Hi everyone,

I have just decided on another breeding pair they are

 

This boy Coby (he is the yellow face type 2)

 

and this girl Pirate,

she actually has a darker more purple colour than Coby , this photo doesn't do her justice, and she is and opline if you can't see the wings.

 

One of the reasons I chose Pirate is because I think someone posted that breeding a dark blue bird would help to darken the colour on the yft2's , I just wanted to check that I have remebered correctly.

 

And would the results be half yellow face split for opline and then half opline girls?

 

Thanks Carri

Your male looks like a Yellow Faced Type 2 Mauve Spangle (beautiful) I love spangles and he is English or part English so that even makes him more favorable! :(Laughing out loud):

 

okay so:

 

Yellow Faced Type 2 Mauve Spangle Cock

 

Cobalt Opaline Hen

 

 

I'm just learning so this is what I know or have learned....Yellow Face is dominant to Blue so you would get Yellow Faced babies for sure. Opaline is sex linked. You would't get Opaline visual babies unless your male is split for Opaline. Spangle is Dominant I think...don't know much about spangle but it could also be resscivce I would like to know I would myself. Although, I had a pair of Yellow Faced Type 2 Sky Blue Normal and a Lutino and they threw Spangles babies in every clutch they had.

 

Can you find out about your male splits?

 

You would have:

Father: Yellow Faced Type 2 Mauve Spangle Cock

 

Mother: Cobalt Opaline Hen

 

Male Offspring - Mauve & Cobalt Yellow Faced males split to Opaline(not sure on the spangle could someone clarify me on this?)

 

 

Female Offspring - Mauve & Cobalt Yellow Faced females (again spangle I don't know I think its Dominant)

 

 

Sorry this dosen't help alot but...will hold you until somone clarifies us on the spangle mutation....

I am almost completely sure that spangle is dominant, but I would like it if someone could tell me for sure.

I bought the Boy from a pet store so I don't now the parentage, sorry.

 

And are you saying that some of the chicks would have a darker body colour?, but some would still be the same as the dad.

 

Thanks Carri

Its not going to Darken anything...you would get the same ones as Dad (mauve) and the same as mom (cobalt). Dark factors are very complicated but I think you would need a Grey or Violet a Grey is used for Darkening colors...

okay, so by what we have at the moment, I will get spangles of both cobalt and mauve and the males will be split for opline and if Coby is split for opline there would be visual opline babies as well.

Is that right?

 

Thanks Carri

Im not sure...if Spangle is Dominant than you would get spangles yes (of both) yeah and if he is split to Opaline yould have Visual and some Split babies {half the babies should be Opaline if he is split to it} and you would get them in both Mauve and Cobalt.

Spangle is dominant.

Spangle x Normal = 50% Normal & 50% Spangle.

 

Becareful with Spangle Opalines unless you know the parentage or the bird displays the Gizzle "V" it might just be a spangle with bad wing markings. Just because the body colour is in the wings isn't a definate sign of opaline in spangles.

 

No factor Dark factor x single factor Dark factor = 50% single factor Dark Factor and 50% no factor Dark Factor.

 

Skyblue x Cobalt = 50% Skyblue & 50% Cobalt.

You can't get Mauve from this paring.

 

Cobalt x Cobalt = 25% Sky blue, 50% cobalt and 25% Mauve.

 

Spangle Cock x Opaline Hen = Normal / Opaline Cocks, Normal Cocks, Spangle Cocks, Spangle / Opaline cocks, Spangle Hens and normal hens

Edited January 15, 200718 yr by Daz