<< One of my breeding pairs had their first litter on May 5th. There were 7
pups born. The parents are a black and an Argente Cream pied. I only
expected to get Black, Lilac, Golden Agouti, Dove, and Argente Cream/Golden
out of this pair. But in the litter I got 3 Golden Agouti pied, a Dove pied,
an argente Golden, an IVORY CREAM, and a WHITE!? Anyone knoe how I got these
last two colors? >>
By getting Ivory Cream and a white, it means that both parents carry both e
and g. So, their genetics would be:
Lakotah: Black- aaCCEeGgPp{spsp}
Moon: Argente Cream pied- AaCc[h]EeGgpp{Spsp}
This being the case, it would also be possible for this pair to produce the
following colors:
Agouti - 14.0625%
Black - 14.0625%
Argente Golden - 7.03125%
Argente Cream - 7.03125%
Lilac - 7.03125%
Dove - 7.03125%
Undefined - 6.25%
Algerian Fox (Dark Eyed Honey) - 4.6875%
Nutmeg - 4.6875%
Slate - 4.6875%
Grey Agouti - 4.6875%
Red Eyed White - 4.6875%
Ivory (Cream) - 2.34375%
Red Fox (Argente Nutmeg) - 2.34375%
Yellow Fox (Red Eyed Algerian Fox) - 2.34375%
Pale Argente Nutmeg - 2.34375%
Blue Fox (Silver Nutmeg) - 1.5625%
Polar Fox - 1.5625%
Red Eyed Blue Fox - 1.5625%
And, of course, spots of all of these.
Looks like you've got yourself a winning combination! (c:
~Lanie
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