Canaries ~ Blue In Particular ?

[the_stig 6,614]

  On 06/04/2013 at 13:06, Outlaw Pete said:

, my head exploded

is that a problem

[Outlaw Pete 2,224]

Always happens when I so much as get within fifty yards of the subject of genetics

[the_stig 6,614]

  On 06/04/2013 at 13:52, Outlaw Pete said:

Always happens when I so much as get within fifty yards of the subject of genetics

interesting subject if you can master it ....

[wild rover 548]

I used a white cock with a yellow hen last year, produced all whites.

[paulus 26]

Yellow/green refers to yellow ground color with black melanin.

White/blue refers to dominant white ground color with black melanin.

The absence of melanin results in a clear bird, while presence of melanin results in degrees of variegation through self.

A cinnamon bird could feather
out as a clear bird, with no melanin showing, so watching for eye color in chicks will help to identify the cinnamon genes presence.

[gnipper 6,571]

  On 07/04/2013 at 06:39, wild rover said:

 

I used a white cock with a yellow hen last year, produced all whites.

Were they all hens?

[albert64 1,882]

cold wont kill a bird, but draught and damp will

blue's or greys as some call them are common in all types

[wild rover 548]

  On 07/04/2013 at 08:10, gnipper said:

 

  On 07/04/2013 at 06:39, wild rover said:

 

I used a white cock with a yellow hen last year, produced all whites.

Were they all hens?

One cock the rest hens.

[shaaark 10,946]

Well, this thread certainly cheered my morning up lol. Am thinking of getting a few birds myself, but as you say pete, this genetics caper is WAY too much for me. A couple of variegated types of different colours I'm thinking will do me

[Outlaw Pete 2,224]

Yes. I must admit, Shaaark, I've always been more the walk into a pet shop and point man myself.