- Mar 26, 2017
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I'm amazed at how knowledgeable many of the folks on here are. I'm guessing many of you guys are self trained/hobbyists? I'm actually a chemist by training. Not a dummy--but a complete dummy with genetics!
I've been reading and reading on the web about breeding, sex links... and it seems even less clear now than when I started (that's how chemistry went too--it takes a lot of knowledge to understand how little you actually know
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I found this page on some sex linkages, but have some further questions. for example, a cross like a RIR x light Sussex would produce offspring with the black stripped away, leaving the red. Would a similar thing work with another black bird, like maybe a BC Marans?
And in the wyandotte crosses--you would basically strip away black by crossing it with a silver bird, like the sussex again?
What about adding colors and markings back in? Say the RIRxSS, crossed again with a speckled sussex...
Too many questions to ask here. And after 12 years of college, where every problem starts with "hmm, I'd better read...." what are good references? It's a fascinating subject, and even with solid genetic knowledge, it can be a messy, partly luck/chance driven thing. Cool stuff, no doubt about it.
I'm hoping to do a little hack-genetics project, using good layers, crossed into dark egg layers, and everything as cold hardy as possible. Initially I thought to not worry about it. A RIRxBR should be the same deal as a BRxRIR, shouldn't it? Err--no. Not even close! There is a potential to do some really cool stuff--like the Aloha Chicken project. I'd love to do something similar, but for Wisconsin, rather than Arizona.
it.
I've been reading and reading on the web about breeding, sex links... and it seems even less clear now than when I started (that's how chemistry went too--it takes a lot of knowledge to understand how little you actually know
)I found this page on some sex linkages, but have some further questions. for example, a cross like a RIR x light Sussex would produce offspring with the black stripped away, leaving the red. Would a similar thing work with another black bird, like maybe a BC Marans?
And in the wyandotte crosses--you would basically strip away black by crossing it with a silver bird, like the sussex again?
What about adding colors and markings back in? Say the RIRxSS, crossed again with a speckled sussex...
Too many questions to ask here. And after 12 years of college, where every problem starts with "hmm, I'd better read...." what are good references? It's a fascinating subject, and even with solid genetic knowledge, it can be a messy, partly luck/chance driven thing. Cool stuff, no doubt about it.
I'm hoping to do a little hack-genetics project, using good layers, crossed into dark egg layers, and everything as cold hardy as possible. Initially I thought to not worry about it. A RIRxBR should be the same deal as a BRxRIR, shouldn't it? Err--no. Not even close! There is a potential to do some really cool stuff--like the Aloha Chicken project. I'd love to do something similar, but for Wisconsin, rather than Arizona.
it.
