Im so happy!!! I have a sky blue recessive pied hen down on 3 eggs with another one due tomorrow!! The cock is a Olive recessive pied.

 

What should the outcomes be?

You would get all Olive recessive pied babies, split for blue.

okay, cool thanks **Liv**. I dont really understand the split part though. Does it mean that if I bred an Olive recessive pied, that was split to blue, with a cobalt I would get sky blue and cobalt?

Becuase green is dominant over blue, a paring of a green bird to a blue bird will give all green birds but the babies will have the blue gene hidden for when they breed and could produce blue birds.

 

You could get some blue birds if mum is split for blue too - i forgot to add that before

Im so happy!!! I have a sky blue recessive pied hen down on 3 eggs with another one due tomorrow!! The cock is a Olive recessive pied.

What should the outcomes be?

The chicks should all be recessive pied dark green unless the cock bird has a blue gene (split for blue). If he is split for blue then half of them will be recessive pied cobalt. (If the cock bird is split for a sex-linked mutation the result will slightly be different)

 

A sky blue has no dark factor and an olive has 2 dark factors. Therefore the chicks will all have one dark factor. That is: cobalt or dark green. No olive or sky blue

Edited September 18, 200816 yr by Neville

When an animal is split for something, it means they are carrying the gene, but you can't see it. That gene will always be recessive.

Edited September 18, 200816 yr by Sailorwolf

thanks everyone for the answers. An update on Pixie and Asterix. Pixie is the ultimate mum, with 6 eggs under her now! Egg machine is her nickname! Asterix is the best husband.