Fantastic video, thanks for sharing very informative . Another series of videos that would be great if you could consider it would be preparing birds for show and examples of "judging" or breeding birds to the standard of perfection.
I have blue Andalusians (actually all three of my hens are black) so this is VERY informative for me. I know all our out of a splash Rooster, so next year I'll get all three colours. !!!!
@1:57 WOWWWWWWW!!!!! That's incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry, had to comment before I forget. I'm one of those that may edit later on too. LOL! Genetics and Biology are SOOOOOOOOOOO COOOOOL!!!! Edit: What do you mean by Blue doesn't breed true?
Well put together and explained although this is 'incomplete dominance' not 'codominance'. Incomplete dominance prevents either colour being dominant and results in a diluted colour e.g. blue. Co-dominance is when both feather colours are expressed at the same time, in chickens co-dominace would be a white x black chicken producing speckled chickens (some white and some black feathers)
Your videos about genes, are a well of information! I am curious, what is your education/career, if you dont mind me asking. I have breed fish as a hobby. And have kept chickens my whole life. Not much paying attention to genes, other than, personality! lol But having bred fish, I know it is not easy to find the information about genes. So was just curioius. You know more than the chicken keeper, or even poultry farmer. LOVING your videos!
Hi there. Just a couple of weeks ago I retired but until then I was a medical laboratory scientist specialising in transfusion medicine. That includes quite a bit about the genetics of blood groups and I've always found it interesting. But of course all my formal training has been about humans. I found it surprising to discover how much different avian genetics is. As for fish - that must be even stranger - golly they don't even have genetically determined gender! (At least not all the time - maybe some do?) I agree, it's not easy to get reliable information but I guess at least my research skills are transferable 🙂 I find the Internet a mixed blessing - it's amazing what is available, it just takes a bit of searching and quite a lot of judgement about how reliable the source is. I'm glad you enjoy my videos - they are always so much fun to make although each one takes me ages. Cheers Sheryl
Very nice video and well presented. I remember the first time I stood in front of a class, with only a whiteboard (it was a practical), and had to use "little and big" (upper and lower case) for a lot for explanation. I realised half way through how tedious (and probably confusing) it was to keep saying it (I soon found easier ways)! I think I've had lavenders in some of my recent hatches - they're lovely looking birds. I've decided to learn more about chicken genetics, because I enjoy my chickens a lot. Of course the genetics part is always the same, but (to some degree) the specifics need learning for each new animal or plant! Mr. Punnett did actually do some of the early work demonstrate Mendelian inheritance, on chickens!
Hi there. I see you've been watching all my genetics videos! Thank you for the feedback. I was never a teacher (I'm retired now) - that seems like a very difficult job. But I've just always wanted to understand things and I'm delighted when I find out an explanation. Genetics, at a simple level, satisfies that urge as well as serving a practical purpose when breeding, although I know that in any biology the simple answer is almost always an oversimplification.
@@chickensinmygarden Our head of department used to tell the new first year students that "for every rule in biology, there is always an exception." Nothing like encouraging them from the outset!
Hi thank you for your videos! I've watched several of the other gene videos and I'm still a bit confused. I have M & F of each of these light brahma (columbian), dark brahma (pencilled), buff laced brahma. It's my understanding that if I cross the buff laced brahma with a dark or light brahma it will produce sex linked chicks (which really is my main goal to know the sex early on). So I get the sex linked part. But I'm very confused on what buff laced x light brahma or buff laced x dark brahma offspring feathers might look like because of all the different genes. Can you help?
Hi there. That certainly is a complicated mix. The short answer is - I think you will find that anything crossed with the light will show the columbian pattern although maybe not very crisp. And I think buff laced x dark (which I assume is black pencilling on silver ground colour) will look mostly white all over. But I suggest you ask some real experts 🙂 Try this link www.brahmacochin.org/poultry-breeding-genetics and the associated website, and try asking on Back Yard Chickens. This thread has an answer about the genetic background of the dark Brahma. www.backyardchickens.com/threads/genetics-of-dark-brahmas.749007/#post-10570604 Happy breeding 🙂
@@chickensinmygarden I tried the calculator... it seems to get sex linked chicks must do a light M x buff laced F... says the pullets would be white or black incomplete laced, and the cockerels would be white or black patterned yellow/gold incomplete laced. When I asked on the backyardchickens forum the only thing they could tell me was the buff rooster with a silver colored hen would produce the sex linked chicks. I may just have to breed and see what happens lol thanks for your help, I will keep reading with the links you provided!
What if I don't have a blue or black rooster? I only have red rooster and and a heterozygous blue hen, is it possible for them to produce a blue offsprings?
@@chickensinmygarden is it ok if i pester you with a few questions? I can’t get much out of google and i don’t have the time to scour search results like i used to.
