How can I breed chickens for particular characteristics and attributes?
Controlled breeding for characteristics and attributes is very a scientific practice. Deciphering genetics is not a task for the faint hearted. There are numerous articles published on this topic but most are either too scientific or too basic – omitting even the essentials. Henk Meijers, a Dutch biologist, with an interest in genetics, who breeds poultry has published the Chicken Color Calculator. The Sellers Family, Brookings, Dakota, published Poultry Genetics for the Nonprofessional which essentially seems to be the work of Henk Meijers, made a little easier to understand.
