how did i get a white turkey??

[deerman]

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I am anxiously awaiting to hear if this is indeed an albino - very interesting information about albinism in birds deerman!

so, if you bred albino hen to bronze tom, what would you get?

Bronze tom X albino hen = all bronze hens, all bronze tom carry (split)the albino

 

[monarc23]

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I am anxiously awaiting to hear if this is indeed an albino - very interesting information about albinism in birds deerman!

so, if you bred albino hen to bronze tom, what would you get?

you may be interested to know that if you breed A & M to A & M enough you will eventually get Albinos. They call it an undesirable trait.... i think that albinos are neat.... I do feel bad for them in the sun though.

 

[monarc23]

deerman so that works for ALL bird species (about the hen not carrying the albino-gene)? If so that is awesome!!!! Good to know since I only house one roo per breeding cage so once I do find it in my flock I'll know which roo produces it!

oh nevermind i see you alreaady answered that

thanks!

 

[bkvail]

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In rabbits, it is a simple recessive gene. Both does and bucks can carry it. Any rabbit out of an albino (called REW aka: ruby-eyed white) will carry the gene recessively. So, that was my statistics given from my experience with rabbit color genetics.

 

[bkvail]

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interesting - I'm hoping to order some A&M eggs sometime...... I asked the breeder that I got my eggs from if she ever got A&M from her tux's - and she said occasionally and that she culled them as undesirable. I had hoped to get at least one in the tux egg hatch, but didn't.....

 

[deerman]

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If female has a albino gene, she will show that color.

Do remember back when Marsh Farm import these Quail back in the 60s. He had albino and the english white, both.

Sound like some of your a& m carry the gene, if so it will be a male.


You could bred one of your albino males to all brown hens, and be able to sex them at day old. all brown males, and all albino hen

 

[monarc23]

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If female has a albino gene, she will show that color.

Do remember back when Marsh Farm import these Quail back in the 60s. He had albino and the english white, both.

Sound like some of your a& m carry the gene, if so it will be a male.


You could bred one of your albino males to all brown hens, and be able to sex them at day old. all brown males, and all albino hen

OMG!!! THAT IS AWESOME!!! You are awesome!!!

thank you!! now my goal IS to produce an albino roo that'd be nice to get some sex-linked A & Ms that way for customers!

 

[deerman]

Oh to get an albino male his mother must be an albino, and bred to a male split to albino.


So breed one of your albino back to her father. or another male that produce albino hens

 

[monarc23]

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darn so I got some work ta do...LOL!!! That sucks... *pouts* LOL i dont knwo anyone with an albino

OH you mean to get an albino male!? SOO! Are you saying that if it shows up recessively in my A & Ms that it will be a hen, and that I will have to take that hen and breed her to lets say her sibling (or her father?) and that will produce me male albinos OR am I completlely confused

I'll be getting off here soon (gotta go buy another brooder bulb lol) so I wont be here to ask more confused questions for a bit (to give you a rest haha)!

I had no idea this stuff about the albino gene. Really nifty!

And to think I love genetics and did not know this!

 

[dadsgirl]

writing back on the white turkey, he has dark brown eyes, we have been breeding for a year, and this is actually the second white turkey hatched, the first one died,
so am not sure just what i have.

angie