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- Nov 7, 2021
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Anyone willing to talk a little color genetics with me? Particularly those breeding to the SOP or working with standardized colors of Shamo, Malay, or Aseel?
2 of my young shamo stags (about 10 weeks old) have black hackles. According to the SOP this neither fits into the wheaten or the BBR categories and falls in the rather poorly defined "dark" category. Of course there is no visual aid in the newest SOP to accompany the dark shamo or the dark malay (which is often referenced because colors for shamo and malay are very similar).
1st: does anyone have dark oriental game they could share pictures of. Not black, but what would be shown as dark.
2nd: When breeding dark, would you only want dark to dark matings or could dark to wheaten produce color correct chicks? I'm concerned it will extend the black in my wheaten females which I don't want.
Would love an overview of bbr X wheaten matings and dark X wheaten matings because my best quality birds are not the same color.
Thanks!
2 of my young shamo stags (about 10 weeks old) have black hackles. According to the SOP this neither fits into the wheaten or the BBR categories and falls in the rather poorly defined "dark" category. Of course there is no visual aid in the newest SOP to accompany the dark shamo or the dark malay (which is often referenced because colors for shamo and malay are very similar).
1st: does anyone have dark oriental game they could share pictures of. Not black, but what would be shown as dark.
2nd: When breeding dark, would you only want dark to dark matings or could dark to wheaten produce color correct chicks? I'm concerned it will extend the black in my wheaten females which I don't want.
Would love an overview of bbr X wheaten matings and dark X wheaten matings because my best quality birds are not the same color.
Thanks!
