Let's play a game: guess the het pied

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Can you tell me the right answer? :-)

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ooo i love games. :)

my guess is the BP on the right in the first pix and right in the tail comparisons with the shorter tail stripe is het Pied. it's the only one with a vent i can see clearly that has a possible marker.

:-) I like these games too! Can't decide if I should post individual pics or not.


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I'm also going to guess the one on the right in the first photo. I'm also going to guess that it's male and also het albino :rofl:

That is assuming that one is actually not het pied.

The one on the right looks more likely to me.

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Individual pics to help you guys guess!

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I'm going to have to go out on a limb and say they both are het pied. The distorted patterning is evident in both animals and they both have pied markers. I wish the lighting was better to really distinguish.:) The individual pics have me leaning more to the one on the right though. With the all white belly which is indicative and representative of pied.

No more guesses anyone? :-)

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If I had to pick one out those two in the same clutch of possible hets I'd go for the one on the right.

Well I'll go on and answer. You guys are too smart for me. :-) the one on the right is my double het albino pied (good memory CrazyPiston! ) The left is my normal female. I always think of her when the question of "are these pied markers" comes up.

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I have a question! In my head I thought it was the right one, but I wasn't sure why? I just had a feeling. Can you explain what it is about her that makes it obvious? They both have the train track type markings so why does the right one seem more het pied than the other?

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Originally Posted by hfritchy

I have a question! In my head I thought it was the right one, but I wasn't sure why? I just had a feeling. Can you explain what it is about her that makes it obvious? They both have the train track type markings so why does the right one seem more het pied than the other?

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I'll give my opinion if it's ok with Asherah? It is that pied markers is something that we look for but those markers are not a definitive way to identify het pied animals. The reasoning is some true het pieds won't necessarily have "pied markers" and some normals that aren't true het pieds can have markers. The real definitive way to determine a true het is to breed it to another het pied or visual pied. On top of that, it is the word of a truly honest breeder or a reputable breeder or both. :) And also, the pied gene has a distorting effect on patterning.

Albert did an excellent job explaining it. I don't have anything to add to it, other than this is a good example of why het markers aren't always conclusive.

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