Hmm...I'm curious about breeding my chickens.

[farmgirl1995]

I love chickens Yay college!!!

 

[greathorse]

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If the answer is "nothing serious" you have answered your question about creating a breed. It is a life long event. You can cross chickens and hatch chicks to your hearts content and you may get some very nice and colorful chickens, but creating a breed is a whole new thing entirely.

good luck with college

 

[BunnyMomma]

Lovely advise! I enjoy knowing that dedicated people are working so hard on the new genetic projects. They can do all of the hard work, and we can eventually benefit from it by adding the new breeds to our backyards!
Bunny

 

[farmgirl1995]

So say that I did want to create a new breed. What am I looking at here? What would I need to know?

 

[Gallusfarm]

I think a Cell Biology and Genetics 101 class would be a great introduction. Because you need to understand genetics in general before you can really get into genetics of the fowl. These classes aren't a piece of cake, at least to me they weren't.

Who knows, since you're young and ambitious, you may very well create your own breed or variety. And with advances in genetic engineering, who knows what tools you will be able to utilize in 20 years... Doing research projects at a university is a great way to go.

 

[farmgirl1995]

I'm seriously going to look into this. Thank you for the encouragement