@@chickensinmygarden i have been trying to prepare for a small flock (stop me now if you’ve already heard that one) and i want to know how to breed for new variations of colors, like say a barred rock but in blue, gold or other gorgeous colors. Trying to keep things simple i think im asking for too much and im not sure where to start.
My advice would be First make sure you know how to care for chickens including breeding and raising chicks. (I don't know whether you already can, I just got an inkling that this might be your first flock). Then decide what you want to end up with and what's important to you. For example - body shape and comb type like barred rock? Is clarity of barring important to you? - colour of plumage (white and blue? Or gold and black?) - robust health? Needs to cope with hot climate or cold? - productive layers? Good broodies? Egg colour? Etc. Write them down. You might change your plans later but writing them down will help later when you're deciding which to cull. Think about what breeds have characteristics close to your preferences and a colour you want. The fewer unwanted characteristics you introduce the easier it will be to remove them. Write down your plan of what you will have to remove. Then look for good examples of stock of your main breed, and a bird with your desired colour. Breed first cross. Now use your plan to decide who to keep for the next generation. Then repeat for many generations, keeping excellent records, with photos. I hope you are young - this will take a while 🙂
Why would s.o dislike this great video?
Sometimes people push the wrong button. Or maybe it just wasn't what they were looking for. As long as it is useful for someone I'm happy 🙂
Fantastic! Finally explained in a way it's possible to learn. Thank you!
Thank you. I'm glad you found it helpful.
thank you very much. its very rare to find that infos its very kind of you to share that . i hope for more
Thank you
Do check out the other videos in my series on genetics 🙂
Fantastic video, thanks for sharing very informative . Another series of videos that would be great if you could consider it would be preparing birds for show and examples of "judging" or breeding birds to the standard of perfection.
Loved this! Please make more genetics videos in the near future.
Ray Nuvolone Thank you. I have been distracted by holidays but I want to make some more.
I have blue Andalusians (actually all three of my hens are black) so this is VERY informative for me. I know all our out of a splash Rooster, so next year I'll get all three colours. !!!!
Statistically speaking, you should 🙂 Of course nature often surprises us 🐥🐥🐥
@@chickensinmygarden This is true enough! A couple of years ago, of the first 23 eggs I hatched, 17 were male! :)
This series is SO helpful!! Thank you!!
Thank you. I find genetics fascinating.
Nice to see Grandma Gonzo again!
+Du ke She's still around, doing her own, slightly vague, thing but taking no nonsense from the youngsters.
Chickens in my garden She's the queen of the coop :-)
@1:57 WOWWWWWWW!!!!! That's incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry, had to comment before I forget. I'm one of those that may edit later on too. LOL! Genetics and Biology are SOOOOOOOOOOO COOOOOL!!!!
Edit: What do you mean by Blue doesn't breed true?
Just that blue to blue doesn't result in blue offspring, whereas lavender to lavender does result in lavender offspring.
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST VIDEOS I HAVE WATCHED!!! So simple and well explained!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!
Thank you for saying so. I love chicken genetics. Do watch the whole playlist - maybe you have already! 🙂
GREAT video. Thanks for explaining everything so well.
Thank you. I'm glad you found it helpful
Well put together and explained although this is 'incomplete dominance' not 'codominance'.
Incomplete dominance prevents either colour being dominant and results in a diluted colour e.g. blue.
Co-dominance is when both feather colours are expressed at the same time, in chickens co-dominace would be a white x black chicken producing speckled chickens (some white and some black feathers)
Thank you 🙂
Your videos about genes, are a well of information! I am curious, what is your education/career, if you dont mind me asking. I have breed fish as a hobby. And have kept chickens my whole life. Not much paying attention to genes, other than, personality! lol But having bred fish, I know it is not easy to find the information about genes. So was just curioius. You know more than the chicken keeper, or even poultry farmer. LOVING your videos!
Hi there. Just a couple of weeks ago I retired but until then I was a medical laboratory scientist specialising in transfusion medicine. That includes quite a bit about the genetics of blood groups and I've always found it interesting. But of course all my formal training has been about humans. I found it surprising to discover how much different avian genetics is. As for fish - that must be even stranger - golly they don't even have genetically determined gender! (At least not all the time - maybe some do?) I agree, it's not easy to get reliable information but I guess at least my research skills are transferable 🙂 I find the Internet a mixed blessing - it's amazing what is available, it just takes a bit of searching and quite a lot of judgement about how reliable the source is.
I'm glad you enjoy my videos - they are always so much fun to make although each one takes me ages.
Cheers
Sheryl
Thank you so much . Really a great tutorial and informative video to all those who are interested ! Expecting more videos, Love you from Nepal.
Thank you
Very nice video and well presented. I remember the first time I stood in front of a class, with only a whiteboard (it was a practical), and had to use "little and big" (upper and lower case) for a lot for explanation. I realised half way through how tedious (and probably confusing) it was to keep saying it (I soon found easier ways)! I think I've had lavenders in some of my recent hatches - they're lovely looking birds. I've decided to learn more about chicken genetics, because I enjoy my chickens a lot. Of course the genetics part is always the same, but (to some degree) the specifics need learning for each new animal or plant!
