Differentiating tuxedo from white wing pied

[Susan Skylark]

So I thought I had this white gene figured out (even went back and checked sw game birds and pipsnchicks) and now realize. I don’t. Homozygous dotted white is solid white but apparently heterozygous can be a classic tuxedo but can also have a single white feather. WWP homozygous and heterozygous seems to cover the same spectrum. I’m asking because I thought I had a homozygous WWP and just hatched a clone, and while the male may carry something (a Rosetta with a little white on the breast) I don’t think this chick is homozygous WWP and I wonder if the hen is now? She came out of a hatch with two browns, two tuxedos and a brown with white on the chest. I think there is one tuxedo in the male’s hatch. Any idea how to figure out my colors without breeding 17 generations or do I just guess and call it good. Heterozygous dotted white for everybody! Thanks!

 

[Stipenvlerk]

237 people watched your post and no like or answer. that means you asked a next level question. I have no connections in the quail color genetics world. Would be cool to think of an experiment..

 

[Susan Skylark]

I’d love to try it but don’t even know if my white birds are dotted white or pied wing white, hence the question