Site Index          | Body Color Pairings and Results The following will try to break down some of the possible genetic results of the following breedings. This is only discussing body color and will only take into consideration head and/or breast color if it affcts or is affected by body color - thi will be notated below the breeding. The cock and hen pairings will be listed at the top in bold, with the possible outcomes below.
Body Color: You should remember from our genetics discussion that body color can be both sex linked or autosomal depending on the color we're discussing.
For purposes of discussion, a "/" sign will indicate a bird being split for a certain color. E.g., Green/Blue indicates a bird is phenotypically green but possess a blue gene. Also, Normal and Green are used interchangeably here.
Please note - for the purposes of this site I will not discuss pairings that produce ambiguous offspring. For example - pairing a green/blue bird to a green bird has a 25% chance of producing green/blue babies - but there is no way of knowing which babies are split. To save time, these breedings will not be discussed - and I highly recommend avoiding these types of breeding simply because you never know exactly what you've got.
All that being said, let's get started!
| Normal Cock x Normal Hen |
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| All of the babies would be Normal |
| Normal Cock x Blue Hen (or vice-versa) |
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| All of the babies would be Green/Blue |
| Normal/Blue Cock x Normal/Blue Hen |
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| 25% Normal Cocks | 25% Normal Hens | | 50% Normal/Blue Cocks | 50% Normal/Blue Hens | | 25% Blue Cocks | 25% Blue Hens |
Unless otherwise stated, the following pairings assume the birds are DF for purple breast. It is necessary to specify this because of the affect breast color has on male birds possessing yellow body genes. (Likewise, one or the other being SF for purple)
| SF Yellow Cock x Green Hen |
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| 50% Green Cocks | 50% Green Hens | | 50% Dilute Cocks | 50% Yellow Hens |
| DF Yellow Cock x Green Hen |
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| All cocks will be Dilute (SFY) | | All hens will be Yellow |
| SF Yellow Cock x Yellow Hen |
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| 50% cocks will be Dilute (SFY) | 50% hens will be Green | | 50% cocks will be DF Yellow | 50% hens will be Yellow |
Pairing a DF Yellow Cock to a Yellow hen would result in all DF Yellow Cocks and Yellow hens.
| Normal Cock x Yellow Hen |
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| All cocks will be Dilute (SFY) | | All hens will be Green |
The following pairings consider alternative breast colors and the respective results of offspring involved.
| Normal Cock (SF Purple Breast) x Yellow Hen (SF Purple Breast) |
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| 50% cocks will be Dilute (SFY) | 100% Green Hens | | 50% cocks will be SF Yellow, WB Cocks |
In this pairing, only those cocks with white breasts will be yellow bodied. This is because a SF yellow cock with a purple breast appears Dilute. The dilute cocks will be DF purple, or Purple/White.
In the following pairings I will not use percentages but simply tell you what the possible offspring outcomes are to save time. These will be independent of breast color.
| Normal/Blue Cock x Yellow/Blue Hen |
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| Dilute/Blue Cocks | Normal/Blue Hens | | Pastel Cocks | Blue Hens |
| Dilute(SFY)/Blue Cock x Yellow/Blue Hen |
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| Dilute/Blue Cocks | Normal/Blue Hens | | Pastel Cocks | Blue Hens | | Silver Cocks | Silver Hens |
| DF Yellow/Blue Cock x Normal/Blue Hen |
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| Dilute/Blue Cocks | Yellow/Blue Hens | | Pastel Cocks | Silver Hens |
Results would be the same for DF Yellow/Blue Cock x Blue Hen
| DF Yellow/Blue Cock x Silver Hen |
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| DF Yellow/Blue Cocks | Yellow/Blue Hens | | Silver Cocks | Silver Hens |
| Dilute(SFY)/Blue Cock x Silver Hen |
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| Dilute/Blue Cocks | Normal/Blue Hens | | DF Yellow/Blue Cocks | Yellow/Blue Hens | | Pastel Cocks | Blue Hens | | Silver Cocks | Silver Hens |
If there is a pairing that isn't available here that you would like to see added - please email me at webmaster@gouldiansgalore.net.
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