Although rather old, I find this thread quite interesting since it strongly relates to a recent problem of mine.
Over here in Germany, there are three recognized colors for Sumatras: Black, partridge and black-red. Partridge appears to be quite old and is said to have emerged seemingly randomly...
From my perspective, Sigrid van Dort has a very accessible style of writing combined with a serious scientific-based approached.
On the other hand, I would say her books suffer somewhat from problems concerning spelling and grammar. At least, this goes for her books on "Chicken Extremes" and the...
By far the most helpful book on chicken genetics I use would be
Sigrid van Dort, The Genetics of Chicken Colours
https://www.chickencolours.com/index.php/genetics-of-chicken-colours/
The author offers an incredible amount of details and takes an analytical, scientific approach, while always...
My current problem:
Say, I have a chicken with a black foundation (E/E or ER/ER), and no gold nor any other red-colouring genes. Say also, this chicken is phenotypically white with a little black leakage. Is there any way to tell apart a homozygote I/I from a heterozygote I/i+ (apart from...
There is this wonderful Brabanter hen in my flock. She hatched from an egg provided by the same breeder who gave me my black (E/E) and white Brabanters (E/E and I/I, presumably, since there is some typical black leakage in the white of those animals).
I do have trouble making sense of her...
Hello to everyone at BYC,
I had paid this place a visit on several occasions and thought it might be about time to join. In our somewhat rural area in Germany (roughly in the region of Hannover), we are keeping a mixed flock of old chicken races. Of these, I am particularly fond of those more on...