DNA testing

[Bangersanmash 3,061]

Just had my confirmation through for my pieds an it's come through that there both cock birds when me an the chap I know really well thought it was for certain that one of them was a hen.  Just glad I took someone's advice an had it done an not left it till last min. But some guys say the DNA testing can be wrong ? How like tho ? Is it a good thing or bad that I've two cock birds ? 

[gnasher16 30,256]

2 minutes ago, Bangersanmash said:

Just had my confirmation through for my pieds an it's come through that there both cock birds when me an the chap I know really well thought it was for certain that one of them was a hen.  Just glad I took someone's advice an had it done an not left it till last min. But some guys say the DNA testing can be wrong ? How like tho ? Is it a good thing or bad that I've two cock birds ? 

For breeding i think it might be a bad thing ...but if not does it matter.....good service though aint it mate how long was it start to finish ?.....never heard of the test being wrong but then i was only around the birdy game for 5 minutes.....nah couldnt be wrong surely ?

[Bangersanmash 3,061]

20 minutes ago, gnasher16 said:

For breeding i think it might be a bad thing ...but if not does it matter.....good service though aint it mate how long was it start to finish ?.....never heard of the test being wrong but then i was only around the birdy game for 5 minutes.....nah couldnt be wrong surely ?

A chap I know bought a bird got told its a cock an was a hen bird when test came back ? 

[Bangersanmash 3,061]

25 minutes ago, gnasher16 said:

For breeding i think it might be a bad thing ...but if not does it matter.....good service though aint it mate how long was it start to finish ?.....never heard of the test being wrong but then i was only around the birdy game for 5 minutes.....nah couldnt be wrong surely ?

A sent it off last week an got it back today so not too bad.. The company is over here in the UK. Its a hit an miss now with the breeding with two cock birds. Could end up with a full nest full or none visual birds 

Edited November 22, 2021 by Bangersanmash

[ianm 2,594]

I sent six samples off for analysis last year four came back inconclusive. I contacted the company and they said send samples again and they would process them free of charge. I made sure i sent enough feathers the second time and got results back. One bird you would have swore was a cock, was actually a hen. 

[gnipper 6,509]

1 hour ago, Bangersanmash said:

A sent it off last week an got it back today so not too bad.. The company is over here in the UK. Its a hit an miss now with the breeding with two cock birds. Could end up with a full nest full or none visual birds 

Will the pied cocks not just produce splits when paired to normal hens? I'd be looking for some split hens or pea/chev hens.

[Bangersanmash 3,061]

4 hours ago, gnipper said:

Will the pied cocks not just produce splits when paired to normal hens? I'd be looking for some split hens or pea/chev hens.

There's no such thing as split pied mate I've looked into it. There visual or none visual or just normals. There's no such thing as split. 

[gnasher16 30,256]

On 22/11/2021 at 11:16, Bangersanmash said:

A chap I know bought a bird got told its a cock an was a hen bird when test came back ? 

Oh ok i thought you meant the dna test itself was wrong........i imagine plenty of birds are sold as the wrong sex.

Edited November 23, 2021 by gnasher16

[Bangersanmash 3,061]

4 hours ago, gnasher16 said:

Oh ok i thought you meant the dna test itself was wrong........i imagine plenty of birds are sold as the wrong sex.

Yeah they've had them tested he had dna with the bird with ring ID on it from over seas as a cock bird. He had it tested again because nearer to season wasn't acting like a cock bird an it turned out it was a hen. So the DNA test was wrong lol. 

[Bangersanmash 3,061]

Sent a blood sample off to the company came back it was a hen happy days the feather must of been contaminated or something to give it a false reading. Happy days boys 

[Bangersanmash 3,061]

Here she is lads nice classic pied