Darkgreen cock split opaline and blue x opaline hen split blue
The facts
Sire: darkgreen cock/opaline, blue
Dame: lightgreen hen/blue
Expected offspring
- darkgreen cock/opaline
- lightgreen cock/opaline
- darkgreen cock/opaline, blue
- lightgreen cock/opaline, blue
- cobalt cock/opaline
- skyblue cock/opaline
- darkgreen opaline cock
- lightgreen opaline cock
- darkgreen opaline cock/blue
- lightgreen opaline cock/blue
- cobalt opaline cock
- skyblue opaline cock
- darkgreen hen
- lightgreen hen
- dargreen hen/blue
- lightgreen hen/blue
- cobalt hen
- skyblue hen
- darkgreen opaline hen
- lightgreen opaline hen
- darkgreen opaline hen/blue
- lightgreen opaline hen/blue
- cobalt opaline hen
- skyblue opaline hen
Not all of these will happen with the same probability, but I will not go into that for the moment.
Observed result
- lightgreen opaline
- lightgreen opaline
- opaline fallow
Analysis
There is one unexpected factors in our offspring: fallow
Fallow
Fallow, as so many factors is recessive, meaning that both parents must have the factor in order to breed one. This means that both parents must be split:
Sire: darkgreen cock/opaline, blue, fallow
Dame: lightgreen opaline hen/blue, fallow
Conclusion
Sire: darkgreen cock/opaline, blue, fallow
Dame: lightgreen opaline hen/blue, fallow
Expected offspring
This will be the same as the original (represented with ....) with the possible addition of being split fallow or fallow:
- ...
- .../fallow (x2)
- fallow
(x2) means twice as probale as the other lines.
(C) Bert Raeymaekers