Color/genetics question

[Kherome]

Ok, I have read some of the genetics threads here and I want to be sure I am understanding them correctly.

I have Tibetan and Tux Coturnix. (1 brown/wild color who appears to be a boy and so will probably be the first eaten.)

If I want more Tux, I have to breed Tux to Tux OR Tibetan to A&M/White, is this correct? (I have no A&M or white at this time. I hear they are crazy.)

If I want more Tibetan coloration, I breed Tibetan to Tibetan only? Or if I breed Tux to Tibetan I will also get Tibetan because it is dominant? Or does that result in a mix? This one is where I am more unsure.

Thank you

 

[dc3085]

Ok, I have read some of the genetics threads here and I want to be sure I am understanding them correctly.

I have Tibetan and Tux Coturnix. (1 brown/wild color who appears to be a boy and so will probably be the first eaten.)

If I want more Tux, I have to breed Tux to Tux OR Tibetan to A&M/White, is this correct? (I have no A&M or white at this time. I hear they are crazy.)

Tux x Tux will generate Tuxedos. Tux x Tibetan will generate tux. Tibetan x A&M will generate tuxedo. Tuxedo x A&M will add more white for a couple generations. To be sure you will get tibetans you must breed tibetan x tibetan.

A coturnix is a coturnix is a coturnix. When people say this color is crazy or that color is crazy it means THEY were doing something wrong. A&Ms act like every other coturnix around. There are more aggressive and less aggressive lines of birds but that is something that can be manipulated by breeding.

If I want more Tibetan coloration, I breed Tibetan to Tibetan only? Or if I breed Tux to Tibetan I will also get Tibetan because it is dominant? Or does that result in a mix? This one is where I am more unsure.


Thank you

 

[Kherome]

So the only way to keep my Tibetan coloration is TibetanXTibetan...I better hope that I get at least 1 male and 1 female then!