Another Color Question

[casportpony]

Okay, so I've only had peafowl for a few years now, so I don't really have a clue!

I noticed that several of my pea-teens and all of peahens have some white wing feathers. Some have white primaries and some have white primary coverts. I've also noticed that a couple of them have very small patches of white on their throats (1/4" x 1/4"). Does this mean anything?


Source: http://swittersb.wordpress.com/2011/03/05/fly-tying-a-whole-wing-what-to-do/wing-anatomy/

 

[country_girl011]

white wing feathers = split to white / and/or pied birds.
this means if bred togather (2 split to whites) you could get not only Ib offspring but also white or pied. depending on which they are split to .

white throat signals that these birds are dark pied rather than regular IB birds.
meaning they carry the pied gene.

 

[BYC-user-174785]

Yes, what country-girl011 said is completely correct.
I have one dark pied peahen and one india blue split to white peahen in with a white peacock, and they produced white peachicks, india blue split to white peachicks, india blue dark pied peachicks, and india blue pied peachicks!

 

[casportpony]

So if I have a bird with white primaries and a throat patch it's a dark pied?

 

[casportpony]

It took me forever to figure out horse colors, so please, be gentle.

 

[casportpony]

I should also say that it wasn't until I found this group that I had even heard the term "split to" and I don't really understand what that means.

 

[country_girl011]

So if I have a bird with white primaries and a throat patch it's a dark pied?

yes as long as its actually a white throat patch and not just the normal light patch that IB hens have


this is piper a normal IB split to white hen (you just cant see her white flights in this photo.
but a dark pied will have a larger throat patch than this. (just for comparison)

 

[Trefoil]

Thanks for the post and for the answers. Split (correct me if I'm wrong) means that the bird is one color but also carries the gene for another color.

 

[casportpony]

The white I have seen is separated with dark feathers between the white. Does that count as a white patch? In horses, it does. On this teen-hen, it's very small.

 

[casportpony]

Thanks for the post and for the answers. Split (correct me if I'm wrong) means that the bird is one color but also carries the gene for another color.

That I understand... My Kelly Bundy brain needs lots of help!