doing. The "Genetic Calculator" is kinda funky. It can never be anything more than a guide and that's pushing it.

I thought it would be better to learn before the doing?
I don't really want to "do" anything but learn the basics for now.

 

[YdogsflY]

I thought it would be better to learn before the doing?
I don't really want to "do" anything but learn the basics for now.

You and me both want to learn the basics. It's never ending.

A chicken that looks the part is that breed. Genes have nothing do with the breed today, only what you know of your flock in most of the chicken stuff around here.

Games and other lines excluded.

 

[WildflowerIndependence]

I don't mean to spoil the party and all, but genetics are learned through doing. The "Genetic Calculator" is kinda funky. It can never be anything more than a guide and that's pushing it.

I’m not set on using the calculator, but as I’ve been trying to research for a breeding program I would like to start, I’ve been frustrated my my lack of understanding with how the variables all play together. I am wanting to breed Mille fleur cochins, but I can’t seem to figure out what birds I need to do various things with the coloring. I’m just trying to get an idea of what existing chickens ‘are’ and how their genetics play together. But to do that I need to know what does what!!

 

[Kiki]

Genes have nothing do with the breed today, only what you know of your flock in most of the chicken stuff around here.

Can you say this a different way please?

 

[YdogsflY]

I’m not set on using the calculator, but as I’ve been trying to research for a breeding program I would like to start, I’ve been frustrated my my lack of understanding with how the variables all play together. I am wanting to breed Mille fleur cochins, but I can’t seem to figure out what birds I need to do various things with the coloring. I’m just trying to get an idea of what existing chickens ‘are’ and how their genetics play together. But to do that I need to know what does what!!

I too am learning the genetics end. The calculator is a basic tool to help, the rest comes through knowledge of your fowl.

 

[YdogsflY]

Can you say this a different way please?

So with the APA who set the standards, if it looks the part, it is that breed. With hatchery stock it's a crap shoot of genes and no guarantee of what you have. You have to breed to know what you have.

 

[Kiki]

So with the APA who set the standards, if it looks the part, it is that breed. With hatchery stock it's a crap shoot of genes and no guarantee of what you have. You have to breed to know what you have.

Thank you. That made more sense to me.

 

[h2oratt]

I.E. chickens have no known pedigree as canines do. You know birds as you breed them.

 

[The Kooky Kiwi]

I'm happy to share/discuss what I've learned about the chicken genetics so far! And be very pleased to have someone else to bounce my own ideas off in return.

I have a very good knowledge of basic genetic "rules" so i'm confident with how things are passed on etc.. (I used to breed parrots).. but i'm still learning how to match theory with practice!