Silkie Experts Silkie genetics qestion

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

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There's no way to tell.

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It's great that you are interested in the genetics, but really, there are no simple answers to most of these questions. All creatures inherit genes from both parents, and the combination of specific genes a bird inherits determines the traits they exhibit. Sometimes they inherit a recessive gene from each parent, and display a trait that neither parent shows; sometimes the mix of genes inherited from each parent interact and create patterns that are not present in the parents. And sometimes they look exactly like one parent or the other.I suggest you start with some basic chicken genetic information and gradually add to it, bit by bit, gene by gene. This is a good starting place: http://kippenjungle.nl/basisEN.htm#basisEN

I appreciate it as well.

Lisa

 

[nicalandia]

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I wished we could meet for coffee to Sonoran..... but we can't ...

 

[BlossomSilkies]

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Thank you Suze, I would love that.

In the meantime, I will keep reading, and learning in little bits. I do have a curiosity about it, and not sure where it will go from there.

 

[Vanessabuffsnsilkies]

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if you get a Black from Blue breeding they are the Purest form of Black......

Good to know...

I have thought about just keeping blues together for this purpose. I've read this is a good way to get splashes as well instead of breeding splash to splash.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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I wished we could meet for coffee to Sonoran..... but we can't ...

Next time you're in Arizona, or I'm in Nicaragua

(Kristy lives relatively close; she came over and bought some birds from me recently.)

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Thank you Suze, I would love that.

In the meantime, I will keep reading, and learning in little bits. I do have a curiosity about it, and not sure where it will go from there.

uh-oh. That's where I started