New member with query about IRN mutations...

[Pepperswings]

Hello
I recently bought a bonded pair of Indian Ring Necks. Female is violet Harlequin, Male is violet. When they breed what is the range of colour's they will produce.
Have been told different things from the seller but just wondering on other opinions. Thanks for any info.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

I can say for certain that you will not get any green or yellow offspring. At least half will be violet. The rest will be blue.

IF the male carries the "ino" gene, half the females will be albino and the other half will be blue or violet. The males will be blue or violet.

The shade of violet will depend on whether the baby inherits two violet genes or one. Two would make them double factor violet- a deeper violet. One would make them a lighter violet.

If the pied (harlequin) hen is a recessive pied AND the males DOES NOT carry the gene, none of the babies will be pied. If the male DOES carry the gene, half the babies will be pied.

If the pied hen is a dominant pied and she has one pied gene, half her babies will be pied. If she has two pied genes all her babies will be pied.

This is assuming neither bird is carrying any other recessive genes.

What have the other people told you?

 

[Pepperswings]

The breeder selling them said a variety of colour's possible but mostly violet babies.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

That probably right.