How does the greywing gene work?

 

I have a pair: Normal skyblue cock and a goldenface skyblue violet opaline hen.

 

And I got two greywing chicks from them.. I think.

 

Here's the oldest

 

His body feathers are coming out a bright skyblue violet, not diluted.

 

And I was also wondering.. I know my male chicks from this pair will be split for opaline. How about the greywing? Is that sex linked as well? Don't know anything about that one :rofl:

 

Or are they greywing?

Edited July 28, 201015 yr by Cory

Greywing isnt sex linked. It is recessive and both parents would have to be split for it :rofl:

Greywing isnt sex linked. It is recessive and both parents would have to be split for it

 

Can hens be slpit for greywing then? I thought it had to be visual in hens? Will the other chicks carry the gene?

 

I'm confused :rofl:

It is not sex-linked, as Kaz said, so hens do not have to display it. It is recessive, not sex linked. For beginners, think along the lines of recessive pieds. Split to, not visual, if only one gene.

Breeding splits to splits usually gives you 25% normals. 50% normals split for greywing and 25% greywings

Oh thanks for the help

 

This was all a surprise, I just wanted to understand what was it that happened. I was only expecting blue goldenface normals so I was a little confused with these outcomes

 

So if I understood correctly the chicks that got the gene from both parents are the visual greywings, chicks that only got one gene are split and then I get the chicks that didn't get it at all, right?

 

This is biology all over again

So if I understood correctly the chicks that got the gene from both parents are the visual greywings, chicks that only got one gene are split and then I get the chicks that didn't get it at all, right?

 

This is biology all over again

 

 

You got it right! Unfortunately, since the chicks with only one greywing gene look normal, you can't tell which ones, if any, are split.