Peafowl 101: Basic care, genetics, and answers.

[DylansMom]

Hmmmm i'm still confused, if they cannot be split to other colors, how this purple hen will be split to opal?!



And sorry i don't understand anything sex chromosomes

The general belief is that hens cannot be split to Purple, Cameo, Peach, or any other sex-linked color. They can be split to Bronze, Opal, Midnight, or any other non-sex-linked color.

In humans the male has XY chromosomes and the female has XX chromosomes, it is reversed in birds. The male has XX and the female has XY. Sex-linked colors are believed to be carried on the X chromosome, since a hen only has 1 X chromosome she can only carry I color gene on that, so she will get the Purple gene from her father and have no other X chromosome on which to carry a sex-linked color. Opal is not sex-linked so it is carried at a different location and not affected by her only having that 1 X chromosome.

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

The general belief is that hens cannot be split to Purple, Cameo, Peach, or any other sex-linked color. They can be split to Bronze, Opal, Midnight, or any other non-sex-linked color.

In humans the male has XY chromosomes and the female has XX chromosomes, it is reversed in birds. The male has XX and the female has XY. Sex-linked colors are believed to be carried on the X chromosome, since a hen only has 1 X chromosome she can only carry I color gene on that, so she will get the Purple gene from her father and have no other X chromosome on which to carry a sex-linked color. Opal is not sex-linked so it is carried at a different location and not affected by her only having that 1 X chromosome.

Thank you, now i understand it, now i can understand how my cameo opal hens produced, of course if this is what they really are.

 

[DylansMom]

Thank you, now i understand it, now i can understand how my cameo opal hens produced, of course if this is what they really are.

They sure look like Cameo Opals.

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

They sure look like Cameo Opals.

Okay, then if i mate them with cameo male will some of their chicks be split to opal?

 

[DylansMom]

Okay, then if i mate them with cameo male will some of their chicks be split to opal?

Yes if the hens are split to Opal then some of the offspring should also be split to Opal. However I'm not sure if it will be visible or if they will all look Cameo though.

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

Yes if the hens are split to Opal then some of the offspring should also be split to Opal. However I'm not sure if it will be visible or if they will all look Cameo though.

If i remember right AugeredIn said if i mate them them with cameo male all the offspring will be cameo, and if i mate them with an opal male all their chicks will be opal, that's why i asked if they will be split opal.

 

[AugeredIn]

I am completely lost. Where are the pictures of the birds we are talking about?

A split opal bird, either IB or any other color, would not show an opal influence.

 

[Garden Peas]

I am completely lost. Where are the pictures of the birds we are talking about?

A split opal bird, either IB or any other color, would not show an opal influence.

lol, I think it was on another thread, a few weeks (or maybe a couple months) ago

 

[DylansMom]

I am completely lost. Where are the pictures of the birds we are talking about?

A split opal bird, either IB or any other color, would not show an opal influence.

lol, I think it was on another thread, a few weeks (or maybe a couple months) ago

I believe we were talking about q8's mystery hens. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/941287/cameo-or-peach

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

I believe we were talking about q8's mystery hens.

Yes the hens in these thread, https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/941287/cameo-or-peach