Blue Fawn mated to a Grey Call - what color ducklings?

[Bnemeth]

I have a Blue Fawn male that I was going to pen with a grey pullet - will they produce 50% blues and 50% greys? Or a different color combination? Thanks!

 

[70%cocoa]

Yes, that's what you should get.

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

70%cocoa :

Yes, that's what you should get.

Thats soo cool! I used to have a black bibbed and a grey pied. So if I bred them together I would have gotten half grey pied half black bidded?! (i dont have them any more)​

 

[Bnemeth]

Not sure what would come out of that combination - it works with the blue fawns and greys because a blue fawn will have 50% blue, 25% grey and 25% pastel so a blue fawn and a grey would take out the pastel color. I'm guess it would work the same with a blue fawn and pastel (50/50 for blue and pastel) but I'm not sure on that...

 

[70%cocoa]

Yes, with Blue Fawn and Pastel you should get 50% of each.

DuckGirl, according to the Duck Colour Calculator http://kippenjungle.nl/kruisingEend.html with that cross you should get little Magpies.

 

[StevenW.]

Just a word of advice.. You might end up getting some suprise colors because mating different call duck colors could result in any color really since most of them have had a different color introduced into their blood line somewhere.

 

[70%cocoa]

That is true - with dominant colours, like black bibbed, you may only have one copy of the dominant gene and you don't know which recessive genes are hiding - like brown dilution or recessive white. You can only be sure of what you are going to get if you have a pure breed that has all the requisite copies of all the 'right' genes.

 

[dwhite]

The link for the genetic calculator is a good one, grey's, BF, and pastel are pretty straightforward not much they can by hiding.