Thanks DylansMom,
So, what would the two offspring hens(shown above) be called? and what would the other 75% of this 3rd generation be? and I'm asking allot, I know, but the white is called what, on paper?
I appreciate it, really.
Dad carries a "normal" gene and a white gene( we'll say N W), mom carries a "normal" gene and a pied gene(we'll say N P), this makes them split to. In theory they should produce 1/4 (N N) offspring or India Blue, 1/4 would be (N P) like mom, 1/4 would be (N W) like dad, and 1/4 would be (P W) These are the Pied daughters, Pieds need 1 white gene and 1 pied gene to fully express the pied pattern and the daughters do. Now actual breeding results are never a match to the on paper results, eggs break or don't hatch, and many other variables skew things. If we took the (P W) daughters and bred back to the (N W) dad we would expect 1/4 (N P) like grand/mom, 1/4 (N W) like dad, 1/4 (P W) Pieds, and 1/4 (W W) all white. And they are simply called "Whites" they are not albinos.
