The Prairie
Songster
- Oct 14, 2018
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I let my grey Toulouse geese hatch their own clutch this year, my first goslings! My pair come from different homes, but were supposed to both be Toulouse. To my surprise two of the 6 are colored differently and after some research they appear to be Buff and because if the cross they should be females. I'm considering keeping these two and breeding back for more buffs but want to be sure I'm correct.
Buff is Z linked, so my gander must be the carrier and be heterozygous, meaning that only females would be buff in my current clutch and the others should be both Male and female with males possible heterozygous like their sire?
Then crossing back I should now be able to produce Buff ganders and geese as well as greys with and without buff? The sexlinking is where it gets confusing lol do I have this right?
Buff is Z linked, so my gander must be the carrier and be heterozygous, meaning that only females would be buff in my current clutch and the others should be both Male and female with males possible heterozygous like their sire?
Then crossing back I should now be able to produce Buff ganders and geese as well as greys with and without buff? The sexlinking is where it gets confusing lol do I have this right?