{"id":3231,"date":"2024-07-05T08:01:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T08:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chickencolours.com\/?page_id=3231"},"modified":"2025-11-10T09:16:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T09:16:37","slug":"extended-edition-genetics-of-chicken-colours-hardcover","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chickencolours.com\/index.php\/extended-edition-genetics-of-chicken-colours-hardcover\/","title":{"rendered":"Genetics of chicken colours – Extended Edition Hardcover"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In 2020, the German ‘chicken colour genetics’ book came out. This book had been expanded compared to the first book, which is still up to date by the way, just more comprehensive. The English chicken world said \u2018we <\/em>want a big hardcover colour genetics book in English.\u2019
It took a couple of years, here it is…<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the years I have learned a lot of new things, learning never stops. At the time I started to see new correlations that were not mentioned in books or articles on ornamental chickens before.
In the early 2000s, I was the first to explain and illustrate with photos of silver based chickens, how and where autosomal red occurs and how to recognise it – this was soon followed by my theory of ‘combined feather patterns’, starting with tollbunt. I explained and illustrated the many variations of mottled, which in the hobby are all called ‘mille fleur’ or ‘tricolour’, depending on the breed. Indeed, there’s nothing scientific about the hobby colour names.

The Extended Edition of genetics of chicken colours,<\/strong> it weighs almost 1400 grams, 280 pages heavy silk paper, hardcover. The base is the German book Colour Genetics (very interesting colours, some different from elsewhere) and I added extra chapters on interesting stuff. Some things are a bit beyond the basics\u2026 the additional explanations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Here some more things that go on between the colours and patterns, and the reasons why. Illustrated, of course, with lots of photos (1000+) and, where possible, references to scientific studies.
I read these studies and extract what might be interesting or even important for us hobby breeders. See the 55+ articles on this website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Recipe Book<\/strong>, which contains all the genomes (genetic colour recipes) of the common feather colours and their variations, with photos of the cock and hen (also unique), has been expanded to include even more colours. These additional colours are basically combinations of existing colours and feather patterns, as there are no new genes after choc and a mysterious incomplete dominant Serama and Chabo \u2018all-in-one-columbian\u2019 with very typical characteristics. This book is a (hardcover, on request) extended version of the softcover book that will continue to exist for as long as there is a demand. It will be discontinued when the demand is no longer sufficient to justify printing it. Until then there is the original and this new extended hardcover book.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Here the link to some pages of the content, click on the picture, it goes to You Tube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 Extended Edition Genetics of Chicken Colours Hardcover \u20ac85,00
\u2022 Postage Europe 0-2 kilo : \u20ac 25,00, total \u20ac 110
\u2022 Postage World 0-2 kilo: \u20ac 36,50, total \u20ac 121,50.
\u2022 Books are always sent registered & insured.

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Genetics of chicken colours, incl. postage \u20ac121,50
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The printer used a different type of paper for the latest print run of the Extended Edition Colours book.\u00a0
The paper is a few grams lighter and thicker. This means that the Extended Edition can now be sent together with a softcover book and still fit within the 2 kilo margin. This means lower postage costs (instead of sending the books separately).\u00a0
Go to the Book Combis page for both <\/strong>the Hardcover Special Edition Colours<\/strong> + Softcover<\/strong> Genetics of Chicken Extremes. <\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 2020, the German ‘chicken colour genetics’ book came out. This book had been expanded compared to the first book, which is still up to date by the way, just more comprehensive. The English chicken world said \u2018we want a big hardcover colour genetics book in English.\u2019 It took a couple of years, here it … <\/p>\n

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