I bought a dom pied spangle grey green hen from this year's state auction. She was a cheapie really, nice hen but not huge "wow" factor. I put her with a sky blue cock I bred last year, who is the brother to my sky who took out best blue in his show a couple of months back. She laid four eggs and all looked fertile. Just four, no more. Out of those four eggs only one hatched. Dom pied is one of my "new things". You know how you go through fads of colours that you like, well Dom Pied is my latest. I was really hoping for at least one dom pied from this pair and then thought my odds would be pretty slim, being that only one chick hatched.

 

Well this is their one and only chick (they fostered fallow babies and were great parents though)

 

I bought a dom pied spangle grey green hen from this year's state auction. She was a cheapie really, nice hen but not huge "wow" factor. I put her with a sky blue cock I bred last year, who is the brother to my sky who took out best blue in his show a couple of months back. She laid four eggs and all looked fertile. Just four, no more. Out of those four eggs only one hatched. Dom pied is one of my "new things". You know how you go through fads of colours that you like, well Dom Pied is my latest. I was really hoping for at least one dom pied from this pair and then thought my odds would be pretty slim, being that only one chick hatched.

 

Well this is their one and only chick (they fostered fallow babies and were great parents though)

 

 

Only one chick, and you got Dom Pied, AND Spangle! Bonus!

Looks like a spangle to me. are you saying its dom pied ? Doesnt look like one.

Edited October 23, 201014 yr by KAZ

It's a Dom Pied Spangle. You can just see his white spot over at the left near the wall. It wasnt a good picture, will try to get a better one today

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but can't spangles get a white spangle spot also??? A spangle spot. lol. It doesn't mean they are pied or split pied.

 

Either way he's a gorgeous bub Sunnie. I love grey's of any variety

Edited October 23, 201014 yr by Snoopy

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but can't spangles get a white spangle spot also??? A spangle spot. lol. It doesn't mean they are pied or split pied.

 

Either way he's a gorgeous bub Sunnie. I love grey's of any variety

 

 

Its a dom pied spot, not a split rec pied or spangle spot

But as I said, I will get more pics to remove all doubt

yes thats true you can get spangle spot pieds whom are not pied at all

but you can see white near leg so maybe theirs a band hiding on his belly ???? whom really knows in that picture but it sure is cute

i do think its pied by the white at bottom of him if you look close it seems to be more than ruffled feathers down their more like a cluster white feathers id say that most probably move around and across belly

I've got to be honest, I have no clue what a Dom Pied is meant to look like, every time someone shows a picture of a Pied I'm like 'oh its a dom pied.' and then everyone says its a rec pied. The I see another one and say, 'oh its a rec pied.' And everyone says its a dom pied. Now I'm looking at this bird and the second I saw it I thought, Oh its a Dom Pied Spangle... so... Sunnie... sorry but its a Rec Pied Opaline!!

 

No but in all seriousness... I think I can see what I think are Dom Pied markings on its front...

Glad I'm wrong in this case for you Sunnie. Looking forward to more photo's of the cutie... :)

Doesnt look like a dom pied spangle to me in that photo. Spangles have head spots or head patches too. Need photos of the rest of the bird. If you are basing the dom pied part on the head spot only.....thats not enough to go on as spangles have them too.

Edited October 23, 201014 yr by KAZ

yes thats true you can get spangle spot pieds whom are not pied at all

but you can see white near leg so maybe theirs a band hiding on his belly ???? whom really knows in that picture but it sure is cute

i do think its pied by the white at bottom of him if you look close it seems to be more than ruffled feathers down their more like a cluster white feathers id say that most probably move around and across belly

 

 

Glad you could see it GB and you are correct

Anyway, here are a few more pics that hopefully will show the markings better - except once again, the pics are poor quality due to only having a phone to take them with but I believe you can see the white under the grey chest colour near the legs and you can see the dom pied spot better.

