Kit Colour???

[Andrew Russ 31]

What are your thoughts about the colour of my first litter of kit, Is this common colour, reare, will it change etc etc they are 3 week old now

 

[northern lad 2,292]

Poleys mate

[The one 8,482]

Aye they seem all poleys

[Chicken_man 1,651]

As above

Atb

[The one 8,482]

Looking at the pictures it looks like mums a albino any chance she could of been unfaithful ?????

[Andrew Russ 31]

Thanks guy, so arethey likleytochange colour and get some markings???

[pie-eater 377]

Thanks guy, so arethey likleytochange colour and get some markings???

What were you hoping for out of the litter? I like poleys myself.

[The one 8,482]

If your looking to get some crazy colours breed a silver to a silver they will come out alsorts but they can be deaf etc theres a name for this im sure somebody will be along soon to help me out

[pie-eater 377]

If your looking to get some crazy colours breed a silver to a silver they will come out alsorts but they can be deaf etc theres a name for this im sure somebody will be along soon to help me out

Waardenburg syndrome? Sounds very dodgey the silver to silver breeding.

Edited June 12, 2015 by pie-eater

[Chicken_man 1,651]

 

 

If your looking to get some crazy colours breed a silver to a silver they will come out alsorts but they can be deaf etc theres a name for this im sure somebody will be along soon to help me out

Waardenburg syndrome? Sounds very dodgey the silver to silver breeding.

For the ignorant ( me ), could you explain what the syndrome is please.

Atb

[pie-eater 377]

 

 

If your looking to get some crazy colours breed a silver to a silver they will come out alsorts but they can be deaf etc theres a name for this im sure somebody will be along soon to help me out

Waardenburg syndrome? Sounds very dodgey the silver to silver breeding.

For the ignorant ( me ), could you explain what the syndrome is please.

Atb

 

Im no expert on the subject youd be better off googlin it tbh, ive read a bit about silver to silver matings producing deaf kits or even deformed kits, apparently silvers carry a defective gene.

Edited June 12, 2015 by pie-eater

[The one 8,482]

That's it thanks mate Waardenburg don't know why but it really screws up the genes if you breed two silvers together

[Chicken_man 1,651]

Will do mate.

Thanks :-)

[Donna Wildwood 288]

Sounds similar to when people breed merle to merle in dogs (especially collies) produces what is known as a lethal white.

Mainly white with odd bits of colour, blind or deaf or with skeletal deformities. The one litter I knew of had all 3 poor lil things

 

AFAIK it's caused by the double recessive in the geneology. Merle is a recessive gene and I am guessing the same goes for silvers in ferts?

The recessive can also carry all the genetic deformities, not normally expressed in breeding of different colours as it is just that, recessive. It cannot be expressed while there is a dominant gene present in the breeding only when breeding 2 recessives.

 

I hope the above makes sense and is applicable in the case of ferts....

Been along time since I was studying all this lol!

[krawnden 1,036]

I think you're right Donna, but in that case I wonder why it doesn't happen with albino to albino mating as albino is also recessive...