Dr Irina Moiseyeva
Moscow - Russia

8-2-1996

Dear Dr Moiseyeva,

First of all I must apologise for not writing sooner but I have been indisposed for a while an only now trying to catch up on my correspondence as I write to many people.

Thank you for the book and the other material. I cannot read the Russian language but I will endeavour to get some of it translated.

I have been researching the Origin Evolution History and Distribution of the domestic chicken - poultry genetics - history of the breeds for over 20 years and have collected quite an amount of material on these subjects during those years. Together with my son I have breed exhibition fowls for nearly 30 years.

It has been necessary for me to make contact with many people all over the world in the course of my researches.

I am not an academic and I am not an expert in the field of poultry genetics although I do have some knowledge in the subject and have carried out experiments in colour breeding in poultry. I only wish I had made in depth a study of genetics earlier in my life.

I would appreciate a comment on my papers on the Origins etc I still have further material not published.

From your article on the Orloff it would appear it shows many traits of the Malay. It is good that people like yourself are during in depth study on different breeds.

I have a fairly comprehensive poultry library with many authors just following along from those before them, not doing any further study. This is not good enough. Much research needs to be done.

I hope to be visiting Dr Corti in Italy during May/June this year. He is very busy with his book on Fowl genetics. I am pleased you were able to meet with him. He visited me last May. I correspond with Dr Clive Carefoot in England and Fred Jeffrey in the United States- They are both very knowledgeable in poultry genetics. I hope to meet with Dr Carefoot when I go to Europe.

I will be looking forward to comments from you and thank you once again.

Regards.