Cross Breeding Chickens Chart. You will find a strong tendency on the part of the average poultry keeper to mix up his birds. Since it is a commercial brand rather than a breed the breeding of the cornish cross is a tightly kept secret though experts agree that purebred cornish and the white rock were used in the cornish X breeding process.
Genetics is a hugely complicated subject often made more so by the fact that it is rarely black or white there are hundreds of shades of Gray or dominance in the middle. I have no idea where they came from or who deserves the credit for the work. That knowledge is going to help us play artist and create awesome colors.
When breeding chickens it is helpful to understand why certain significant observable traits exist in certain chickens.
The possibilities are endless and the results can be interesting. There are probably more charts out there so if anyone knows where they came from I would love to hear from youI plan to breed and sell Cochins Silkies and. See their color guide and Marans see their color. Breeding but the adoption of a system which is of value only when well-bred standard fowl are available.