genetics

Hi all! I would like someone to dumb down olive Egger genetics to me and help me understand my current situation. I purchased olive egger chicks this spring and have been soooo eagerly awaiting my green eggs. My understanding when I purchased was that they are f2 - as they’re offspring of two...

A lot of people were hating on other breeders that cross their chickens with other breed. Here is my opinion: As long as you are treating your chickens right (by providing their basic necessities) and breeding to create chickens with distinct characteristics like for more meat, eggs, color...

Good morning! I have one female Black Swedish, two male Black Swedish, and one male Mallard. This is the second time my female has hatched eggs. This go around, she has five yellow ducklings, two Black Swedish ducklings, and one to be a mix of Mallard and Black Swedish. Curious as to what...

I have a question about this hen's color (picture at the end) and the Ml gene. I'm basically trying to copy this hen's color and breed for it. I figured out that it can't breed true because in order to get the color she has you would need the bird to be heterozygous for the Ml gene. I've asked...

I've been looking into raising/breeding quail myself for agessss and me and my mom have 100% decided it'd be really fun and possibly even useful to do. We were thinking about having an outdoor aviary for Japanese quail for months now, but my mom is gonna have heart surgery soon and will be in...

I have this gorgeous Bantam Easter Egger I got from a Bantam Assortment from Cackle Hatchery. I’ve posted about her before asking for help figuring out her coloring and genetics, and from what I got as answers she looks like a splash. Now I know Easter Eggers are most of the time made from...

Okay so I looked to try to find an answer but I can’t! I understand some of the genetics of blue-splash-black but I’m still a bit lost. I purchased three silkies from a blue splash Silkie breeding trio. I saw the trio myself and they were in fact beautiful splash silkies. All three chicks I...

Howdy, my little Ric Flair (Splash Polish Roo) recently mated 2 of my Houdan girls and my Faverolle female. What would their offspring look like? Included a pic of Ric

So this is a bit difficult to word the way I’m trying to ask, so correct me if it makes no sense but I have a bantam Easter egger who has the most beautiful coloring. She’s only about two months old but I’m very curious about her possible genetics. I know Easter Eggers are mixes and hatcheries...

I hope this is the right place for this! I bought 4 “Ermine” chicks from a breeder & have already reached out to her regarding this question but I was confused with the answer. They came from a Dom White Roo & Ermine hen. 3 of the chicks are pure white and 1 is ermine. I was told that the...

Hello everyone. Does anyone here know the Easter Egger genetics ,or cross breeds of Ideal poultry? From what I’ve learned so far Easter Eggers are a “mutt” and are not a recognized breed to the APA. They have genetics of the Ameraucana and some other breed. I did reach out to Ideal poultry...

I’m the first to admit I’m SUCH a newbie when it comes to the genetics of the color varieties of d’Uccles, but I’m wanting to learn more as i have some color variations I’m wanting to breed one day and I’m hoping to have a better understanding of what exactly I’ll be producing by doing so! So...

Doing a hatch of my birds I was just wondering if anyone knew what colors I could get from these. The white one is the boy the others are the girls.

Is there really that much of a difference between Cackle hatchery Cayugas and milliman(duck hollow farm) Cayugas? I recently bought some that came from cackle hatchery, but I'm still thinking about trying to get some from Milliman. If there is a big difference in quality what specifics make...

Do any of you know of any resources on Cayuga genetics, specifically color genetics. I found a post a few weeks ago that talked about needing to select for more than just one gene in order to get really colorful birds but I can't find it now.

I bought some barred rocks from a hatchery. I'm interested in having them for my own food but also to help maintain a valuable heritage breed into the future. I'm hatching extra chicks to sell into the local area and I'm wondering what "pure breed" means exactly. I obviously do not have show...

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...

Forgive the ignorance and what not. Still new to the poultry/waterfowl world especially with the mating area. We have a male runner duck. We have 2 female runner ducks. (One is almost 12wks, the other laying.) Then we have a hodge podge of different breeds of ducks. Swedish Blue & Black...

So this is a project that I’m working on. I’ve got this beautiful Pencil Laced Satin hen and I’m trying to decide which color rooster would best compliment her color? I would like to produce more of her color pattern. I had one person tell me to pair her with a gray rooster. Thoughts?

Working on a project about Frizzle chickens for a school Open House and don't wanna look like a moron in front of the whole town so I need some help. I only have simple baseline knowledge of genetics so I don't understand the big words and I'm also getting a lot of mixed info. This is what I...