yellows

[tommy.walsh]

can any one tell me what to breed my yellow hen with to get yellow young birds

[Guest cloudview]

hi , this was written by cousin jack the bhw scribe .

pair yellow hen to red or mealy cock. thecocks from this pairing will carry a recessive gene for yellow then pair back todam or red hen  and keep your fingers crossed .

beatyhomer on this site is your man

[OLDYELLOW]

id go with a red mealy or silver had yellows this year from a mealy carrying yellow with a black wf hen

[pjc]

A yellow hen is ressesive and to breed yellows the cock would need to be resessive, i.e a yellow or silver or carry the resessive gene.

If you don't have any suitable cocks do as Oldyellow say's pair to a red and then pair a son back to the yellow hen and you will produce a percentage of yellows.

[Guest]

If she is ash-yellow pair to red chequer or red bar, the sons from this mating will all carry the dilute gene.    One of these young cocks will breed approximately 25% yellow daughters if mated to red cheq hen; if one of the young cocks is mated back to his dilute mother 50% of the young will be dilute of both sexes.

If the original cock is carrying blue and bar then the results will be different as a percentage of dilute blue bars, dilute blue chequers and red bars will also be produced.

 

[Blue Chequer Pied]

Is it not easier to pair it to another yellow or am I missing something  :-/

[OLDYELLOW]

Is it not easier to pair it to another yellow or am I missing something  :-/

 

it is easier to pair yellow to yellow but more often or not get gaypied yelows , also this pairing can create defects such as albinos there blind or small eyes with poor eyesight  

[tommy.walsh]

my yllow hen is paired to a white do you think i should just leave them and hope for the best

[Blue Chequer Pied]

 

it is easier to pair yellow to yellow but more often or not get gaypied yelows , also this pairing can create defects such as albinos there blind or small eyes with poor eyesight  

 

But they would be yellow .... job done  ;D

[OLDYELLOW]

my yllow hen is paired to a white do you think i should just leave them and hope for the best

 

i would say you would get more whites , but that depends on what dilute it's derived from as white isnt a colour its more of a lack of pigmentation been present  

 

[OLDYELLOW]

if pairing a yellow to a red the colour of the yellows are more darker and look better imo  

[tommy.walsh]

i only have 1 older red in my loft but he is a dark red

[OLDYELLOW]

i only have 1 older red in my loft but he is a dark red

 

id go with that one then you'l stilll get a percentage that will be red but you might hit lucky and breed yellows

[OLDYELLOW]

mealy  x dark wf hen bred these the mealy was carrying yellow :

[OLDYELLOW]

typical colour bred by two yellows :

[OLDYELLOW]

more desired colour for yellow :

[owen101]

nice birds oldyellow

and thats a cracking cheque bird you have there

[Guest]

my yllow hen is paired to a white do you think i should just leave them and hope for the best

 

The white is masking colour and pattern and possibly pied; so your "white" cock could be a blue bar pied, but he could be a red chequer self........or any combination in between.....if you don't know how he is bred, he could even be a dilute!!    But not the best choice for the yellow hen, better to use a red cheq.

 

 

 

[OLDYELLOW]

nice birds oldyellow

and thats a cracking cheque bird you have there

 

hes a Van Braune thanks  

[owen101]

hes a credit to you

and sory for going off topic

[Guest grizzler]

i would go with old yllows advice and pair to the red,if you paired the yellow to the white,you could get anything as the white is either ashred,blue or brown

[Guest beautyhomer]

hi , this was written by cousin jack the bhw scribe .

pair yellow hen to red or mealy cock. thecocks from this pairing will carry a recessive gene for yellow then pair back todam or red hen  and keep your fingers crossed .

beatyhomer on this site is your man

 

correct :)

 

However the recessive gene you are trying to reproduce is dilute not yellow.Reds and yellows both have the same colour gene(ash red).If you add dilute to a red you get yellow,there is no actual gene for yellow.