You could get any variety of colors, BUT, a RED hen and a BLUE/BLACK cock is a sex linked mating. So, any RED babies that you get will be cocks and any BLUE/BLACK babies you get will be hens. As soon as they begin to feather out, you will know what sex they are.
what do you think i would get?
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Yes, I know. You call it black and it looks black but it's actually blue.
There's just so much blue pigment that it appears as black to us. The bird is still technically blue.
this hen is from a ash red bar cock and a pure white hen then dad of this hen also had blue bars with this same white hen the black and white cock was from two pure white but with one black feather
o sorry at least i learnt something newYes, I know. You call it black and it looks black but it's actually blue.
Go here:
http://lovebirdsloft.homestead.com/BIRDS.html and look at the 4th pair of birds. Black cock and red/white hen. They are my only pair of sex linked birds.
Here's a couple of babies I got from them.
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http://lovebirdsloft.homestead.com/BIRDS.html and look at the 4th pair of birds. Black cock and red/white hen. They are my only pair of sex linked birds.
Here's a couple of babies I got from them.
those are cool birds and those young ones they look like winners to be i am try to get a pic of the cock birdGo here:
http://lovebirdsloft.homestead.com/BIRDS.html and look at the 4th pair of birds. Black cock and red/white hen. They are my only pair of sex linked birds.
Here's a couple of babies I got from them.
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lol what one took off the frist pic or second and this is the cock bird not a good shot
Ooo, I like that roller cock. I used to have some just like that; very pretty
Since he's a baldhead, you'll probably get some baldhead babies, or birds with pied markings. You'll get lavenders and blacks. If both the parents of the cock had black feathers, then he is homozygous for spread. Therefore, all the kids will be spread as well. If he was het. for spread, then half the kids of either sex, would be spread. So then you could get blue, black, red, and lavender.
Since he's a baldhead, you'll probably get some baldhead babies, or birds with pied markings. You'll get lavenders and blacks. If both the parents of the cock had black feathers, then he is homozygous for spread. Therefore, all the kids will be spread as well. If he was het. for spread, then half the kids of either sex, would be spread. So then you could get blue, black, red, and lavender.
Alright. Colors and sex-linked traits are only carried on the X chromosome.
Cocks have two X chromosomes (XX), where hens only have one (XY).
Say your cockbird is a pure blue (since the only thing blue is dominate to is brown, unless one of its parents was brown, it'll be a pure blue). And your hen is red. The cock has two doses of blue, one on each X chromosome. The hen can only carry one dose of red.
All you have to do from there is a simple punnett square. You'd find that all the cocks have one gene for red and one for blue. Red is dominate, so the bird will be red, but it will also carry that hidden blue gene with it. All the hens only have room for the blue, so they are blue.
So that's why that sex-link mating works out the way it does
In summary, a sex-linked trait is basically just a gene that is associated with one gender or the other, because it's either carried on the X or Y chromosome. That's why some baby chickens can be sexed at hatching because of a white spot on the head, etc. Cause those traits are only found in the males or females
Cocks have two X chromosomes (XX), where hens only have one (XY).
Say your cockbird is a pure blue (since the only thing blue is dominate to is brown, unless one of its parents was brown, it'll be a pure blue). And your hen is red. The cock has two doses of blue, one on each X chromosome. The hen can only carry one dose of red.
All you have to do from there is a simple punnett square. You'd find that all the cocks have one gene for red and one for blue. Red is dominate, so the bird will be red, but it will also carry that hidden blue gene with it. All the hens only have room for the blue, so they are blue.
So that's why that sex-link mating works out the way it does
In summary, a sex-linked trait is basically just a gene that is associated with one gender or the other, because it's either carried on the X or Y chromosome. That's why some baby chickens can be sexed at hatching because of a white spot on the head, etc. Cause those traits are only found in the males or females
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