Is this hourglass ??

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Is this hourglass ??

Post by Flight Feathers » Thu Feb 08, 2018 12:35 am

Hi there,

Just noticed one of my baby Zebs (sibling to the speckled babies) has weird shaped tail bars. Does it look like hour glass at all?

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Re: Is this hourglass ??

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Re: Is this hourglass ??

Post by haroun » Sun Feb 11, 2018 8:33 am

Flight Feathers yep, i can see two hg shaps

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Post by Flight Feathers » Sun Feb 11, 2018 2:40 pm

haroun wrote: Flight Feathers yep, i can see two hg shaps
So it's definitely hour glass? And does mean it is split to bb ?
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Post by Flight Feathers » Sun Feb 11, 2018 2:45 pm

So because I got a visual split ... Does this mean both parents carry the bb gene? And how do I get a full bb?
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Re: Is this hourglass ??

Post by haroun » Sun Feb 11, 2018 4:58 pm

Flight Feathers wrote: So because I got a visual split ... Does this mean both parents carry the bb gene? And how do I get a full bb?
Yes at least one of them does.
For recessive mutations like BB
Regular x Split = 50% regulars, 50% splitters
And to got a mutant at least borh parents should Split for.
Split x split=25% mutant note low ratio but good sized
Mutant xsplit = 50% mutant. Note medium ratio and good sized

Mutant x mutant =100% mutant. Jackpot but lost in size

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Post by Flight Feathers » Sun Feb 11, 2018 6:35 pm

haroun wrote:
Flight Feathers wrote: So because I got a visual split ... Does this mean both parents carry the bb gene? And how do I get a full bb?
Yes at least one of them does.
For recessive mutations like BB
Regular x Split = 50% regulars, 50% splitters
And to got a mutant at least borh parents should Split for.
Split x split=25% mutant note low ratio but good sized
Mutant xsplit = 50% mutant. Note medium ratio and good sized

Mutant x mutant =100% mutant. Jackpot but lost in size
Sorry I'm super confused... So only one of my parents carries the gene? If so I know who it is... It's my fawn hen because her grand son looks like he carries it. I also think my pied white might carry it tho because of the speckled markings... What do you think?
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Re: Is this hourglass ??

Post by haroun » Mon Feb 12, 2018 1:22 pm

Flight Feathers wrote:
haroun wrote:
Flight Feathers wrote: So because I got a visual split ... Does this mean both parents carry the bb gene? And how do I get a full bb?
Yes at least one of them does.
For recessive mutations like BB
Regular x Split = 50% regulars, 50% splitters
And to got a mutant at least borh parents should Split for.
Split x split=25% mutant note low ratio but good sized
Mutant xsplit = 50% mutant. Note medium ratio and good sized

Mutant x mutant =100% mutant. Jackpot but lost in size
Sorry I'm super confused... So only one of my parents carries the gene? If so I know who it is... It's my fawn hen because her grand son looks like he carries it. I also think my pied white might carry it tho because of the speckled markings... What do you think?
yes , o,ly one parent could be split for bb and it's enough to transmit it to the babies (split for bb) and it's 50-50.
ur pied could be carrying bb gene but the spckled marks are not a BB's split for indicator , split for bb marks are : hour glass shape, thin tear drop , cheek patch up to eyes lobe

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Re: Is this hourglass ??

Post by Flight Feathers » Mon Feb 12, 2018 2:39 pm

haroun wrote:
Flight Feathers wrote:
haroun wrote:
Yes at least one of them does.
For recessive mutations like BB
Regular x Split = 50% regulars, 50% splitters
And to got a mutant at least borh parents should Split for.
Split x split=25% mutant note low ratio but good sized
Mutant xsplit = 50% mutant. Note medium ratio and good sized

Mutant x mutant =100% mutant. Jackpot but lost in size
Sorry I'm super confused... So only one of my parents carries the gene? If so I know who it is... It's my fawn hen because her grand son looks like he carries it. I also think my pied white might carry it tho because of the speckled markings... What do you think?
yes , o,ly one parent could be split for bb and it's enough to transmit it to the babies (split for bb) and it's 50-50.
ur pied could be carrying bb gene but the spckled marks are not a BB's split for indicator , split for bb marks are : hour glass shape, thin tear drop , cheek patch up to eyes lobe[/quote]

Okay thank you so much!!
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