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yep you can do it that way, just keep the true looking silver quail, just be aware of the fact that even visually being silver quail, they will still have a shot at carrying rec white so they can them make rec white chicks when bred back to each other. One way to stop that, once you get back to silver quail with them, breed them to say mine or something , a line that doesnt have any rec white in them. At least they f1's wont have and whites, but some of those will still get a copy of it.
If it's for your personal use. It wont be an issue. Problem lies when you sell some eggs or something and Jo Blow new guy hatches a white and goes nuts on you...trust me it happens.
But for personal use, you'll be fine. For a couple generations, just keep taking them back to no related lines of true silvers and after 3 back crosses or so, you'll pretty much eleminate it. There'll still be an outside shot at a rec white even then though.
I run into this with my silver duckwing phoenix. I made a new line off my rec white which are over silver duckwing. Problem lies when the genes line up just right, these silver to silver matings can make a white. I just have to tell folks up front they may get one, it's all you can do. In the long run it helps your lines by adding blood to them, so from my point of view there's nothing wrong with it, just be sure any potential sells of that line are told up front and there will be no issue....
That's the only draw back of a rec white out crossing
If it's for your personal use. It wont be an issue. Problem lies when you sell some eggs or something and Jo Blow new guy hatches a white and goes nuts on you...trust me it happens.
But for personal use, you'll be fine. For a couple generations, just keep taking them back to no related lines of true silvers and after 3 back crosses or so, you'll pretty much eleminate it. There'll still be an outside shot at a rec white even then though.
I run into this with my silver duckwing phoenix. I made a new line off my rec white which are over silver duckwing. Problem lies when the genes line up just right, these silver to silver matings can make a white. I just have to tell folks up front they may get one, it's all you can do. In the long run it helps your lines by adding blood to them, so from my point of view there's nothing wrong with it, just be sure any potential sells of that line are told up front and there will be no issue....
That's the only draw back of a rec white out crossing