What a surprise I found this morning, Ariel and Kelpie's 3rd chick has hatched with pink eyes! (At first I thought it had no eyes and was dead. )

 

 

 

 

 

This is Ariel when he was young: (The recessive pied in the front.)

 

 

I had no idea he would be split for ino!

 

Well, I suppose he could be split for just about anything. It will be interesting to see. But since about half of his hen chicks can be expected to be inos now, that only leaves the other half to show any opaline or cinnamon. So unless there's a whole lot of girls, his potential splits may never show up.

 

 

I have him paired with a sky blue opaline hen who has the potential to be split for greywing, so I guess that increases the chances of seeing whether Ariel is /opaline, cuz the boy chicks could have it.

 

And it's funny about greywings. I've had greywing chicks from every pair I've put together, excepting one pair who only had one chick survive. I usually pair up a blackwing with a greywing so that I will at least get splits, but even the times when I've paired two blackwings of unknown background, I've still gotten greywing chicks. So it wouldn't surprise me a bit if I get greywing chicks from this nest, although I'm not expecting it. But I wasn't expecting INO either!

Hey, Finnie. Don't know most of what you've just said, but good on you anyway!!! :P I think he's a pretty bird, regardless!!! My hen is very similar but with a more aqua colour blue. Does that mean anything?? :huh:

Its weird. There's something about seeing a red eyed chick in a nest that puts a smile on one's face.

Maybe its the element of surprise in most cases

Its weird. There's something about seeing a red eyed chick in a nest that puts a smile on one's face.

Maybe its the element of surprise in most cases

 

 

I think that's exactly it. I'm not even really all that interested in breeding inos, but I was so surprised, that I just really think this chick is cool!

 

 

Hezz, sorry if I confused you! I was just referring to what kinds of recessive mutations that can be lurking in our birds that we don't know about until we breed them. Is your aqua colored hen a yellowface?

Edited April 7, 201114 yr by Finnie

Ooh isn't it exciting? Another pinkie and a surprise one too! Will keep you guessing for a bit trying to figure out the genetics!