genes

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

FRIZZLE GENE QUESTION! I have Zero visibly frizzled birds, though I do have one straight-feathered Cochin that was born of a friend’s frizzled hen. 1. Does this mean she carries the frizzle gene still? 2. If I breed her with a non-frizzle rooster, could the offspring still potentially be...

So around 4 months ago I got her as a day old chick from my pet chicken. She, of course is a black cochin. Notice her eyes though, cochins usually have bright yellow eyes yet her’s are a very dark brown. Do you think she has some australorp genes or something? I’m really curious!

Eye color genetics is a less studied topic in genetics, but I would like to know the genes and things that go into them. Any genes, corrections, or new eye colors you want me add to this list information that I found reply with it here. Even if it sends me on a wild goose chase to prove or...

Hi All! :) This Wednesday, I have a good friend willing to drive me out to a farm in the East to go and pick up some Buttons! This farm is known for the love and attention they put into their birds... I'm looking to become a hobby-breeder to potentially sell chicks/adults to others in the...