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Hi ALL,

I actually know bit about it but just need to confirm that whether i am right or wrong.

I have some BC-CFW pairs which have light cheeks and flanks. I mean not dark black color.

I have, Male : BC/CFW Female: BC.
Babies i got: BC Male and BC-CFW Female (but cheeks are not dark).

If i pair this BC-CFW female with her father which is BC/CFW, will i get BC-CFW males and females with dark cheeks?

Or is there any other way?

To darken the cheeks you can breed BC to BC CFW...you will ecpect to get some visual BCCFWsplit tp BC and visual BC split to BCCFW....take the visual BCCFW/BC and breed them to BCCFW.

From what I recall your offspring are young...BCCFW take a while darken their markings, have your offspring gone through a major molt yet?

no, they are still molding.

I am little confuse, u are saying i will get BCCFW/BC and BC/BCCFW while pairing BC x BCCFW. But according to genetic calculator.


BC male x BCCFW Female =
50% Black cheeked /Chestnut flanked white Males
50% Black cheeked Females

BCCFW Male x BC Female =
50% Black cheeked /Chestnut flanked white Males
50% Black cheeked Chestnut flanked white Females

Sarim, I have done this three times, when pairing a BC with a BCFW I got both visual BC and Visual BCCFW in a clutch...the visual BC are split to the BCCFW and the visual BCCFW/BC

I took the visual BCCFW and paired it with a full BCCFW and got all BCCFWs

I took the visual BC/BCCFW offspring paired it with a full BC and BC offspring.

All I can relay to you is my experience in doing this. The first time I tried putting a BC female with a BCCFW male I got a visual BCCFW, white as can be black cheeks and beautiful. Repeated again and got 3 BCCFW visual offspring.

The next pair, a BC male and a BCCFW female I set up gave me visual BC and visual BCCFW in the clutch (the BC offspring will have a lighter gray back and whiter stomach than the buff you see in BC)(the visual BCCFW offspring will have a bit more dusting on them and it may run down the back, should molt out or if using to breed back to a full BCCFW than the offspring from that pair should be whiter).

Ok cindy thanks for your response.

Tell me one more thing. Would it be a good idea to pair daughter (BC-CFW) with her dad (BC split to CFW)? i mean would it be okay?

Line breeding is not something I do but it is done to strengthen a gene line. If done it should only be done once...father to daughter, son to mom and the offspring should always be paired out to unrelated birds.

Thanks