Question Regarding Pied Het offspring.

I think because it's late and i'm stumped.
So i have a question for these 2 scenarios:

1st Scenario
100% Het Pied X 66% het pied= Proves out and visual pieds in the clutch along with normals.

What are the normals in this clutch considered?
Are they 100% hets? or Possible Hets?

2nd Scenario
100% het pied x 100% het pied= Visual pieds in clutch along normals.

What are the normals in this clutch considered?
Are they 100% hets? or Possible Hets?

Thanks in advance
Javier

Mods im sorry i posted this in wrong section, can you move it to Breeding section.

I believe the normals will be all 66% possible hets., in both scenarios.

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Originally Posted by NNJExotics

I think because it's late and i'm stumped.
So i have a question for these 2 scenarios:

1st Scenario
100% Het Pied X 66% het pied= Proves out and visual pieds in the clutch along with normals.

What are the normals in this clutch considered?
Are they 100% hets? or Possible Hets?

2nd Scenario
100% het pied x 100% het pied= Visual pieds in clutch along normals.

What are the normals in this clutch considered?
Are they 100% hets? or Possible Hets?

Thanks in advance
Javier

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Both situations would call for the normals to be 66% hets, due to the fact that 2/3 of the babies statistically should be carrying the Pied gene, but you cannot determine which ones for sure.

Ditto the above. The pos het is considered a 100% het after proving out, so it's the same for both clutches, and all normals are 66% pos hets.

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Originally Posted by NNJExotics

I think because it's late and i'm stumped.
So i have a question for these 2 scenarios:

1st Scenario
100% Het Pied X 66% het pied= Proves out and visual pieds in the clutch along with normals.

What are the normals in this clutch considered?
Are they 100% hets? or Possible Hets?

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The moment you hatch a pied, your '66%' het pied becomes 100% het pied. In other words, it is a het pied. There are no actual percentages involved at that point. An animal either carries the gene for pied, or it does not. 66% only referred to the percentage chance that it carried the gene. Once you prove it, you know for certain.

Breeding a het pied X het pied ON AVERAGE gives you the following: 25% of the hatchlings will be pied. 50% of the hatchlings will be het for pied. 25% of the hatchlings will be normal.
Since you cannot tell the normals from the het pieds, you group them all together, and you call them '66%' het pieds. Each individual has a 2/3 chance of being het for pied, and a 1/3 chance of simply being normal.

Thank you all for your input. Appreciate it! It all makes better sense to me now.