designbyaleks
Chirping
- Jun 2, 2019
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I'm looking for genetic wisdoms because despite many attempts I still don't feel confident with the quail calculator and I'm planning to start a new flock with a few birds that have shown awesome personalities.
I have tentatively set aside:
1 Silver male
1 Italian/pharaoh male
2 Pharaoh females
1 silver tuxedo female
1 Tibetan female
1 tibetan tux female
1 white female
I plan on mixing and matching these as needed in breeding cages in the future, while letting them cohabit for most of the year. I can 'top up' the coven with repeats of any of the above colours, as I pretty much have a few of everything, but want to pair it down quite a bit to just a few beautiful and sweet birds.
I was broadly wondering if this looks like a good mix that will give me all kinds of results including (and especially):
- pure italian colouring? I don't know what the colour is exactly on this one male but he's quite light compared to pharaohs generally, but not as light as the manchurian gold/italians I already have. His personality is so much better though, I feel like he's the keeper.
- pure tibetan colouring?
- pure silver colouring?
If anyone can tell me what I could expect, that would be awesome!
If (and I suspect this may be the case) these birds aren't going to produce true italian or gold, I intend on using my feisty mature male (standalone photo of him looking away) to fertilize some eggs in the next few weeks and see if I can get another italian-colour female to add to the brood.
Does anyone have any thoughts? Advice? Tips on who to breed with who for best results?
TIA!
I have tentatively set aside:
1 Silver male
1 Italian/pharaoh male
2 Pharaoh females
1 silver tuxedo female
1 Tibetan female
1 tibetan tux female
1 white female
I plan on mixing and matching these as needed in breeding cages in the future, while letting them cohabit for most of the year. I can 'top up' the coven with repeats of any of the above colours, as I pretty much have a few of everything, but want to pair it down quite a bit to just a few beautiful and sweet birds.
I was broadly wondering if this looks like a good mix that will give me all kinds of results including (and especially):
- pure italian colouring? I don't know what the colour is exactly on this one male but he's quite light compared to pharaohs generally, but not as light as the manchurian gold/italians I already have. His personality is so much better though, I feel like he's the keeper.
- pure tibetan colouring?
- pure silver colouring?
If anyone can tell me what I could expect, that would be awesome!
If (and I suspect this may be the case) these birds aren't going to produce true italian or gold, I intend on using my feisty mature male (standalone photo of him looking away) to fertilize some eggs in the next few weeks and see if I can get another italian-colour female to add to the brood.
Does anyone have any thoughts? Advice? Tips on who to breed with who for best results?
TIA!