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[Trifolium]

@Ren2014 Al is right about that as well. Keyword there is 'recognized'. Lavender isn't even recognized as a color in the Standard of Perfection along with all of the color pastel combinations it can produce. Al is about pastels, isn't she? In a way, it depends on who you ask and how you look at it. The standard of perfection is pretty old and really needs to be updated for the other muscovy colors IMO. I've actually read and learned most of the genetics from all these links including the ones you have shown me. Reading about the genetics wasn't good enough for me. It's also based on my experience as I needed to confirm the actual genetics in work by breeding and combining the colors myself. Here is a site I feel is more complete in explaining muscovy genetics and has pictures with it. http://muscovy.us/genetics And here is fun muscovy genetic calculator (shortened link with Google as original is long): [COLOR=444444]https://goo.gl/YVxNI0[/COLOR] [COLOR=444444]Oh and my avatar pic is grass, Trifolium, the scientific name for clover.[/COLOR]

 

[Ren2014]

@Ren2014

Al is right about that as well. Keyword there is 'recognized'. Lavender isn't even recognized as a color in the Standard of Perfection along with all of the color pastel combinations it can produce. Al is about pastels, isn't he? In a way, it depends on who you ask and how you look at it. The standard of perfection is pretty old and really needs to be updated for the other muscovy colors IMO.

I've actually read and learned most of the genetics from all these links including the ones you have shown me. Reading about the genetics wasn't good enough for me. It's also based on my experience as I needed to confirm the actual genetics in work by breeding and combining the colors myself.

Here is a site I feel is more complete in explaining muscovy genetics and has pictures with it. http://muscovy.us/genetics

And here is fun muscovy genetic calculator (shortened link with Google as original is long): https://goo.gl/YVxNI0


Oh and my avatar pic is grass, Trifolium, the scientific name for clover.

I gotta say, I gave up on trying to learn Muscovy genetics. I'm just too old and I'd have to forget something like my address and SSN/DOB to make room for all of the Muscovy colors, lol. The Ugly Duck Farm is another of my bookmarked pages but I hadn't seen their page on genetics. Thank you for all of the information. Do you have another picture of your Lavender? She's kind of shaded in the box. Being that purple is my favorite color... lavender is my goal

 

[Trifolium]

Here's some lavender hens with a blue white-head drake on the right.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Here's some lavender hens with a blue white-head drake on the right.

Oh my gosh i want some of that color.

 

[learycow]

@learycow
aka Als Quackery

Here I am!
Al is short for Alison (don't worry, many think I'm a guy until they realize my name!)

Thank you! I plan to update it more this year with my muscovies.

 

[Ren2014]

Here's some lavender hens with a blue white-head drake on the right.

Beautiful!

Here I am!
Al is short for Alison (don't worry, many think I'm a guy until they realize my name!)

Thank you! I plan to update it more this year with my muscovies.

Nice to meet you Alison

 

[yoopergirl1211]

Al's on here somewhere but his name is escaping me right now.  LOTS of wonderful info from him. LOVE his web page.

When do you expect your firsts?  Be sure to post a picture when they get here

May 18th! Going out of town twice in April so had to wait. Hopefully I can get some from Al's later in the summer. Fingers crossed!

 

[yoopergirl1211]

My inner geek is going to have to dispute that. The link looks correct in genetics but isn't the described in the best way ( simplified and alternative names) so you probably misunderstood it.  In muscovyduckcentral.com, Lavender is listed as Self-Blue which is another name for it.  They also have Cream, which is complete chocolate with a complete lavender (self-blue).  I say complete because both genes are recessive and requires a complete copy to show with chocolate being a tricky sexlinked one and only requires one for females.

As for white, I personally do not  treat it as a color.  It's more of a color masking gene and can occur in any color.  There's really only two major white zones which are White-head/Canizie and Pie.  Genetically, Pie is Pp+.  Double( or complete) Pie will give PP which makes an entire bird white.  Thus, any color can become Pie or completely white masking their color by not showing it (thus making it white). That's why I personally do not consider it a color genetically.

[COLOR=222222]There are different names for colors, and it's hard to keep track of what each name is or means. It is easier to simply use the genetic form for the ducks if you know it.[/COLOR]

I've just started reading up on all of this and my head hurts lol.

 

[yoopergirl1211]

Here I am!
Al is short for Alison (don't worry, many think I'm a guy until they realize my name!)

Thank you! I plan to update it more this year with my muscovies.

Still trying to talk my husband into getting on the list for a Sebastopol goose too. Apparently his grandma had a mean goose that liked to chase him so they're band from our yard for now lol. Your birds are beautiful!

 

[Ren2014]

I've just started reading up on all of this and my head hurts lol.

OMG, I know exactly what you mean. I've been reading @Trifolium 's other posts and am learning so much. I just wish I could remember it all

Very interesting what is said bout 'wild type.' I didn't know it was a non-preferred trait

I can see how it is now when trying to get a solid color.