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Silkies and Silkie bantams state of the art Silkie book ever.
Its as FAT as Genetics... all full colour high resolution digital print super sharp photos. Breathtaking photos by Angela Schouten of her Silkies in France and photos of lots of other breeders, including new photos of US Silkies.
Added hundreds of photos of Silkies the last 5 years taken of breeding projects. I quit counting pics at 1000. Pages: 194, Silkies from Europe, USA, Japan, China. Ancient history, modern history. Of course their colour genetics and extremities easy explained as you’re used from me. Schemes for easy look up, explanations in words and drawings, selection of specific colours, the troubles, abnormalities, the odd, and rare Silkies from all over the world... more details of the paint Silkes as well (the whites with large black spots, see cover). Click for preview.
Its as FAT as Genetics... all full colour high resolution digital print super sharp photos. Breathtaking photos by Angela Schouten of her Silkies in France and photos of lots of other breeders, including new photos of US Silkies.
Added hundreds of photos of Silkies the last 5 years taken of breeding projects. I quit counting pics at 1000. Pages: 194, Silkies from Europe, USA, Japan, China. Ancient history, modern history. Of course their colour genetics and extremities easy explained as you’re used from me. Schemes for easy look up, explanations in words and drawings, selection of specific colours, the troubles, abnormalities, the odd, and rare Silkies from all over the world... more details of the paint Silkes as well (the whites with large black spots, see cover). Click for preview.
Did you ever heard of chicken-aids?
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Genetics of the Chicken Extremities.
About everything but chicken colours...
Check out some pages of the Dutch version here.
Expected in Spring 2012 lots of unique photos again.
Still working on it, I can’t stop, find all kinds of new interesting things.
About everything but chicken colours...
Check out some pages of the Dutch version here.
Expected in Spring 2012 lots of unique photos again.
Still working on it, I can’t stop, find all kinds of new interesting things.
Roohen 'Sam'
What’s the matter with him?
It was hot news March 2010 when scientists of the Roslin Institute (University of Edinburgh) found out the mechanism behind birds which have obviously two sexes. It evoked a tilt of perspective on how sex is determined in embryonal development.
I feel very honoured the Roslin gave me permission to explain as simple as possible (therefore not complete, but comprehensible) this mechanism to us, folks, and to use their unique material to help with this. We see hens changing into roosters, we see broody roosters, we see all kinds of weird things in our birds. Its not a bad omen or magic or you just doing things wrong (lol, wish we could!), there is an explanation for everything, only.... we will never find it out ourselves. Therefore I feel gratefull, science can help us understand.
What’s the matter with him?
It was hot news March 2010 when scientists of the Roslin Institute (University of Edinburgh) found out the mechanism behind birds which have obviously two sexes. It evoked a tilt of perspective on how sex is determined in embryonal development.
I feel very honoured the Roslin gave me permission to explain as simple as possible (therefore not complete, but comprehensible) this mechanism to us, folks, and to use their unique material to help with this. We see hens changing into roosters, we see broody roosters, we see all kinds of weird things in our birds. Its not a bad omen or magic or you just doing things wrong (lol, wish we could!), there is an explanation for everything, only.... we will never find it out ourselves. Therefore I feel gratefull, science can help us understand.
Non-bearded Silkies have wattles, not a dewlap, nor rudimentary wattles. What is going on in the non-bearded?
Click on the link for this large article.
The colour ‘bobtail’ in Cochin bantams is shrouded in mystery till today.
Many asked me, many times What Is Bobtail? I crushed my brain and won’t bother you with the details of this.
In the attached article I show it is sex-linked recessive imperfect albinism.
It is this single gene which changes an Asiatic partridge (goldhalsige, German colour: partridge without Pg) into bobtail.
Although my statement is only based on thinking and what I heard ‘from saying’ of breeders (I have no experience breeding this colour), I invite anybody to argue my thoughts. Of course underpinned with sound arguments and documentation, see the article.
Click on the cover on the left to open the 528 kb PDF. The document can’t be printed. I want to be able to change things if new things come up.
Many asked me, many times What Is Bobtail? I crushed my brain and won’t bother you with the details of this.
In the attached article I show it is sex-
Although my statement is only based on thinking and what I heard ‘from saying’ of breeders (I have no experience breeding this colour), I invite anybody to argue my thoughts. Of course underpinned with sound arguments and documentation, see the article.
Click on the cover on the left to open the 528 kb PDF. The document can’t be printed. I want to be able to change things if new things come up.
Sigrid van Dort
March 24 2012
March 24 2012
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