Posted July 19, 200915 yr Hello all, My first attempt at breeding was about 14 months ago, "colony breeding" as you guys would say.....(never do that again!)....although I did remove Mum Dad and eggs in nesting box, to a seperate cage by themselves as I was scared the eggs would be eaten by the other females....anyway..... 4 eggs hatched ....the below pics are of the 4 chicks she had, I would like to know if anyone can tell me the mutation of the white one which I gave to a friend but I can "borrow" her to breed..... The white chick is white with a patch of blue on it's rump and underbelly......from memory I don't think he has iris rings? This was the hen, and she could have mated with 5 different cocks...... These are the babies.... This is a picture I took of him about 4 months ago....It is a he isn't it???
July 19, 200915 yr Thanks cute.spangled.bub.... Any idea on his mutation?? what did the other chicks come out as their is a spangle and what looks to be a dom on the far left but it is heavily marked and could be a rec pie do you have pics of them all now and if not how old are they now ?????
July 19, 200915 yr cobalt recessive pied i think its cobalt because the patch on it in the box looks in the photo like a cobalt
July 19, 200915 yr Thanks cute.spangled.bub.... Any idea on his mutation?? what did the other chicks come out as their is a spangle and what looks to be a dom on the far left but it is heavily marked and could be a rec pie do you have pics of them all now and if not how old are they now ?????just as they may not get iris rings till later and could be doms exept of course the spangle
July 19, 200915 yr Author Thanks C.S.B and G_B, They are about 14 months old now, I hava a recent picture of the far right one as I still have her....she's the one I think I need to send to weight watchers..... The others....the far left light green one, no I gave her away, the white one is the one I'm asking about...I can get a recent picture of her this week and also the next one. Thanks
July 19, 200915 yr she's not fat.... As for the parent... i would say (correct me if wrong) an recessive pied cobalt. possibly violet but im not too sure... can we see more picture's of her? preferablly front on and from the back.... cause it might be opaline also.
July 20, 200915 yr :party0011: she's not fat.... As for the parent... i would say (correct me if wrong) an recessive pied cobalt. possibly violet but im not too sure... can we see more picture's of her? preferablly front on and from the back.... cause it might be opaline also. if your talking about the hen (the mother) i think shes a opaline cobalt dom pied
July 20, 200915 yr oh okay if your talking about the second one fromthe left in that group of four babies i would say its a cobalt recessive pied
July 21, 200915 yr The hen is an opaline dominant pied and she must be split for recessive pied because the chick on the left is a recessive pied. The white chick is probably a combination of recessive pied and dominant pied (the yellow next to it could be the same). She must have mated with a spangle to produce the chick on the right but he may not have been the father of all the chicks.
July 21, 200915 yr i was wondering about double factor dom. pied but it doesn't appear that any iris rings have appeared and the cere is still pink so as Neville stated recessive pied.
August 1, 200915 yr Author I've got updated pictures of the white chick, I can't notice any iris rings, the bird is 10 months old. So recessive pied? What do I breed with him to get more of the same? Thank you!
August 2, 200915 yr Hes definetly a recessive pied cobalt, seeing a patch of stripes on the back of his head and a patch in his lower tummy, also his eyes will stay full bl;ack. If you want more: then hen of this chicks is a Dominant Pied split recessive pied. Now one of these cocks she mated wuth either must be recessive pied or split recessive pied to have this mutation in the baby if you were to put the hen (that dom.pied at the top) who is split recessive pied with a cock who is split recessive pied, the chances are: Dominant/ Recessive x Dominant/ Recessive 25% recessive pieds 50% split recessive pieds 25% Normals (no recessive pied genes) You could also pair the hen with the recessive pied baby itself, or pair the hen with another recessive pied if you cant wait for the chick to get older Dominant/Recessive x Recessive 50% Recessives 50% Split Recessives As you may see the above pairing you are more likely to get recessive pieds Hope this helps Daniela
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