Hi I am new to breeding ringnecks. I actually only have a green female. I am looking to get a male but am wondering what colors I will get out of the babies
I am looking at either getting a blue or yellow male
will I get both colors from either male or all green babies?
colors question
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Assuming your female is not split to anything...
If bred to a lutino (yellow) male, you will get lutino females and green males split to ino. The ino gene prevents the production of melanin and has the effect of turning an otherwise green bird yellow and an otherwise blue bird white. There are two forms of the ino gene in IRN's. One is located on the same set of chromosomes that determines the sex of the bird and a consequence of this is that females need only one copy of the ino gene to display the trait visually while males need copies of the ino gene on both chromosomes. There is also a form of the ino gene that is not located on the sex determining chromosomes but it is not common and any lutino bird you get will most likely be sex-linked lutino.
If bred to a blue male, all the babies will be green split to blue.
Split means that they carry the recessive trait genetically but do not show it visually.
Jim
If bred to a lutino (yellow) male, you will get lutino females and green males split to ino. The ino gene prevents the production of melanin and has the effect of turning an otherwise green bird yellow and an otherwise blue bird white. There are two forms of the ino gene in IRN's. One is located on the same set of chromosomes that determines the sex of the bird and a consequence of this is that females need only one copy of the ino gene to display the trait visually while males need copies of the ino gene on both chromosomes. There is also a form of the ino gene that is not located on the sex determining chromosomes but it is not common and any lutino bird you get will most likely be sex-linked lutino.
If bred to a blue male, all the babies will be green split to blue.
Split means that they carry the recessive trait genetically but do not show it visually.
Jim
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