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Why we should be careful what colours we pair together or the

"DEMISE OF THE GREEN "

  
  Look around your aviary and the other member’s establishments; do you notice an absence of Green? This is because a green bird can carry the blue gene but a blue bird cannot carry the green gene.
Also do you see a great number of Opalines and a similar amount possibly even more Cinnamons this is because they are sex linked and there is no knowing if the green bird you bought was split for blue and cinnamon or opaline, you will notice the word and		  
 
 
  I will give you an example I paired up A Lutino hen to a Light Green cock now what would you expect you get? All Light Greens with any cocks being split for Ino. I could not get a Light Green Hen to use.  
 
 
  Well the actual results were 4 youngsters,  1- Cinnamon Dark Hen, 1- Cinnamon Light Green Hen, 2- Texas Clear-bodied Cocks of the blue series. So who was carrying what gene**? Result no Light Greens to build up a selection . ** see below

 

Jim Hutton Wrote:  Quote-The Clearbody variety is sex-linked, which means its breeding habits are similar to any other sex-linked variety such as Cinnamon or Opaline. Hens are visual Clearbodies only and cannot be split for Clearbody. Cocks can, however, be either visual Clearbodies or carrying the Clearbody factor in a hidden form.  "Note it does not say split which means it looks Normal but is really a Clearbody"  The strange phenomenon with the Clearbody is the fact that they are dominant over Inos. When a Clearbody is paired to a Lutino or Albino you will get Clearbodies from the mating. Any Normal cocks produced will either be split Ino or split Clearbody but cannot be split for both. Only test mating will determine which factor is carried in the split form.- End of Quote
So was I really using a Clearbody and not a Light Green

I have a promising young Dark Green which I will try to obtain a suitable breeding partner with for next year. The problem is that It is split for Blue and Opaline, so unless I can obtain a pure Light Green I will have more Blues with all my cocks carrying the Opaline gene.		  
 
 
  Another example

A Spangle Light Green Cock, Paired to a Cinnamon Sky Blue Hen, expectations visibly 50% Light Greens and 50% Spangle Light Greens with any cocks being split for Cinnamon and all carrying the blue gene. I wanted spangles so no problem.

  
 
 
  Result 1- Cinnamon Spangle Sky-blue and 2- Spangle Sky-blues so out of two pairings yielding 7 birds, no Normal Greens but 3 Cinnamons and 5 Blues

Not a single NORMAL from 7 birds let alone a LIGHT GREEN OR GREEN SPANGLE		  
 
 
  If we keep this up Normal Green will go the way of the DODO please will someone take notice