Lacewing Genetics question

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MandoKurtz
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Lacewing Genetics question

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Hello, I am terribly awful about trying to figure out anything that has to do with genetics! I am getting my first ringneck chick pretty soon, and the breeder I am getting my baby from did not have this clutch DNA tested... I was wondering, is it possible to figure out if the chicks are male/female by the colors they hatched out as?
The breeder told me the male is a blue split (split to what I am uncertain? Pallid?) and the female is a lutino split.
The offspring he has are a blue chick, a turquoise pallid chick and a blue pallid chick.
I wish I could post pics but I believe I am too much of a newbie on this forum still :)
And I do not believe they are palladinos, but then I still not quite familiar with the differences between a pallid and a palladino. The blue pallid bird is very very light, almost a silvery bluish white, but I believe that is how regular blue pallid birds are correct?
Anyways, any light shed on this, if it is enough info, would be greatly appreciated!!
Thanks for your time! :)
rod038
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Re: Lacewing Genetics question

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The hen may of been a Creamino based on the offspring and not a Lutino. They are simlilar to look at.
As to the sex of the chicks, the Pallid chicks would be Hens and the Blue no way of telling.
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Re: Lacewing Genetics question

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If i'm correct and the pair is blue/pallid cock and lutino/blue hen then the blue chick will be a cock and the pallids would be hens, being pallid is a sex linked mutation. But this combo wont get the turquoise blue pallid? so the hen may be creamino as rod said and you would have to dna the blue bird.
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The blue chick could be a hen or a cock. And if it is a cock, it could or could not be split for pallid.
Molossus2
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What if the dam is lut/bl/lwing?
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Re: Lacewing Genetics question

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Awesome! Thanks for all your guys' help! So it looks like everyone agrees that the lacewings are girls. I was hoping for a make bird, but I guess te gender doesn't seem to matter much, at least from what I have read. I shall try and post some pics of the birds if I can when I get to a computer. Now for the hard decision, choosing a baby! :)
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Molossus2 wrote:What if the dam is lut/bl/lwing?
Hi,

what do you mean with lying? Lacewing aka pallid?
A hen can't be split for pallid because it is a sex linked mutation.

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smick wrote:If i'm correct and the pair is blue/pallid cock and lutino/blue hen then the blue chick will be a cock and the pallids would be hens
Sorry you aren't correct. This pair will give you:

1.0 blue /pallid x 0.1 ino /blue
% from all 1.0
25.0% 1.0 blue pallidIno
25.0% 1.0 pallidIno /blue
25.0% 1.0 blue /ino
25.0% 1.0 green /blue ino
% from all 0.1
25.0% 0.1 blue
25.0% 0.1 green /blue
25.0% 0.1 blue pallid
25.0% 0.1 pallid /blue

greetings.

madas
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Re: Lacewing Genetics question

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Madas you're right. Hens cannot b / for a sex linked mut. A blonde moment for me.
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