Penguin Zebras bedding

[sskmaestro]

Hello,

I am new to penguin mutation. Got some nice birds few months ago.

I got one penguin hen, two males and two split to penguin hens.

Trying to pair up a penguin male with a split hen. What results can we expect ?

[finchbreeder]

So how to breed Penguins? This mutation is autosomal recessive, so pairing Penguin to Penguin should give you all Penguin young. Using Pg to represent the Penguin factor:

Pg x Pg = 100%Pg

So pairing Normal Penguin to Normal Penguin will give Normal Penguins, and a pairing of Fawn Penguins will similarly give all Fawn Penguins. But pairing a Fawn Penguin cock to a Normal Penguin hen, or a Normal Penguin cock to a Fawn Penguin hen will still give 100% Penguins, but some will be Fawn Penguins and some visually Normal Penguins:

F.Pg x N.Pg =(Normal/Fawn) Pg cocks and F.Pg hens

N.Pg x F.Pg = (Normal/Fawn) Pg cocks and N.Pg hens

Sharp-eyed readers will at this point notice that this is very similar to the expectations from standard Normal x Fawn or Fawn x Normal pairings, but with the addition of the Penguin factor.

Pairing Penguin to, say, a Normal will give you all visual Normal chicks, but these chicks will all be carriers (i.e. split for) the Penguin factor.

Normal x N.Pg = Normal/Pg cocks and hens

[Craig52]

Yes that's where it becomes difficult for me as fawn in zebs is sexlinked recessive where as most fawn mutations are autosomal recessive. I stay away from zeb mutations.

[finchbreeder]

I love Zeb mutations - and admit that the purists would have fits at how I choose to combine some of them.
Because I breed what I like, not necessarily pure breeds. Bit like the designer mongrel dogs. X pedigree x Y pedigree = big dollars for a mutt

[elferoz777]

in canaries, cinnamon is sex linked recessive on yellow ground and fawn is thecsame mutation but on white ground. is that right?
may have been lead astray possibly.

[finchbreeder]

That is correct with Canaries Elf.
Love fawn canaries, but they are very hard to find.
Hoping to breed some of my own - but so far they just won't jell for me.

[sskmaestro]

Update : one of my pairs are sitting on 5 eggs. Looks like the eggs are developing veins. So in couple of weeks i should see some chicks hatching. Hope the other pair also sits on eggs soon, they prepared nest and looks ready.

[finchbreeder]

Great to hear SSK

[sskmaestro]

Great to hear SSK

Thank you! feeling excited. I got them from one of the top breeder in US. hopefully, if the hen is true split to penguin I should get some penguins and split to penguins. fingers crossed!