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Post by Laraine on Jan 23, 2014 11:27:25 GMT 10
I have 2 babies to my yellow Turquoise hen and my normal male. Is the yellow colour sex linked. If they turn out to be yellow (they haven't got many feathers yet) will they be female as in other species? If they turn out to be normals will they automatically be male? I hope someone can help.
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Post by avinet on Jan 23, 2014 20:59:23 GMT 10
I have 2 babies to my yellow Turquoise hen and my normal male. Is the yellow colour sex linked. If they turn out to be yellow (they haven't got many feathers yet) will they be female as in other species? If they turn out to be normals will they automatically be male? I hope someone can help. Yellow in Turks is acutally not a lutino mutation as with some other specie sbut instead is a Dilute mutation - where there is a reduction in the melanin in the feather structure that causes yellow to replace green. It is recessive so for you to get any yellow babies the father will need to be split to yellow - which these days is always a fair possibiility. If you do get yellow babies they can be of either sex, and you will have to wait until the males starts getting the red wing patch to be sure of the sex. If he is split to yellow then on average half the babies will be yellow and half green split to yellow. If he is not carrying a yellow gene then all babies will be green and all split to yellow. cheers, Mike |
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Post by Laraine on Jan 24, 2014 9:11:11 GMT 10
Thanks Mike, I will have to be patient until they get more feathers. They certainly are noisy little guys when I peek into the top of the log. I had to take the mum out as she wasn't looking well and was really skinny plus she has lost feathers around her eyes so that you can see her ears. Would the male be doing this?
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Post by avinet on Jan 24, 2014 21:00:23 GMT 10
Thanks Mike, I will have to be patient until they get more feathers. They certainly are noisy little guys when I peek into the top of the log. I had to take the mum out as she wasn't looking well and was really skinny plus she has lost feathers around her eyes so that you can see her ears. Would the male be doing this? So is the male looking after the babies OK on his own? Are you checking their crops to make sure they have plenty of food - noisy babies could be hungry babies. Not sure what the hen's problem might be - if she is skinny could it be that the male wasn't keeping her fed, and yes, most likely she has been plucked by the male. cheers, Mike |
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Post by Laraine on Jan 29, 2014 9:08:46 GMT 10
The male got tired of feeding the babies so now I am hand feeding them, but leaving them in their log. They are already getting red feathers on their wings so I assume both are boys. I am giving the mum some of the hand rearing food as well to try to give her a boost.
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