Mr. Punnett did actually do some of the early work demonstrate Mendelian inheritance, on chickens!
Hi there. I see you've been watching all my genetics videos! Thank you for the feedback. I was never a teacher (I'm retired now) - that seems like a very difficult job. But I've just always wanted to understand things and I'm delighted when I find out an explanation. Genetics, at a simple level, satisfies that urge as well as serving a practical purpose when breeding, although I know that in any biology the simple answer is almost always an oversimplification.
@@chickensinmygarden Our head of department used to tell the new first year students that "for every rule in biology, there is always an exception." Nothing like encouraging them from the outset!
I frequently found that I learned something and then the next year I learned, well no, what you learned wasn't quite right, it's more complicated 😄
@@chickensinmygarden As long as it doesn't put you off learning, that's fine!
Oh, never! As long as we are alive, we are learning. Or is it the other way around? 😄
Felicitaciones por su lindo jardin donde viven sus pollitos Chickens in my garden.
Gracias
Great video! Sharing this on my website if that is okay with you..
Absolutely! It's all about sharing the knowledge in any way that works.
@@chickensinmygarden Thank you very much! I put it on this page. www.chickenheavenonearth.com/how-to-breed-to-get-blue-chickens-choe.html
Thankyouu!!!!!
Hi thank you for your videos! I've watched several of the other gene videos and I'm still a bit confused. I have M & F of each of these light brahma (columbian), dark brahma (pencilled), buff laced brahma. It's my understanding that if I cross the buff laced brahma with a dark or light brahma it will produce sex linked chicks (which really is my main goal to know the sex early on). So I get the sex linked part. But I'm very confused on what buff laced x light brahma or buff laced x dark brahma offspring feathers might look like because of all the different genes. Can you help?
Hi there. That certainly is a complicated mix.
The short answer is -
I think you will find that anything crossed with the light will show the columbian pattern although maybe not very crisp.
And I think buff laced x dark (which I assume is black pencilling on silver ground colour) will look mostly white all over.
But I suggest you ask some real experts 🙂
Try this link
www.brahmacochin.org/poultry-breeding-genetics
and the associated website,
and try asking on Back Yard Chickens. This thread has an answer about the genetic background of the dark Brahma.
www.backyardchickens.com/threads/genetics-of-dark-brahmas.749007/#post-10570604
Happy breeding 🙂
@@chickensinmygarden I tried the calculator... it seems to get sex linked chicks must do a light M x buff laced F... says the pullets would be white or black incomplete laced, and the cockerels would be white or black patterned yellow/gold incomplete laced. When I asked on the backyardchickens forum the only thing they could tell me was the buff rooster with a silver colored hen would produce the sex linked chicks. I may just have to breed and see what happens lol thanks for your help, I will keep reading with the links you provided!
What if I don't have a blue or black rooster? I only have red rooster and and a heterozygous blue hen, is it possible for them to produce a blue offsprings?
Only if your red rooster is carrying black.
Thanks be to God!!!
How do you breed for splash ?
If you breed blue to blue you get 25% splash. If you breed splash to splash you get 100% splash.
I guess i still have 1,000,001 questions
Good. Questions are the beginning of finding out 🙂
@@chickensinmygarden is it ok if i pester you with a few questions? I can’t get much out of google and i don’t have the time to scour search results like i used to.
I'm happy to answer what I can, although my knowledge is limited to a pretty narrow field of what I happened to have been interested in 🙂
@@chickensinmygarden i have been trying to prepare for a small flock (stop me now if you’ve already heard that one) and i want to know how to breed for new variations of colors, like say a barred rock but in blue, gold or other gorgeous colors. Trying to keep things simple i think im asking for too much and im not sure where to start.
My advice would be
First make sure you know how to care for chickens including breeding and raising chicks. (I don't know whether you already can, I just got an inkling that this might be your first flock).
Then decide what you want to end up with and what's important to you. For example
- body shape and comb type like barred rock? Is clarity of barring important to you?
- colour of plumage (white and blue? Or gold and black?)
- robust health? Needs to cope with hot climate or cold?
- productive layers? Good broodies? Egg colour?
Etc. Write them down. You might change your plans later but writing them down will help later when you're deciding which to cull.
Think about what breeds have characteristics close to your preferences and a colour you want.
The fewer unwanted characteristics you introduce the easier it will be to remove them. Write down your plan of what you will have to remove.
Then look for good examples of stock of your main breed, and a bird with your desired colour.
Breed first cross.
Now use your plan to decide who to keep for the next generation.
Then repeat for many generations, keeping excellent records, with photos.
I hope you are young - this will take a while 🙂