conformation wanted please

11 Dec 2011, 16:16

gomer wrote:The ring is confusing me because it should have a white ring there according to GGF if it was a cock.Due to the parents genetic background according to the young and what I know.

Can you remember if the father had a blue or white ring ? and was the chest colour a strong purple or could he have been lilac breasted ?

11 Dec 2011, 20:01

I am pretty sure the father was a D/F with the white ring around the neck.Hence the confusion.And also had a strong purple chest.

11 Dec 2011, 20:57

gomer wrote:I am pretty sure the father was a D/F with the white ring around the neck.Hence the confusion.And also had a strong purple chest.

sorry if i get some of the terminology wrong.

if the father was a dfy split blue then you wouldn't have got pastel cocks from the clutch because you mated him to a sfy split blue hen, rather you would get silver(dfy pastel) cock birds since he carrys 2 yellow genes and passes 1 on and the hen has no choice to give her yellow gene, so they they would all be dfy cocks and sfy hens with the blue mutation if passed on, but you have all sfy young in that last pic. so my theory is the dad of these birds had to be a sfy split blue and gave his green body gene too all his young while the hen gave her yellow body gene.

just my guess, still learning so could be totally wrong.

Jarryd

11 Dec 2011, 21:26

That may make sense Misso.I have been trying to track the fathers possible location tonight.I may now know where he is and will investigate your theory.When you have so many birds and have no expectations of a particular pr you tend not to take as much notice of them but more so the ones you have high expectations for.

11 Dec 2011, 22:23

I agree with Jarryd, I reckon the cock was a SF bird. You cannot get "pastels" - SF YB birds - from a DFYB + YB pairing. The WB and LB both lighten the YB birds, so it is possible the cock was SF LB.

11 Dec 2011, 22:39

Were the pair in a seperated aviary away from other pairs?
Somehow doesnt look like a lilac breasted, for sure its not pure white...
If he was a cock bird you should of caught him singing along time ago I bet you have stared at her/him long enough through the winter/spring.
In any case I dont like you anymore.

12 Dec 2011, 06:42

mackstaa wrote:Were the pair in a seperated aviary away from other pairs?
Somehow doesnt look like a lilac breasted, for sure its not pure white...
If he was a cock bird you should of caught him singing along time ago I bet you have stared at her/him long enough through the winter/spring.
In any case I dont like you anymore.

Every pr of mutation goulds were kept as single prs per aviary.The holding avairies are not good viewing ones,as the walkway finishes on the side not back and is very deep,the only time I get a good look is when I enter and then they are not settled.Then there is many other young to look at.