2013 Sebastopol Breeding/Gosling Thread

[RURU]

Congrads Jean on you goslings and where are the pictures for us all to see???

 

[RURU]

SeeNspots your goslings are so cute congrads on them..

 

[RURU]

Goose and Fig that baby looks like it might be a light blue saddleback possibly

 

[Goose and Fig]

Goose and Fig that baby looks like it might be a light blue saddleback possibly

I was really hoping for buff, but blue would be great too.

Just so happy to have something hatch from my favorite girl.

 

[RURU]

If it were a buff I do believe the gosling would have a more golden cast to it. I have never had a buff gosling before so can not tell you.

Where is celtic she could tell you because she has Buffs now....

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Pips- where is that baby pic you promised?
I have 2 of Gary's eggs shadowing!

Here's my only Alice baby. Kim is trying to help me figure out what color she is. Dad is grey saddleback split for buff, Mom is buff sb. She doesn't look like the other grey saddleback babies I hatched, but they had different parents. I have a blue saddleback out of the same gander though,.

not a buff for sure. could be a diluted grey (since grey comes in so many shades) or blue. Very cute for sure

 

[pete55]

Pips- where is that baby pic you promised?
I have 2 of Gary's eggs shadowing!

Here's my only Alice baby. Kim is trying to help me figure out what color she is. Dad is grey saddleback split for buff, Mom is buff sb. She doesn't look like the other grey saddleback babies I hatched, but they had different parents. I have a blue saddleback out of the same gander though,.

If father is a Grey Saddleback (split for Buff) and mother is a Buff Saddleback then the only offspring can be 50% Grey Saddleback and 50% Buff Saddleback in equal sex ratios.

The Blue offspring from your previous mating cannot come from the Gander as he's a Grey Saddleback and Blue is partially dominant (if its there then its visually expressed).

Its a very pretty gosling but I'm wondering if its a Grey Saddleback boy?

Pete

 

[Goose and Fig]

Thanks everybody!
Does anybopdy know what they call the blue that is in-between blue and grey? I know I read it somewhere a while back, probably in literature pertaining to Cotton Patch. It seems like that is the shade of blue that my solid blue goose is, and so is her blue sb gosling.

I would almost think the newest gosling was hers, but the eggs were quite different shape. She had some laid the same time, but it was just before she went broody and they were not fertile.

I have one more of those eggs in lockdown- fingers crossed for a buff sb!

 

[pete55]

Blue is often the source of much confusion but it is a partially dominant colour gene in its own right. When the bird has a single Blue gene then it is visually Blue, a double dose of Blue genes causes the bird to look a silvery Blue and sometimes referred to as a Lavender.

There is no 'in-between' colour as its either Grey or Blue. A classic breed that shows this is the Steinbacher but in most cases they have a double dose and appear visually light blue( lavender).

Where Blue becomes confusing is when a bird inherits a single Dilution gene which then dilutes the Grey and the bird appears almost identical to Blue. Without knowing the background or test mating it's often very difficult to know which gene has caused the colour change.

Finger crossed that you get a Buff SB from your pair as you've a 50/50 chance

 

[Goose and Fig]

Ok- that must be what I am seeing in some of the birds then- a dilute grey that is visually dark blue-ish. They almost appear to have a rosy color lacing as well. (None of them are from blue x blue pairings)

Thanks, Pete!