- Feb 7, 2012
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I bought a yearling IB peahen, Barbie, last week and have been pondering getting a mate for her (No, his name will not be Ken). I was researching colors and variations. I contacted Barbie's seller to learn of her parents coloring. They both were IB. I had more questions about the other colors he had, which were pied, black shouldered, cameo, and white.
Now, this is where I got confused. He said to get a blue pied, cross white and blue. I could get a blue pied or blue. I can only get a white by crossing a white with a white.
He said he didn't know the genetics, but in his years of raising them (and what he learned from other breeders when he first started) that's the way to get a pied...blue crossed with white. So I'm guessing that his blues could be blue split???
So I'm wondering, since he gets pies from his blues, then my blue hen could actually carry the pied gene?? And to test this theory, I could cross her with a white when she matures and she what colors she produces??
Now, this is where I got confused. He said to get a blue pied, cross white and blue. I could get a blue pied or blue. I can only get a white by crossing a white with a white.
He said he didn't know the genetics, but in his years of raising them (and what he learned from other breeders when he first started) that's the way to get a pied...blue crossed with white. So I'm guessing that his blues could be blue split???
So I'm wondering, since he gets pies from his blues, then my blue hen could actually carry the pied gene?? And to test this theory, I could cross her with a white when she matures and she what colors she produces??
