Coturnix color question

[QuailQT]

I would like to get more tuxedos from my rosetta tux.

If I breed him to my rosetta hens (who are not tuxedos) will I get tux everytime or isn't it dominant? I just hatched out two little tux chicks (I think they are girls if the light colored beak thing is true, which seems to be true with my other tibetans-anyone else have luck with that method?).

Also, is there a color chart on the site somewhere that lists what colors to breed for certain colors?

Thanks

 

[shelleyd2008]

Tux is recessive, so crossing him with the rosettas won't get you more tuxes unless some of them are carrying tux as well. The easiest way to get a tux is to cross a tux with a white, or a tibetan (rosetta or dark) with a white.

 

[canter6]

If you had a 1 roo, 3 hen line of what are called tux. Would all of their offspring be tux, without throwing in a Balivian speckled breasted perch?
I'm not trying to breed Tux per say, but if I did combine tux of any combination of colors, with tux...Would I get a tux only line?

 

[shelleyd2008]

Tuxedos are made up of 50% tibetan and 50% white. So if you breed tux to tux, you would get about 50% tuxedoes, 25% whites, and 25% tibetans. The only way to 'make sure' you have only tuxedo chicks is by breeding a tibetan to a white. Tux to white would give you a better percentage, but you'd still get the occassional white chicks.

 

[canter6]

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That answers my question quite well.

Thanks SD!

 

[QuailQT]

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OK thanks, Shelley!
I need to find a couple white hens then!

 

[Byrdj]

So Canter, are you thinking about getting some tuxedos, or do you already have some?

Thanks Shelly. Now I just need to find some tibetans.

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That answers my question quite well.

Thanks SD!

 

[canter6]

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That answers my question quite well.

Thanks SD!


No, I don't have any tux yet. I was just wondering if they could be developed as a line just in case. I think I have one ingredient though.
If I did have some, I do know a guy not far from here that I could probably get a mint from.