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Taken from the Mallard Lane Farms Website....
Split/Silver is a term commonly used to describe thoses birds that carry the genetics to produce some silver offspring, but are not silver themselves. Split/silver birds aquire these genetics by having one parent that is silver.
Pair consisting of two silver birds- all silver offspring.
Pair consisting of 1 silver bird and 1 split/silver bird- about 50% silver offspring all of the remaining regular colored offspring will be split to silver.
Pair consisting of one silver bird and one reg bird (not split)- all offspring will be regular colored but all will carry the silver gene and will be split/silver.
Pair consisting of two split silver birds- about 20-25% silver offspring, of the remaining regular colored offspring about half will be split/silver and half will not carry the silver gene. It is important to note that there is no way of telling the splits from the regular birds in this mating and these offspring should not be sold as split birds as there is only a 50% chance that they will be carrying the silver gene.
Split/Silver is a term commonly used to describe thoses birds that carry the genetics to produce some silver offspring, but are not silver themselves. Split/silver birds aquire these genetics by having one parent that is silver.
Pair consisting of two silver birds- all silver offspring.
Pair consisting of 1 silver bird and 1 split/silver bird- about 50% silver offspring all of the remaining regular colored offspring will be split to silver.
Pair consisting of one silver bird and one reg bird (not split)- all offspring will be regular colored but all will carry the silver gene and will be split/silver.
Pair consisting of two split silver birds- about 20-25% silver offspring, of the remaining regular colored offspring about half will be split/silver and half will not carry the silver gene. It is important to note that there is no way of telling the splits from the regular birds in this mating and these offspring should not be sold as split birds as there is only a 50% chance that they will be carrying the silver gene.
