Breeding for a Yellowbelly Pied

So I decided to try and breed a yellowbelly pied. I am however having a difficult time figuring out the genetics.

I know it takes two pied genes to make a pied. That part was easy. However, I keep getting conflicting information on yellowbellies.

One place says you get all yellowbellies if you breed a YB to a normal. Other places say you get 50% YB and 50% normal. :confused:

My question is this: If I were to breed a YB female who is het pied to a visual pied male, would she produce any YB pieds or only het YB and het YB pieds?

Before I invest a fortune in animals that won't produce what I'm looking for, I am hoping someone with more experience can point me in the right direction. :please:

Thank you for your time.

gale

yellowbelly is a codominant gene:

yellow belly x normal gives you - 50% normals, 50% yellow bellies (each egg as 50% chance)

Ivory x normal will give you all yellow bellies though (maybe this was what you were seeing?)

yellow belly x pied - 50% normals, 50% yellow bellies ALL 100% het for pied

Take 1.1 yellow bellies het pied and breed them together this will give you the possibility of having any of the following:
- 66% het pieds
- yellow bellies 66% het pied
- yellow belly pied
- ivoy 66% het pied
- ivory pied
- pieds

Take a yellow belly het pied and breed it to a pied and produce:
-100% het pieds
-Yellow belly pieds
-yellow bellies 100% het pied

I cant remember the break downs for the % of each possibility right now. Hope that helped though :)

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Originally Posted by angllady2

So I decided to try and breed a yellowbelly pied. I am however having a difficult time figuring out the genetics.

I know it takes two pied genes to make a pied. That part was easy. However, I keep getting conflicting information on yellowbellies.

One place says you get all yellowbellies if you breed a YB to a normal. Other places say you get 50% YB and 50% normal. :confused:

My question is this: If I were to breed a YB female who is het pied to a visual pied male, would she produce any YB pieds or only het YB and het YB pieds?

Before I invest a fortune in animals that won't produce what I'm looking for, I am hoping someone with more experience can point me in the right direction. :please:

Thank you for your time.

gale

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If you breed a YB to a normal the clutch "should" be 1/2 YB 1/2 normals.There is no such thing as het YB,its either a YB or a normal.

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Originally Posted by cinderbird

yellowbelly is a codominant gene:

yellow belly x normal gives you - 50% normals, 50% yellow bellies (each egg as 50% chance)

Ivory x normal will give you all yellow bellies though (maybe this was what you were seeing?)

yellow belly x pied - 50% normals, 50% yellow bellies ALL 100% het for pied

Take 1.1 yellow bellies het pied and breed them together this will give you the possibility of having any of the following:
- 66% het pieds
- yellow bellies 66% het pied
- yellow belly pied
- ivoy 66% het pied
- ivory pied
- pieds

Take a yellow belly het pied and breed it to a pied and produce:
-100% het pieds
-Yellow belly pieds
-yellow bellies 100% het pied

I cant remember the break downs for the % of each possibility right now. Hope that helped though :)

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You corrected the ivory pied in the last part :P.I hate it when i mess up to :gj:

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Originally Posted by joepythons

You corrected the ivory pied in the last part :P.I hate it when i mess up to :gj:

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lol i always re-read my posts to make sure i dont need to fix something and went "...wait a minute!"

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Originally Posted by cinderbird

lol i always re-read my posts to make sure i dont need to fix something and went "...wait a minute!"

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Been there done that :P

Good info here... YB Pied is an excellent project!

Justin

Thank you for clearing that up for me. :gj:

And I am sure that one place I visited said you would get all YB from a YB X Normal cross, which did not sound right since I was pretty sure YB was co-dominant.

However, you gave me exactly the information I needed, and I am now confident I can succeed with my YB Pied project. It will take time, but I am a patient person.

Thanks again,

Gale

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Originally Posted by jkobylka

Good info here... YB Pied is an excellent project!

Justin

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i go to your site to drool over the YB pied at least once a week.

Is there an ivory pied in the works? i want to see what that would look like.

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Originally Posted by cinderbird

Take a yellow belly het pied and breed it to a pied and produce:
-100% het pieds
-Yellow belly pieds
-yellow bellies 100% het pied

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Actually YB het Pied x Pied yields:

25% Het Pieds
25% YB Het Pieds
25% YB Pieds
25% Pieds

:gj: