- Sep 12, 2012
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I found a good resource yesterday for the actual color genetics on chickens. It explained the various genes involved, the phenotypes associated with the genes, etc.
http://www.hpbaa.com/Genetics.html
But now I have a question involving breeding as well. If you have a pair of chickens from the same breed (let's say Polish), but different COLORS, are they still acceptable according to breed standards if you breed them? For example, a buff polish, and a white-crested black polish are bred together. I don't know which is dominant so we will SAY the offspring inherit dominant genes from the black one, so they're all white-crested black. But then THEIR offspring (assuming they are bred together) can produce buff again. Does this disqualify them from showing? I see a lot of standards state that the chicken "must breed true to their color". So obviously those 50/50 offspring wouldn't, because they could throw buffs. Or is this not correct?
Does that make them un-showable? Or do they still qualify because they are still purebred Polish chickens?
http://www.hpbaa.com/Genetics.html
But now I have a question involving breeding as well. If you have a pair of chickens from the same breed (let's say Polish), but different COLORS, are they still acceptable according to breed standards if you breed them? For example, a buff polish, and a white-crested black polish are bred together. I don't know which is dominant so we will SAY the offspring inherit dominant genes from the black one, so they're all white-crested black. But then THEIR offspring (assuming they are bred together) can produce buff again. Does this disqualify them from showing? I see a lot of standards state that the chicken "must breed true to their color". So obviously those 50/50 offspring wouldn't, because they could throw buffs. Or is this not correct?
Does that make them un-showable? Or do they still qualify because they are still purebred Polish chickens?
