If you are breeding Silkies for show then you need to follow specific guidelines for breeding them. During breeding you will get Silkie chicks that don't meet the APA standard of perfection. Remove...

Teach students about chicken genetics with ExploreLearning Gizmos! Students can learn how traits are passed down and predict results with Punnett squares.

Welcome back to another episode of the Homegrown Liberty Podcast, this is episode 39. Today I’m going to be teaching you all about a system of breeding and keeping a genetically diverse flock of chickens for years independent of outside genetics. What that means is that you will be able to keep breeding and improving […]

BBS color chart

Skin and Shank Color Genetics Mini-Series Article #10 Shank color genetics in chickens is anything but straight-forward. Traits believed to be dominant a century ago are now considered recessive. ...