Fraza 4 Report post Posted November 12, 2017 So I have a black breast ex showbird and I have bred her with a normal grey and 4/4 eggs hatched however one is pink and 3 of the hatchlings are black, does this mean the three could be black breasts she ended up abandonding the chicks and I ended up having to let the 4 society’s adopt the chicks, hopefully i get three black breasts only 5 days old tho long wait ..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmy 528 Report post Posted November 12, 2017 Sorry Fraza I'm hopeless at identifying colours in young birds I'm sure when other members read your post they will be able to help. (Trevor and Andy are good at identifying colours) Emmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fraza 4 Report post Posted November 12, 2017 1 hour ago, Emmy said: Sorry Fraza I'm hopeless at identifying colours in young birds I'm sure when other members read your post they will be able to help. (Trevor and Andy are good at identifying colours) Emmy Ohright thanks anyway u hope they reply Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andyn 534 Report post Posted November 12, 2017 Hi Fraza, You would need either two visual Black Breast parents or two carrying the BB gene or even one of each. BB is a recessive mutation. If the one 'Pink' is truly Pink then the pair could also be carrying the Pied/White gene and this could be a 'White' I think you would have to wait until the chicks have feathered up to see if they are Black Breast. The 'White chick should have a Bone coloured beak as opposed to black. But good luck with them and enjoy! Andyn 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fraza 4 Report post Posted November 12, 2017 3 hours ago, Andyn said: Hi Fraza, You would need either two visual Black Breast parents or two carrying the BB gene or even one of each. BB is a recessive mutation. If the one 'Pink' is truly Pink then the pair could also be carrying the Pied/White gene and this could be a 'White' I think you would have to wait until the chicks have feathered up to see if they are Black Breast. The 'White chick should have a Bone coloured beak as opposed to black. But good luck with them and enjoy! Andyn Okay thanks for that it helped I’ll keep you posted when the colours have came through Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norfolk flyer 208 Report post Posted November 14, 2017 Hi Fraza, I think you pink one could be a fawn. Trevor ? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andyn 534 Report post Posted November 15, 2017 Trevor, would beak colour be black like Normals? Venturing into Fawns this coming year for first time. Cheers Andy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fraza 4 Report post Posted November 15, 2017 Hi I have a recent picture from today and if u look closely at them you can see that one has white wings and one has grey also I’ll add pic of parents, one last question if the parents are large zebras does this mean the chicks will or is it one small and one big parent to get large offspring chicks -first pic https://imgur.com/a/v7wOK Chicks Second pic been fed a lot by the foster society’s parents Share this post Link to post Share on other sites