Online Chicken Showing Game

[Poultrybreeder]

The suspense is killin' me. LOL

 

[LilJoe]

I saw you were creating the 'firums' the other day , "Admin"

 

[CountryFlock]

This is a fun easy way to learn a little bit of chicken genetics:
http://kippenjungle.nl/kruisingCQ.html

Colors:
White - (Rec. / 1x Dom / 2x Dom)

Blue/Splash - When a chicken has one 'blue' gene it is blue colored, when it has two 'blue' genes it becomes splash. Blue (B/b) bred to Blue (B/b) equals: 1/4 Slash (B/B) 1/2 Blue (B/b) and 1/4 Black (b/b)

Some recessive colors are Lavender, Chocolate, Mottling. Some genes such as barring are sex-linked. A male black rooster bred to barred (B/) hen equals = 1/2 Barred Males (B/b+) [Single Factor] and 1/2 Black Females

Combs like Pea and Rose are dominant. When a single combed chicken (s/s) breeds to a Peacoomb (P/P) chicken , all of the offspring have peacombs (P/s).

Beards and Crests are dominant. When a crested or beared chicken breeds to a chicken with none of those characteristics the offsping will have 'little' beards or crests. (MB/mb) or (CR/cr).

Silkieness is recessive. Feathered legs are dominant. There is a difference between vulture hocks and feathered feet.

 

[SableSteel]

Thanks
Wow, I wasn't expecting such a quick reply from this site! You guys are great.
Right now I am working on getting the forums and bug reporting stuff working before I turn to the chickens. They're going to be the hard part, and I'll need a way to hear about all the bugs happening with them and to hear suggestions (hence the forums) .

 

[SableSteel]

Okay, so I've begin to decide which values each chicken should have. Most the things related to the standard will be on a sliding scale, with a specific value for each chicken (for example, a breed that calls for a medium back might want 50% length. A chicken with 45% length would be too short, 55% too long, their offspring would be somewhere in between).

Am I missing anything to describe these chickens or do I have anything that doesnt make sense?)

Sliding Scales:
Comb: size, straightness, points (not entirely sliding but calculated similarly)
Beak: length, curve
Face: wrinkles, covering
Eyes: size,
Wattles: size, wrinkles
Ear Lobes: size, color, wrinkles
Head: length, roundness
Neck: length, width
Hackle: tightness, length, pointedness
Feathering: tightness, abundance, length
Back: length, shape
Tail: length, broadness, angle
Sickles: length, curve
Wings: size, tightness, carriage
Body: chest, width, meatiness, vertical carriage, horizontal carriage
Feet: feathering (as in, amount), bone


Not Sliding Scales:
skin color
ear lobe color
extra toes
feathered feet
leg color
egg color
eye color?
vulture hocks (presence)

 

[Poultrybreeder]

I think your stats are pretty good!

 

[Poultrybreeder]

By the way, I like your Rhode Island Red test hen

 

[LilJoe]

LOVE the Splash Light Brown Dutch Cock!!!

 

[LilJoe]

Can ypu sell/swap ypur birds?

 

[SableSteel]

Yes, that will be an integral part of this game. Selling birds (& hatching eggs) to other players, and finding birds to buy that will improve your flock.