Chicken Genetics

Example gene

Chicken Color Genetics

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Other Genetics

• Head
  • Ear tufts
  • Muff/Beard
  • Crest
  • Earlobes
• Comb
  • Comb type
    • Rosecomb
    • Peacomb
    • Walnut/Strawberry comb
    • Duplex comb
    • Combless: Breda
  • Comb heel
  • Comb surface
• Naked neck
• Shanks
  • Shank length
    • Creeper
    • Long legs (modern english)
  • Polydactyly
  • Multiple spurs
  • Footfeathering
    • Pti complex
    • Vulture hocks
• Fibromelanosis
• Feather structure
  • Henny Feathering
  • Silky
  • Frizzle
• Tail
  • Rumpless
  • Non moulting
  • Growth