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Post by moonkira *Julie * on Feb 28, 2013 17:58:35 GMT
If I bred these two when I am ready what colour chicks could I expect  |
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Feb 28, 2013 18:57:36 GMT
Beautiful ones!! Sorry that wasn't helpful  |
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Post by nat on Feb 28, 2013 19:14:03 GMT
I don't think theres a definate answer, but green is dominant to blue, so unless the cock is split for blue, they will all be green chicks. If hes split blue then you could some green, some blue.
Its hard to tell the hens true colour from the pic. She definately looks dilute, which is recessive to normal so unless the cock is split for dilute the chicks will be 100% normal but split for dilute.
If he is split dilute you could get some dilute chicks and any normals will be split for dilute.
I think this info is right. Its been a long time since I thought about colour genetics! Hopefully I will be corrected if wrong ;-)
Can you give any more details on her colour? ie her wing markings and colour
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Post by birdguhl on Feb 28, 2013 20:02:01 GMT
You sound very authoritative, Nat!
My brain just says "Nah...." when I try to keep up with genetic chat!
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Post by moonkira *Julie * on Feb 28, 2013 20:06:32 GMT
I am a novice and only got my birds in sept so dont have the faintest idea what dilute means , the only dilute I know is if you put some orange squash in a glass you dilute with water lol
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Post by mizloco on Feb 28, 2013 20:19:01 GMT
I am a novice and only got my birds in sept so dont have the faintest idea what dilute means , the only dilute I know is if you put some orange squash in a glass you dilute with water lol Ditto  Sent from my HTC One X using proboards |
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Post by nat on Feb 28, 2013 20:31:21 GMT
Hahahaha, dilute colour in a budgie is kinda the same as the diluted orange squash idea, in the way that instead of having a solid body colour its like someone tipped a load of water on it and washed out the colour :-)
In budgies there are dominant colour genes and recessive colour genes. Green is dominant over blue for instance, so 2 green budgies make green budgies. 2 blue budgies make blue budgies.
The green gene is more dominant so 1 green and 1 blue budgie will make green budgies.
Just to complicate things a green budgie can carry a hidden blue gene. This budgie would be called a 'green, split for blue'.
If this 'green budgie, split for blue breeds with a blue budgie, the doubling of the blue genes can produce blue budgies.
Dilute is a recessive gene, just as blue is to green. Meaning that a dilute bred with a budgie of a normal solid colour will only breed chicks showing the dilute characteristics- if the normal budgie is 'split for dilute'
I hope this makes a bit more sense lol :-)
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Post by moonkira *Julie * on Feb 28, 2013 21:52:53 GMT
So would ì have chicks that woul look like the green cock bird or the hen which ì am not sure what colour she would be classed as, she is a pale turquise with splashes of yellow over her back , head and wings
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Post by nat on Feb 28, 2013 22:12:22 GMT
She must be a sky blue yellow face. Then if he is split for blue so if they get blue chicks, some of the blue chicks be yellow face.
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Post by moonkira *Julie * on Feb 28, 2013 23:57:21 GMT
Thanks for that link Nat its really interesting and very informative. I have saved it to my favourites so I can keep it
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