Australians - Where are you all????

[Fierlin1182]

Blue!!

That's so pretty, I love that colour too.
This is quite exciting. Sorry you couldn't be there

Get them to take vids!

 

[guinea fowl galore]

They did take videos. I can send them to you. What was you email again?

 

[justchookin]

Is our baby Lonely or is it not?? How come blue? Does that mean sex link boy/girl, fell in inkpot? Bemused. Please muse me, n possibly everyone else tho Christie is probably on top of it being a fellow hatcher-er

 

[Fierlin1182]

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I have to run soon though, this thing with school and your hatching at the same time is becoming a pain

I don't think the blue one's Lonely, she hasn't started hatching yet has she?

 

[guinea fowl galore]

That's just the colour. Australorps come in a few different colours. The ones I have are BBS ( black, blue, splash) so the colour genetics work this way:

The genes work on the same idea as Mendels law of assortment.
eg Human Eyes: Dark Brown (BB), Hazel/light brown (Bb)and blue eyes (bb).

Chicken BB= Black, Bw= Grey(blue), ww= Splash.

So, Black to Black you'll only get Black.

B B
B BB BB

B BB BB

Black to Blue you'll only get Black or Blue

B w
B BB Bw

B BB Bw

Blue to Blue you will get Black, Blue and splash.

B w
B BB Bw

w wB ww

Splash to Splash only Splash.

w w
w ww ww

w ww ww

Whoever wants the video, just jive me your email address and I'll try and send it to you.

 

[guinea fowl galore]

ray's two cents :

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I have to run soon though, this thing with school and your hatching at the same time is becoming a pain

I don't think the blue one's Lonely, she hasn't started hatching yet has she?

No. She hasn't started yet.​

 

[guinea fowl galore]

I sent the video.

 

[Fierlin1182]

Okay, thanks!

And that's interesting about the genes. I briefly remember a bit of biology from Year 7.

 

[guinea fowl galore]

I'm back home and have plonked myself in front of the incubator. I'm not moving from here for anything.
My little baby is just so beautiful.

 

[Fierlin1182]

Blue? Awesome!! Pics?