 

 

Definitely dom pied spangle and its a real nice chick too

 

PS First photos didnt show it well enough

Thank you Kaz. I am pretty chuffed with him.

 

PS I just notice the fallow chick looking to come out and explore through the cage door I left open. It is a foster sibling lol

 

 

You're right, I didn't notice the fallow till you mentioned it! Hope you had the Birdroom door closed

yes thats true you can get spangle spot pieds whom are not pied at all

but you can see white near leg so maybe theirs a band hiding on his belly ???? whom really knows in that picture but it sure is cute

i do think its pied by the white at bottom of him if you look close it seems to be more than ruffled feathers down their more like a cluster white feathers id say that most probably move around and across belly

 

 

Glad you could see it GB and you are correct

Anyway, here are a few more pics that hopefully will show the markings better - except once again, the pics are poor quality due to only having a phone to take them with but I believe you can see the white under the grey chest colour near the legs and you can see the dom pied spot better.

 

 

it seems to me its also mauve

but that could be the screen playing tricks on me

id be stoked with a dom pied chick like that well done

 

it seems to me its also mauve

but that could be the screen playing tricks on me

 

Looks like it to me too GB

 

it seems to me its also mauve

but that could be the screen playing tricks on me

 

Looks like it to me too GB

 

then i say

a

jack pot has been hit

your very lucky what a bonus gal wooooo hoo

Edited October 25, 201014 yr by GenericBlue

Gorgeous! I am glad you got him/her, after our chats about it. Gorgeous fallow also Mmmh and I love your nails.

 

BUT back to topic. Gorgeous chick!

Edited October 25, 201014 yr by KAZ

Oh Sunnie,i think i can her that chick saying he wants to come live with me:)

So, if he's mauve, then hopefully, if I found a violet hen for him for next year, he might possibly give me violet dom pieds??

 

Thanks for all the comments.

 

Sorry Libby, he is staying with me, but you are welcome to visit sometime

As one parent was a Sky Blue you will not produce a Mauve. Besides it looks Grey. The first pics showed clearly it was a Pied.

As one parent was a Sky Blue you will not produce a Mauve. Besides it looks Grey. The first pics showed clearly it was a Pied.

why not its the dad was skyblue mum was grey green she could have been dd factor

As one parent was a Sky Blue you will not produce a Mauve. Besides it looks Grey. The first pics showed clearly it was a Pied.

why not its the dad was skyblue mum was grey green she could have been dd factor

 

Sky Blue = no dark factor (0-df), green series is Light Green.

 

Dark Grey Green = one dark factor (1-df), blue series is Cobalt.

Olive Grey Green = two dark factors (2-df),blue series is Mauve.

 

So 0-df X 1-df = 50% 0-df or 50% 1-df

 

OR

 

0-df X 2-df = 100% 1-df

 

The Grey Green is split for Blue and single factor Grey as it produced a Grey when paired to a Sky Blue. Check the Cheek patches.

As one parent was a Sky Blue you will not produce a Mauve. Besides it looks Grey. The first pics showed clearly it was a Pied.

why not its the dad was skyblue mum was grey green she could have been dd factor

 

Sky Blue = no dark factor (0-df), green series is Light Green.

 

Dark Grey Green = one dark factor (1-df), blue series is Cobalt.

Olive Grey Green = two dark factors (2-df),blue series is Mauve.

 

So 0-df X 1-df = 50% 0-df or 50% 1-df

 

OR

 

0-df X 2-df = 100% 1-df

 

The Grey Green is split for Blue and single factor Grey as it produced a Grey when paired to a Sky Blue. Check the Cheek patches.

sorry rip to make you explain thank you though for that i dont need to cheak patches i know you will be correct

It was really interesting reading that info. Thanks for the explanation RIP

Funny, I thought he was going to be something special when he fledged, but a week later and he already looks smaller than I first thought. How our perceptions change. He's still got very nice feather tho, and he IS dom pied lol