What is it?

[Shepicca]

Is this a pied? It has some white on it but not an awful lot. If I crossed this with my whites what would I get?
Thanks

Irene

 

[DMFarm]

Irene
It is a pied male. Breed it to white hens you will get 50% whites and 50% pieds.

 

[Shepicca]

Thanks.
Is it just chance that you get pieds with white in their tails too? Can you tell when they are chicks if they will have white in their tails?

Irene

 

[deerman]

Yes its a pied.

PIED x WHITE = 50% white & 50% pied

 

[deerman]

Quote:
Yes look for yellow patch on their back. Remember the train feathers ready come off the lower back. Tail feathers help hold up the train feathers.

note the white on his lower back, those are train feathers.That area was yellow as a day old.

 

[Shepicca]

Thanks for the picture, very helpful.
Another genetics question: How to you get the pied into a Black Shoulder? Could you cross the blue pied male with a black shoulder female? What percentages would that give or would you only get blues from that?

Irene

 

[deerman]

Depend on your peacock background. If he is not split, then

Blue Pied X blue BS = blues split bs and pied

Blue pied X blue bs pied =25% white, 50% blue pieds, 25% dark pied ....all split bs

Remember pied and BS are both patterns and come in many colors....yours is a blue

 

[Shepicca]

OK, I think I am being a little slow at this but if
Blue Pied X blue BS = blues split bs and pied

Are the pied all blue or are any of them blue BS pied?

If I buy the blue pied in the photo and put him with my blue BS hen (not split to anything) how can I get blue BS pieds from that?

Irene

 

[deerman]

Yes they will all be blue pieds....none bs ,but will be split bs.

The blues pieds split bs ..bred together will produce some blue pied bs.

 

[Shepicca]

OK, thank you for clarifying that for me. So it will be a 2 generation plan
And after all that the lady had sold him!! But it has planted an idea

Irene