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breeding for blue male

Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 10:25 am
by irish ringnecks
hi i got a pir of ringnecks today blue cock and green hen. (i have a post in the new members section introducing us) now when i breed them i would ike to keep a blue male for myself. is there anyway i can tell which is a male if they lay eggs and hatch them( i will be handrearinf them)

Re: breeding for blue male

Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 8:07 pm
by Shane7285
Hi

Using the gencalc, the pair you have will only produce green babies. That is unless the female is split to blue. In which case, the only way to tell the sex of the babies is to have them DNA sexed.

Regards

Shane

Re: breeding for blue male

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:41 pm
by irish ringnecks
how can i tell if she is split blue?

Re: breeding for blue male

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 4:01 pm
by Shane7285
Hi

You won't know if she is split blue until you get blue babies. There is no other way to tell as far as I know.

Regards

Shane