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Post by josiedownunda on Oct 9, 2004 11:51:23 GMT 10
Have a question regarding the action of the pearl gene. In my platinum wf pearls, the last clutch of babies were all wf pearl platinums with full pearling over their entire back. This clutch there is one non-pearl and the other is pearl yet the pearling is only on the wings...down the centre back is normal platinum colour. Are there pearl genes that act differently..ie. give a more pearled overall effect than others? I have never seen this before......especially from one pair. Usually all teh pearls from a particular pair have the same amount of pearling regardless which clutch they are in. Thanks
Jo-Anne
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Post by billspets on Oct 9, 2004 12:21:06 GMT 10
hello Jo-Anne
it sound to me that it is a pearl pied but i may be wrong
as far as how the gene works i beleave that it may not be passed on from the perents and if there is another gene or split gene then thay mix EG the pearl and pied
hope this helps
regards
bill
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Post by hillcresttiels on Oct 9, 2004 12:57:12 GMT 10
Gday Jo Anne there are different Pearl genes you have your normal Pearling and the Lacewing Pearl and in your case the 1st clutch carried the Lacewing Pearl gene
which is a very symmetrical type of pearling all over the body and in the 2nd clutch sounds like they carry the Normal Pearl Gene. It.s common for hens to be Lacewing Pearled which are received from 1 male chromosone and it is normally a hidden gene eg Mutation/prl that delivers the Lacewing , it's normally these Lacewings that go on and win their category in shows! also not common that Lacewing is shared with the Pied gene it generally returns to a normal pearl :)Cheers Frank
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