Society genetics

[kyle]

Hi all. I have a pair of societies that have five three day old chicks in the nest. I wonder can any identify what mutation the mom and dad are? And what I should expect the chicks to look like? Their dad or mom or some of each?

[lovezebs]

kyle

What pretty birds

Not an expert by a long shot, but I think you would get some of both.

[slwatson]

kyle

I'm definitely not a society expert, but I think the top one is chestnut pied or fawn pied, and the bottom is chocolate pied. I actually had a crested chocolate self female society breed with a fawn self male society, and ended up with a fawn self male society.

[kyle]

slwatson
Thanks for that. I was told at the pet store that the dad was creamo but when I looked it up it wasn't exactly the same. I find that when it comes to society genetics it's a fine line finding out what mutation they are. It's so much more clear-cut with guoldian's.
@lovezebs
They are lovely. It won't be long before I find out the babies are already a week old today.

[Smurf]

I agree it looks like you've a fawn and a chocolate, i think the white marks around face means the're split for recessive pied so on average 25% of chicks will be pieds, 50% chocolate split pied like parent and 25% selfs. Colorwise they'll all be chocolate unless the chocolate parent is also split for fawn.

[hanabi]

Smurf

So Padraic do you have the good oil on visually distinguishing the various pied phenotypes? For example, what are the visual characteristics of dominant pied?

Cheers.