Whaaaaaat? I'm so confused

[jAfFa CaKe]

My to leucistics bred last week and the eggs are not small slithers of dark brown, dark brown? No I'm no good with genetics but I'm guessing this means that both of the parents carry the wildtype gene, which is dominant, therefore, all the offspring are wildtype? I really don't get this. Is it just late colour development?

 

[Boomsloth]

leucistic is a recessive trait so if both parents are leucistic 100% of the babies should be leucistic. However egg color may be different from the final color so I'm hoping someone with experience on eggs can help you with that. I think I remember that albinos produce white eggs regardless of what color the babies end up as?

 

[auntiejude]

Abino females lay white eggs, as do coppers, but leucistics, wildtypes and melanoids lay black/brown eggs. It's all to do with the mother's ability to produce pigment - leucistics can produce pigment so the eggs are dark.

However, all of your babies will be leucistic as both parents are leucistic.

Leucistics and albinos from dark eggs start kinda grey-peach and lighten up, wildtype and melanoid babies from white eggs start light and get darker.

Sounds confusing, but it's true.

 

[bugdozer]

I can confirm that - although not leucistic - my eggs from a wildtype mother and axanthic albino father produced about 10% albinos (both golden and axanthic) and every egg looked identically dark during the early stages of development - I assumed they would all be wildtypes but then by the time they hatched some had paled down.

 

[Margie]

However, all of your babies will be leucistic as both parents are leucistic.

You can get albinos as well as leucistic from two leucistic parents.

 

[Boomsloth]

You can get albinos as well as leucistic from two leucistic parents.

I think what was meant to mean that all babies would be 100% leucistic but can also express other genes as well like albino.

 

[auntiejude]

You can get albinos as well as leucistic from two leucistic parents.

Yes you can, but they will be leucistic AND albino (i.e. white albino). You could also get axanthic or melanoid leucistics depending on genetics, but you might not be able to tell until they are much bigger.

Whichever way you look at it, the black/brown eggs will lighten up.

 

[jAfFa CaKe]

Ahhhhh, I get it now. Thanks for everybody explaining it to me!