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  1. D

    Barred gene

    Hello peeps, I have a genetics question. I crossed a blue roo with my olive egger who is half cuckoo maran, therefore she has the barring gene and will give sexed off springs that are barred, only males will be barred. My question is, will all chicks have a dot on the top of the head or only...
  2. D

    Mottled splits?

    My silkie and cochin project eggs are starting to hatch today and so far 2 of them are black with some yellow on their chest and belly. The breeder told me she was giving me blacks, lavender, cochin millie project and black split to mottled. All black silkies normally don’t have any yellow that...
  3. RossAcres

    Blue Partridge Project

    (Question at the end) I'm posting this to keep track and keep y'all updated on this long project. You guys know, I raise Wyandotte bantams. I have partridge, white, and now black. I am wanting to make the UK's blue partridge. That is basically blue and partridge together. Here is a picture of...
  4. 1adybug

    Any predictions for how these crossed chicks may look fully feathered/grown?

    We recently allowed a broody hen to hatch some of her own eggs; she is a blue laying easter egger and the rooster sire is a cuckoo marans buff orpington cross. The chicks all look a little different from each other and I'm really curious to hear any predictions for their phenotypes. Also, if you...
  5. T

    Lemon blue cochins

    If I crossed my lemon blues tg what would the offspring be??
  6. Z

    Having fun with egg color genetics!

    Hello everyone! I never knew how deep into genetics you can dive when you start breeding and cross breeding to get fun variances! We have a mix of egg colors coming up in our flock and I’m looking for some help in better understanding the possible outcomes, and corrections on any wrong...
  7. hannahsocal

    Red Silkie Genetics? Buff vs Red Genetics?

    Hello! 😄 I’m planning on working on a line of red silkies. It seems like there is a lot of confusion out there on the red/buff genetics, so I’m HOPING (🙏🏼🙏🏼) someone can shed some more light on how it actually works. My limited understanding is that buff genes have red diluters and red genes...
  8. Oldegarlicshnapp

    Need help planning blue barred/cuckoo genetics

    I’m a total rookie so please correct me where I’m wrong. So the idea is: • Male barred + female blue = female blue bar • Female barred + male blue = male blue bar • female and male blue bar = homogynous My bird of choice is the ko shamo. I know of a breeder that sells blue wheaten’s, but then...
  9. T

    Which Rooster Should I Keep?

    I want to add a rooster to my flock so I can hatch my own eggs. I want healthy chickens that lay a lot of eggs and I like having a variety of colored eggs. We live in Virginia, so the winters are not too bad and the summers can get hot but my coop is in a shady area, so that isn’t too bad...
  10. myawesomepullets

    Some Questions About Chicken Genetics

    Hey! I'm continuing my quest to learn chicken genetics. I want to know more about silkie, frizzle, and sizzle alleles, mainly the frizzle/sizzle ones. I know that H+/H+ and H+/h would be normal (non-silkie) feathering, and h/h is silkie feathering, but I don't know how the frizzle/sizzle...
  11. Joyfillednomads

    If California grey can produce sex-linked, why not go further & make autosexing breed?

    Not sure why the additional work was not done, they'd gone this far... to just make an auto sexing breed like the cream legals, etc. Someone posted this about a decade ago, " California gray is a breed that is based on the Barred Plymouth Rock X Leghorn It is then crossed back on Leghorn to...
  12. alecia555

    White skin silkies

    hey all! i’m looking at getting a silkie rooster for my silkie girls and i found a lady that has one around the same age however he has white skin. i was just wondering if this is a genetic thing or if it’s possibly crossed with some other breed. the lady says it’s unlikely that it’s a cross...
  13. 123silver

    genes that inhibit barring

    I was wondering if there are genes that inhibit barring. I have some hens that hatched with the spot on the head but when they are fully grown you can barley tell that they are barred. These hens are brown based not black. So their grand parents were a male partridge rock and female production...
  14. W

    Cross Lavender orpington with a Mottled lavender orpington

    Hello I am new to this group and new to the world of breeding chickens. I am very interested in the Orpington breeds. Is there a resource for realizing what your crosses might produce? I am trying to keep my rooster population down. I am thinking of breeding, lavender, black, mottled, and sliver...
  15. Nigel27

    Select for colour or shape first?

    I have two roosters to choose from, one has skin colour and shape I’m going for and the other has the plumage colour I want. Which one do I choose? they’re full brothers too
  16. FaceplantAT19

    Genotypes of these EE/Ameraucanas?

    I'm new but trying to learn about the genotypes of my chickens! I have these 3 I'm particularly curious about. If anyone has any ideas about the genotypes (related especially to their coloring) I'd really appreciate it!! This first two were sold to me as Ameraucanas: #1 I am guessing is...
  17. GwynMil

    Questions about chicken colours

    Hi, I'm trying to learn about chicken genetics and general appearances. No breeds in particular. 1. Blue or green eyes. Heritable? If so, dominant or recessive? Can't find any info at all. (not talking about ocular Marek's) 2. Some breeds have black eyes. What happens if they're crossed with...
  18. Q

    Sad news

    I’ve only made one post on this website so far and it was about the baby chicks I had just bought/hatched and was attempting to do genetics research on with genotypes and phenotypes. I have bad news Shortly after that thread was made, my chicks started disappearing from a coop that was dug a...
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  19. HenHouse4Life

    Genetically Speaking....

    Hello everyone! I'm trying to understand the 'basics' of genetics for my future references. For an old fart like me the so called laymens terms work best...if you can :old I understand the BBS combos, got that down. I hear and read a lot of the 'recessive' and 'dominant' terms both on here and...
  20. duckduckseuss

    Ancona Duckling Colors (?)

    I hatched 3 precious Ancona ducklings over the weekend! First one named “Doctor” hatched on its own with the exception of my making a safety hole after internal pipping. I’m wondering what color doctor could be considering the s/he is ALL YELLOW AND PINK!!! Literally no markings whatsoever. And...
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