Cliff
9 posts
Dec 13, 2004
2:59 PM
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I seem to see more of the white bar color variation in rollers nowadays. Is anyone familiar with the genetics that produces these? Is it the reduced factor? I also read that Dominant Opal was being used to create white bars, but I though Dominant Opal was a lethal factor??! Cliff
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Mother lode lofts
323 posts
Dec 13, 2004
6:40 PM
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Cliff you should never see them except in a loft of Mookies
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Steve S.
25 posts
Dec 13, 2004
7:08 PM
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Cliff If you see white bars on rollers,
They are superimposed crossbreeds.
Steve
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MCCORMICKLOFTS
345 posts
Dec 13, 2004
8:31 PM
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Scott, there are only a handful of white bar Mookies, and one guy has them all..lol
Cliff, what you are referring to is Dominant Opal. Recessive Opal usually has a little different expression. Reduced doesn't produce white bars. You can mate Dom Opal together and successfully raise youngsters with no problems. I see it done often in my friends show birds, but it can result in newborn death (lethal).
Brian.
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Mother lode lofts
324 posts
Dec 14, 2004
2:31 PM
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Thats what I said Brian "Wookies"
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