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Post by arpsway on May 5, 2012 22:18:41 GMT 10
good morning,
would like to know about quakers mutation.
I have male green split to lutino with
female blue. I got one baby green and two blues.
would the blue babys be split to lutino?
thanks
richard
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Post by avinet on May 6, 2012 15:42:50 GMT 10
good morning, would like to know about quakers mutation. I have male green split to lutino with female blue. I got one baby green and two blues. would the blue babys be split to lutino? thanks richard Hi Richard, A split lutino cock bird - I'm jealous!! They are still very rare in Australia - equals very expensive. To have got any blue babies your cock must also be split to blue since blue is a recessive gene and so both parents have to carry the blue gene. The lutino gene is a sex-linked gene, meanignt hat the hen cannot be split to lutino, if she is carrying the lutino gene then she will visually show the colour. Given a green cock split to blue and lutino, and a blue hen the breeding possibilities for their babies are as follows. Sons25.0% blue split lutino 25.0% green split blue and lutino 25.0% blue with no splits 25.0% green split blue Daughters25.0% blue-lutino, which means it will be white in visual colour 25.0% lutino split blue 25.0% blue with no splits 25.0% green split blue So to answer your question, the blue babies can be of either sex. If they are females then they are not split to anything. If they are males then they have a 50/50 chance of being split blue and only test breeding of them to a blue hen will show if they are split to blue. Your green baby will be split to blue and if it is a male has a 50% chance of being split to lutino like his father. And the exciting thing about your pair is that on average 1 in 8 babies will be lutino and 1 in 8 will be white. I'm still jealous - maybe even more jealous  cheers, Mike |
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Post by arpsway on May 7, 2012 2:45:49 GMT 10
Mike
Thanks for info on Quakers
I will breed these back after DNA test if males
And I also have green split blue/lutino male and
Pallet blue female
. Waiting for her to lay.
Thanks
Richard
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Post by avinet on May 7, 2012 21:30:26 GMT 10
I think you mean a pallid blue female  Actually a green split blue and lutino cock paired with a pallid blue hen is an interesting combination - could throw all sorts of colours. cheers, Mike |
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