NANCYVIEWLOFTS Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 hi all have i got my genetic knowledge all wrong there as been a blue cheq gaby hen for sale on this site the sire being WITTENBUIK 360 the dam being MISTRESS i believe both these are blues i always thought that 2 blues paired together could only breed blues or blue with white feathering never blue cheqs could be that i am wrong with the colours of WITTENBUIK 360 and MISTRESS your thoughts please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbrown Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 i know the books say blue to blue = blue but we have had cheqs from 2 x blues (but you generally find the grandparent/s are cheq/s but the mind bogels at times?? (always a good subject) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony C Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 Any possibility a chequer trod the hen? I was also led to believe that bluexblue=blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbrown Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 always possible........always difficult to decide with blues/cheqs.. i know this year we had 2 x blues (hartogs) breed a RED WF HEN?? oh, by the way our old Red Pd Cock was in the box above, so we all know who's the daddy here!! ha ha, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 simple...if a youngster is a diff colour to parents ...then it could be a throw back from a diff colour crossing in past parentage..i had a red cock and a cheq hen throw out a black...the sire of the cheq was a black cock and dam a cheq hen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest beautyhomer Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 NANCYVIEWLOFTS,You are correct that two blue bars cannot breed a blue checker.This is because checker is dominant to bar.A blue bar will not be carrying a pattern gene for checker so it cannot breed one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy white Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 beautiehomer and nancyviewlofts are spot on, but blues with a sign of a third bar, can breed pencil blues which some folk would maybe call a cheq Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NANCYVIEWLOFTS Posted October 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 no this bird on sale was a full blue cheq a photo of it is on elimar web site now along with its parents take a look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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