olive green - cock, blue hen, what about their chicks?

[NelsonPL]

hello everyone
I've got a pair olive green cock and blue hen
I'm interested how will looks like their chicks?

olive, blue and grey???

kind regards

[Molossus2]

Olive is a dbl factor in a dominant gene. Likely split for blue and paired to blue will result in all dark factor offspring ie all babies will be dark green / blue and cobalt.

[mikeb]

a lot of people mistakenly think they have an olive bird when they have a grey-green or violet green bird what color are the flight and tail feathers of your bird if they are grey you have a grey-green if they are violet you have a violet-green if they are dark blue green with yellowish tip you have a true olive bird

[NelsonPL]

well... I took some pics of my olive

http://vlep.pl/85o6nz.jpg

http://vlep.pl/mqxn3a.jpg

what do you think, is it normal olive or sth like grey green?

thanks for the answer

regards

[NelsonPL]

ohh.. one more thing

it will be great if I have cobalt chicks.. they're beautiful.....

[mikeb]

hard to tell what color are the toenails grey or black and what color are the tail feathers dark grey or dark blue green

[NelsonPL]

toenails are light, sth like grey..

and tail feathers are blue/green..

http://vlep.pl/7xr5sv.jpg

[Sherjil]

Discriminating between olive & grey-green is very much tricky until you have seen both types of birds together with your own eyes. Here is the best theoretical description given when I asked the same question :-

http://www.indianringneck.com/forum/vie ... 26&t=13286

according to one book the main difference is the color of the two longest tail features which are olive green for grey-greens and mauve in olive mutation.

Best if you can take a nice and clear picture of the tail features in good light.

[NelsonPL]

wow....

I don't know what does it mean "mauve" colour...

diffeferentation between some mutations or combinations is so hard for the beginner..........