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Post by zena on May 21, 2013 16:40:47 GMT 10
Hi all,
This is actually from an old pair I used to have, and I was just curious. Their first clutch had three normal/'bush' budgies and two were dominant pied. The second clutch had five yellowface type 2. Would one or both parents be split for dominant pied and/or yellowface type 2. The father was a yellow dark-eyes clear, and the mother a 'bush' budgie (or small normal green).
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Post by avinet on May 22, 2013 21:46:15 GMT 10
Hi all, This is actually from an old pair I used to have, and I was just curious. Their first clutch had three normal/'bush' budgies and two were dominant pied. The second clutch had five yellowface type 2. Would one or both parents be split for dominant pied and/or yellowface type 2. The father was a yellow dark-eyes clear, and the mother a 'bush' budgie (or small normal green). I have to start out by saying that I have always found budgie genetics to be incredibly complex, and I am always happy to admit I may be wrong whenever I try to give advice about the subject. Having aid that he is my take on your pair of budgies. Firstly a yellow dark eyed clear is a combination of clear-wing pied, a dominant gene, and a recessive pied (obviously a recessive gene). To get something like your breeding results I have to assume that the female is split to recessive pied and to Y/F 2 and the male is actually visually a Y/F 2 but that is masked by also being a yellow dark eyed clear. So assuming we have a male who is visually Y/F 2 and yellow dark eyed clear, and he is paired with a green female split to recessive pied and Y/F 2 we would get on average the following 25.0% Y/F 2 recessive pied split clearwing pied 25.0% Y/F 2 split clearwing pied and recessive pied 25.0% recessive pied split Y/F 2 and clearwing pied 25.0% green split Y/F 2 and recessive pied and clearwing pied that is close to your results - 5 Y/F 2 (50%) 2 pied (20%) and 3 green (30%). The only fly in the ointment is you say you got dominant pied and not recessive pied! All I can suggest is that your identification of dominant pied is wrong, especially since for any of the babies to be dominant pied one at least of the adults would have to be a dominant pied. Maybe the Y/F 2 and recessive pied combination looks like a dominant pied? Your other question about the 2 pairs will have to wait for another day - I'm still to look at that one!! cheers, Mike |
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Post by zena on May 23, 2013 9:22:09 GMT 10
Thanks- I know that both the pied were dominant pied- white eyes instead of the dark that is usual for recessive pied, well thats what i've been told. Inless being Y/F 2 changes the eyes?
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