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Cross beak - genetic, environment...what?

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Don:
Jim,  You should be able to get some good females from a first generation SW/SW mating.  I was thinking more about the Blue/black and Red coloring in the SW males.  But we really don't know if the female color will be changed or diluted further with SW/SW matings.  Since the entire Wheaten variety presents dimorphic coloring male and female, it may not change the "wheaten" coloring on the females. Though it might  increase the white in the females tails and wings.  But that is part of what we will hope to find in the next few years with many folks working with this new color.  Blue is a dilute and SW is a double dilute gene.  So I wonder if this gene changes other things in the offspring.  You might talk to some of the Old English Red Pyle breeders to see if they have any experience with this mating.       

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