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[DylansMom]

Thanks a lot for feed back ,i m very attached to my pet i raised him when he was 2 months,with due respect as you said its high spalding peacock. as per my knowledge spalding peacocks have 50% green blood while emerald spalding peacock have 75% ,,,,,,,, my question is where this peacock Green blood falls b/w these percentage,,,,,,,,,,,

I believe the term "Emerald Spalding" is not really used anymore. "Spalding" is used for any bird with any % of green blood from 1% - 99%. Seems there was no clear definition of "Emerald" so everyone was claiming their birds were Emerald Spalding. Now we generally just refer to them as low % spalding or high % spalding.

 

[Dany12]

50% =



75% =

 

[Birdrain92]

I wonder how much Spalding Thora is based on appearance.

 

[18angovem]

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How can you tell the 75% spalding is not just a green peacock?

 

[Birdrain92]

Green peafowl won't have barring on their wings if I remember correctly.

 

[MinxFox]

Quote: Green peahens can have a bit of barring on their wings but it is a different looking barring from what you see on India Blues. A male green will have solid blue/black wings and this one has faint barring on the wings so it can't be pure. Also the feathers on the legs are a dark tan color instead of a black or dark green color. A few of the neck feathers look blue instead of solid green. I can't see the back that well, but it looks like the back scale feathers do not match the neck feathers. On a green the neck feathers transition really well into the color of the back feathers but in this photo the back feathers look more green while the neck feathers look more blue. There are even higher % spaldings that are almost impossible to tell from a green peafowl. That is why finding a reputable green peafowl breeder is a must if you want genuine green peafowl. You will never have to know the difference of a high % spalding from a green if you find a breeder that is knowledgeable about what green peafowl look like, know that their stock is pure, and are honest.

Also if you know the parentage of the bird that helps you know if it is pure or not. Once you breed a green to any variety of India Blue those offspring and their offsprings offspring will never be pure greens no matter how many times you re-introduce green blood.

 

[Birdrain92]

But couldn't it be possible if you were to breed the brother and sister of a 50% Spalding and possibly get a pure Green theoretically? Also I found a person in Idaho that has Green peafowl. I will have to show you some of the photos. I think they are Greens last time I looked at the photos.

 

[18angovem]

But couldn't it be possible if you were to breed the brother and sister of a 50% Spalding and possibly get a pure Green theoretically? Also I found a person in Idaho that has Green peafowl. I will have to show you some of the photos. I think they are Greens last time I looked at the photos.

I dont believe so. (I know this from cow genetics at least) Because both would be 50% green the offspring would also be 50% green. I believe you are trying to work it as a punnet square which would not work. It would be like having 2 people in which both are 50% oriental and 50% italian, there is no chance that a child could be 1% italian.

 

[BYC-user-174785]

No, just because 50% and 50% add up to a 100% does it mean you can get a pure green. Once a hybrid, always a hybrid. True, you can make a hybrid look like either of the extremities which can be deceiving, but they can never be pure, and the hybridization that took place cannot be undone. That is why you must buy from reputable breeders as MinxFox said. Also keep in mind that spaldings do not breed true, as in the percentage of green blood.

 

[zazouse]

But couldn't it be possible if you were to breed the brother and sister of a 50% Spalding and possibly get a pure Green theoretically? Also I found a person in Idaho that has Green peafowl. I will have to show you some of the photos. I think they are Greens last time I looked at the photos.

Nope don't work that way you can , no more than you can get a pure border collie, by breeding a half border collie half mutt and then breeding a brother and sister that look most like pure border collie , those mutt genes are still in there and the BC will not breed true all the time, mutt gentics will show up some where down the line