breeding/genetics question

[Sonia]

If I have peafowl that came from one white and one indy blue parent and I breed them together, is it possible for me to get whites and blues? What are the possible chick colors and in what percentages might I expect?

 

[pedda munnangi]

Your peafowl are split to white. Indiablue split to white x Indiablue split to white = Indiablue, Indiablue split to white, and white in the ratio of 25 :50; 25.

 

[zazouse]

Sonia may i ask a question on your thread instead of starting a new thread? Pleeazzzz

 

[Sonia]

Sure

 

[zazouse]

I read that in order to get a bronze chick each parent had to have a copy of the bronze gene, well i figured i had a bronze chick from my cameo but now i am not sure cause My male was said to be IB/split white only so do you think they were wrong about my guy?
Here is one of the chicks i thought was bronze what do you think?
She is 10 days old today.





Compared to other chick.


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Here she is in the front at a day old with her hatch mates.

 

[AugeredIn]

Well the chick on the right in picture four could be bronze but if it is the one you are holding up it does not look so much like the chick on the right.

You could get bronze if both the parents were split bronze. White can also mask bronze.

...And by the way, you just solved a problem of mine. I have been driving myself nuts looking for a suitable inexpensive substrate for the hatching box in the GQF. I hate having to order the paper liners from GQF. They are alright but not great. I am going to try the shelf/drawer liner I see in your picture!

 

[zazouse]

They are all the same chick I have another like her with white flight feathers

That shelf liner is cheap and washable also, just hang it to dry , the dryer tends to mess it up I also found it made a good site barrier for the outdoor brooder, helped keep the new babies from running along the fencing because they could see me walk by.

 

[pedda munnangi]

split white ( meaning one copy of white gene ) can not mask any color in peafowl. Two copies of white gene makes a bird look completely white masking every color and pattern genes including the dominant Indiablue color

 

[zazouse]

I am going to keep one and see how she feathers out, i am just amazed at the shade of tan they are compared to the rest even if they are not bronze.

 

[AugeredIn]

Bronze birds are really hard to distinguish from IB. I screw it up ALL the time. My bronze birds are also spalding so I have a time even when they start to color up as they first look green. The best way I have to tell is that at a couple of weeks the wings get a grayish cast.