Search results for query: *

A cochin

I'm going to come back to all of this, as I am definitely interested in continuing this conversation but I have a ton of chores to do at the moment. Will be back later this evening. So- IF I have the ability to work from several pens at once and could source any bird I needed to what would you...

I'm trying to keep this all straight in my brain here, lol. When you say this are we talking about a chocolate male or chocolate female?

This is very interesting. So how does mottling play into all this if a bird also has the chocolate or blue gene because doesn't mottling include a black barr separating the white feather tip from the other feather color? Do you know what genes play out with silver laced sebrights? I'm assuming...

Thank you. I'm going to take that advice. Right now I am pondering on how to start a few projects with a few different breeds. I would like to create some blue and chocolate variants in Cochin Bantams and it is almost impossible to find good Cochins in my area let alone a chocolate. I am...

Yeah I think I'm looking for something that explains the breeding side of things very well too. Have you read the book another person suggested above? On color genetics?

Also I'm specifically looking for an understanding on how the different colors and patterns work together in real life situations. Would love lots of photographs in a book as well. I'm very visual

Are these books easy to understand for a beginner? I understand some foundational things but not everything and I am by no means an intermediate or advanced 😉

.

I do have some bantams but I mostly breed full size birds. I just got the SOP for my birthday and am reading through that right now. Looking for resources on how their genetics work together and express when mixed. Do you think things for bantams would cross over to full size?

Would love to hear what everyones favorite resources and books are on gaining knowledge about breeding poultry and their genetics. I am in interested in several breeds and would like to learn about breeding to the SOP,, for production, and how all the genetics work and interact with each other...