Question on %Spaulding

[EyeKeyYou]

This spaulding has barring on his back but otherwise looks good his origins are unknown. For spaulding breeders of known origins what is the opinion on %
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[Birdrain92]

This spaulding has barring on his back but otherwise looks good his origins are unknown. For spaulding breeders of known origins what is the opinion on %
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There are a few other things that show that it's a Spalding. I would say maybe a 75% Spalding. @barkerg what do you think?

 

[barkerg]

There are a few other things that show that it's a Spalding. I would say maybe a 75% Spalding. @barkerg
 what do you think?

That is a great question indeed, its very difficult to rate or place percentages on spalding birds. From my experience and observations I have seen 50/50 birds that look like high percentage birds and vice versa. The rooster in question looks to have received many green traits, legs, body and crest and is a very nice looking rooster, Bravo to its Humans,

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Gerald Barker

 

[Dany12]

How can we calculate the percentage if they have never met Pavo Muticus since ... generations!
Most spaldings come from spaldings!
You have to be graduated in mathematics .... to calculate the percentage!
Are they hybrids ... if the species are so close?

 

[KsKingBee]

How can we calculate the percentage if they have never met Pavo Muticus since ... generations!
Most spaldings come from spaldings!
You have to be graduated in mathematics .... to calculate the percentage!
Are they hybrids ... if the species are so close?

It isn't possible to accurately figure the percentage after the first cross of Blue and Green that makes 50%. The matching of the chromosomes while dividing is like the lottery. Some chicks get more and some chicks get less. It is not possible to know for sure how much genetic material they get from each parent.

Any figure other than 50% is pure speculation.

 

[Birdrain92]

If we did like that of a registry with breeds it's the average. Let's say you have a dog that is 50% Border Collie and 50% Black Lab. You have a 100% Border Collie. If you wanted to figure out how much Border Collie they have, you would add the Border Collie % together 100+50=150% and then divide by two. 150/2=75%. In theory all the pups would be 75% Border Collie and 25% Black Lab. In reality, due to independent assortment, the chromosomes are not always in the same order. So you would actually have pups ranging from 100% Border Collie to 50% Border Collie. Depending on how the chromosomes line up. But you wouldn't be able to tell genetically unless you mapped out the genome which is expensive. So registries just average the % by the parents.

 

[KsKingBee]

It can also be less than 50% because of the totally random pairings.

 

[Birdrain92]

It can also be less than 50% because of the totally random pairings.

Well with a 100% Border Collie it has to be 50% or more. If you had two 50% Border Collie, 50% Lab, you could get just about any % of Border Collie, Lab mix.

 

[Dany12]

The problem with this bird is that on one side it is high percentage ... the color of the face and the other side he is low percentage ... the color of the neck ... very blue!

 

[KsKingBee]

Well with a 100% Border Collie it has to be 50% or more. If you had two 50% Border Collie, 50% Lab, you could get just about any % of Border Collie, Lab mix.

Sorry, I was talking birds not dogs.