Dilute Male Split for Blue

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Dilute Male Split for Blue

Post by winged » Wed Oct 19, 2011 2:22 pm

So this weekend I'm purchasing two pairs of Gouldians from a gentleman that is an hour and half away from me! :D So excited but I want to figure out the genetics in order to get some blue babies. He says that his dilute males which are red heads had siblings that were blues so the dilutes are split for blue.
Birds will appear blue in color only when a bird carrying only "green" sex chromosome(s) (as opposed to yellow) is also DF for the blue body gene.


What do I need for the female in order to get a blue baby? From what I've read so far, there has to be a double factor blue (visibly blue) female in order to get blue babies. Is this the only possible match I can have?

Thank you for any help!
(2 society finches and soon a pair of gouldians)
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Re: Dilute Male Split for Blue

Post by summert85 » Wed Oct 19, 2011 2:24 pm

Let see some pics of the bird, :D
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Re: Dilute Male Split for Blue

Post by procfamily » Wed Oct 19, 2011 2:49 pm

I'm going for blue babies eventually too. The way I understand it is you could get a small percentage of blues possibly with two split to blue partners (neither which would be visual blues) But the percentage is much greater if you have a visual blue as one of the partners but the other partner has to be split to blue, too.

but i'm just learning.............
ten blue capped cordon blues, one male red-cheeked cordon blue, four blue breasted cordon blues, 5 gouldians; two parakeets, 9 owls, five blue-faced parrot finches, two green singers, four stars, 2 shaft tails, four gold breasts, two orange cheeks, two lavenders and sixteen societies.


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Re: Dilute Male Split for Blue

Post by debbie276 » Wed Oct 19, 2011 3:14 pm

To get Blue chicks you would need birds that each have the Blue gene. For example 2 split for Blues or 2 Blues or a Blue and split to Blue.

If both your birds parents were split to Blue they would have Normal, Normal split to Blue and/or Blue chicks depending on which genes were passed on so there is no guarantee your bird is split to Blue.
If your birds parents were Blue and split to Blue then he would be split to Blue.
Debbie
long time breeder of lady gouldians:
Green
SF Pastel (SF Yellow)
Pastel (Yellow)
Blue
SF Pastel Blue (SF Yellow Blue)
Pastel Blue (Yellow Blue)

GREAT articles on avian lighting:
https://mickaboo.org/confluence/downloa ... ummary.pdf
http://www.naturallighting.com/cart/sto ... sc_page=56
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Re: Dilute Male Split for Blue

Post by Meagan83 » Wed Oct 26, 2011 1:45 pm

I have a dilute male that is split for blue. I paired him with a greenback split to blue hen they produced the following babies- A greenback, a yellowback, and a silver! No blues yet, but such a pairing can give you many results :)
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