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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

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.

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

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

ohh.. one more thing

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

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

toenails are light, sth like grey..

and tail feathers are blue/green..

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

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.

wow....

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

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