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You're welcome! I'm just hoping all the info applies to silkies!
On the more complex version of the Chicken Calculator http://kippenjungle.nl/kruisingKipFlexTree.html the first of the smaller genetic choices packed underneath the larger ones is "H+//H+" which is the genetic selector for silkied feathers. Since silkied feathers are recessive, a chicken has to have a gene from both parents "h//h" to show as a silkie. Other genetic choices are listed, and if you know the code you can add some of the more obscure ones. (Like blue eggs - which are an "O".) I've used this calculator to project how many of my chicks are going to be silkied, blue-egg layers, crested, bearded, etc. It's a great tool and I've spent hours and hours playing with it. All my projects have printouts from this program!
Awesome!! Thanks!
You're welcome! I'm just hoping all the info applies to silkies!
On the more complex version of the Chicken Calculator http://kippenjungle.nl/kruisingKipFlexTree.html the first of the smaller genetic choices packed underneath the larger ones is "H+//H+" which is the genetic selector for silkied feathers. Since silkied feathers are recessive, a chicken has to have a gene from both parents "h//h" to show as a silkie. Other genetic choices are listed, and if you know the code you can add some of the more obscure ones. (Like blue eggs - which are an "O".) I've used this calculator to project how many of my chicks are going to be silkied, blue-egg layers, crested, bearded, etc. It's a great tool and I've spent hours and hours playing with it. All my projects have printouts from this program!
Awesome!! Thanks!
