For Iajewel ( and anyone else who wants to see my scovies)

[iajewel]

You can have a barred buff.. but buff is buff.. you need to find a new source.

 

[pbjmaker]

So to get this straight in my own head since the links didn't have pictures of the colors. On post number 2 that is a picture of a chocolate and a buff? Not trying to be a pain in the rear.

 

[AquaEyes]

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OK...so is buff a separate gene? Or is it one of the browns with one of the dilutes? I think YOU are my new source.

 

[iajewel]

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Yes you have a Chocolate and a buff (or beige what ever the slang is you want to call it)

 

[iajewel]

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OK...so is buff a separate gene? Or is it one of the browns with one of the dilutes? I think YOU are my new source.

Barring can go with any gene, ripple can go with any gene, you have to have the color, to put the barring or ripple on.. thats a no brainer. THe barring doesn't create the color, it "bars" it.

 

[AquaEyes]

Wait...is "Buff" what you call "Lavender-Chocolate"?

I guess my confusion comes from coming up with a new name for phenotypes that are the result of multiple genes. I'm from the cage-bird world, where the phenotypes are named like the genotypes that show. So a cockatiel showing Cinnamon, Whiteface, Pied and Pearl isn't called something like "Dusty" but is called "Cinnamon Pearl Pied Whiteface." So I'm not sure if "Buff" is a result of one gene, or two.

 

[iajewel]

Try this http://www.nsppa.ca/documents/duck_genetics.pdf Then find a friend with ducks and go SEE them. This will help

 

[AquaEyes]

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OMG, I'm on too much caffeine!!!


hahaha


OK, the "buff" references are about Mallard-breeds. I was thinking of the few times I've seen "buff" used to describe Muscovies, and it was applied to "Barred Chocolates" which gave the impression of being lighter because of the barring pattern. I wasn't thinking that this was about Mallards, which actually have two different sex-linked brown genes, one of which is called "Buff."


Ahhhhhhh.........

 

[iajewel]

I may have posted the wrong link... that was supposed to have some Muscovy stuff in there.

 

[iajewel]

There is a poultry book on line. I can't think of the name and can't find the link. but.. If you have seen it you know what Im talking about. Its American poultry or something like that. I had it book marked and its not there. Anyway. I think its worth a read, you may want to see if you can find it.