Pairing for Colours is it fact

[symbro]

what about silvers,yellows,grizzles,whites blacks pieds

 

 

be a bit more exact on your question... i could write a whole page atleast on each one of those.  but here is a brief explanation of each

 

true silvers- are dilute blues

"silvers"- a name sometimes used to discribe a red bar bird with a silvery neck

yellow- dilute reds

grizzles are grizzle or t-grizzle

whites- either reccessive white or homozygous (double) grizzle and red

blacks-spread blues

pieds-unknown at this time

[symbro]

ok so ive just paired a red cock with a check pied hen.What can i get from this pairing?Only asking because they seem to be the only pair ive got that look pleased to be together.

 

with hen being blue check-look at hens parents if possible.  if one is barred and one is check then we know that she carries check/bar

 

cock will always pass on bar.  he may be red/red which means he will always pass on a red.  if he is red/blue then 50-50 chance.  since hen is blue then the deciding colour is passed from the cock.  if he passes on blue then it will pair up with the blue from the hen and you will have a blue babie.  if he passes on red then it will pair up with the blue and the red is dominate so it show.

 

 

 

 

[Ronnie]

So the cock gives the colour of the bar is that right? plus a normal colour gene? so if i had a barless cock the young will be barless as well is this correct.Lol one thing at a time please i'm a bit slow in biological science.

[mO]

Thankyou for an honest answer to my question "Mealy cock x Black hen"

I will pair them in 2007 and await the reults.

thanks again mO.

[symbro]

So the cock gives the colour of the bar is that right? plus a normal colour gene? so if i had a barless cock the young will be barless as well is this correct.Lol one thing at a time please i'm a bit slow in biological science.

 

well it depends... in your case the cock carried two bar genes.  so all he could pass on was bar.  if you mated the barred cock to a check hen. (check/check) then the check that the hen passes on would be dominate of the bar of the cock.

 

a barless/barless mated to bar/bar will produce all bar/barless.  no matter which of the parents are barred or barless.

 

you will knotice i have not once mentioned colour here.  colour has nothing  to do with pattern.

 

 

[symbro]

Thankyou for an honest answer to my question "Mealy cock x Black hen"

I will pair them in 2007 and await the reults.

thanks again mO.

 

no problem!

 

tell me though... what colour are the parents to the cock...

 

and what pattern can you see on the hens parents... and any full siblings?

 

if you dont have any of this information, just tell me what babies you get... then we can try to figure out what is hidden under the spread and wiether the cock is red/red or red/blue.

[symbro]

any other questions, anybody?

[Ronnie]

Lol Symbryo you really know your stuff

Any luck on pieds yet as in what genes they carry?