colour question

Jade · Post by **Jade** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:28 pm

Okay, my aviaries are finished and i'm about to pair up Yellowy (who, as her name states, is yellow) with Frank. Yellowy is a 2 year old lutino female, her mother was green split yellow and her dad was green. Frank was given to me so i'm not sure about his history, but hes green.

I tried that calculator thing - i'm totally confused!!! Any help would be much appreciated.

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:49 pm

Green Cock x Lutino Hen
=Green/Lutino Cocks
=Green Hens

Yellowy's parents would have been Green/Lutino Cock x Green Hen. Hens cannot be split to sex linked colours.

surferdon · Post by **surferdon** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:49 pm

if the male is green with no split you will get all green baby's with a split for yellow i believe

surferdon · Post by **surferdon** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:50 pm

no no Jeremy is right he posted as i was posting. Good Call!

bonjoram · Post by **bonjoram** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 8:58 am

You are partly correct Surfer. But as Jeremy mentioned above, hens cannot be split to a sex-linked mutation.

So there is no such thing as a hen split to Lutino, Cinnamon, Lacewing (Pallid), or Opaline.

I'm fairly new to color breeding myself and this is both fascinating and intriguing.

Jade · Post by **Jade** » Tue May 02, 2006 11:32 pm

Thanks guys!! Very much appreciated. I have no idea when it comes to this sort of stuff. I'm just winging it!!