Stew 0 Posted November 7, 2011 Member ID: 5,196 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 24 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 240 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Hey guys, I've been reading about grey down on a chick, usually means the chick will be opaline. Saw this myself with the first round from my: Light Green Dom Pied / Opaline Cock and Light Green Cin Hen. Didn't realise the cock was split til I got a Light Green Opaline Hen !!!. Hen had the grey down, and turned out as expected. However second Round from the pair has produced a grey downed chick, and a white downed chick. The White down turned out to be a nice pied. The grey down has turned out to be a Green Normal ? How does this happen, or is Grey down not just linked with Opaline ? Does it mean he's a Cock and is Split Opaline ? Any advice welcome. Link to comment
Amy S 0 Posted November 7, 2011 Member ID: 5,666 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 16 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 601 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3,375 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 15/10/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 1, 2022 Birthday: 23/04/1982 Share Posted November 7, 2011 (edited) White down, not grey down, means opaline If your cock is split and your hen is normal you will get: Normal/opaline cocks Normal cocks Opaline hens Normal hens Does that help at all? Edited November 7, 2011 by Amy S Link to comment
Dave_McMinn 0 Posted November 8, 2011 Member ID: 3,092 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 103 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3,831 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 21,560 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 13/01/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2018 Birthday: 23/05/1975 Share Posted November 8, 2011 You have the down colours around the wrong way like Amy said. Link to comment
RIPbudgies 0 Posted November 8, 2011 Member ID: 4,902 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 38 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 872 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 5,070 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 16/12/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 16, 2013 Birthday: 27/10/1957 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Grey down is for normals and some other varieties. White down is usually associated with Opaline. Dominant Pieds will have grey down but Danish and Dutch will have white down. Dilute alleles are an off white. Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted November 8, 2011 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Greywings also are an off white...not white and not grey, just a slightly dirtier white Link to comment
Stew 0 Posted November 8, 2011 Member ID: 5,196 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 24 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 240 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 4, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 Thanks guys. Just checked the pied (who's still feathering up) and low and behold it looks like its/she's opaline as well !??!? Should have held off a couple of days before asking..... Well I knew down colour had something to do with it.......Stupid brain. Link to comment
Finnie 0 Posted November 12, 2011 Member ID: 5,135 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,545 Content Per Day: 0.49 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 14,055 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/03/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18, 2020 Birthday: 06/08/1965 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Greywings also are an off white...not white and not grey, just a slightly dirtier white Well this explains why so many times I can't tell if the down is white or grey! Link to comment
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