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Post by bozzee on Feb 27, 2007 5:02:31 GMT 11
Hi there,
i don't now if this is the correct place to put it, but this is my question.
Is platinum a mutation or a combination of different mutation. Here in Holland there claiming to have platinum but it is a combination of pallid-ino blue, so in fact you will only have platinum cock.
Can someone explain this to me?
Greetings Edwin.
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Post by oaklee on Feb 27, 2007 10:25:32 GMT 11
firstly hello and welcome to the forum bozzee. now to answer your question, platinum is a mutation on its own, it is basically has a dilute effect on the birds. it is sex linked in nature meaning platinum cock bird to normal hen will produce platinum hens and normal split platinum cocks. but a platinum hen to a normal cock will produce normal hens and normal split platinum cocks. platinum also combines with lutino in the cock birds to produce lutino platinums, this only occurrs in the cock bird, ie lutino cock to platinum hen produces lutino hens and lutino platinum cocks. or platinum cock to lutino hen produces platinum hens and lutino platinum cocks. platinum is now an established mutation here and is available in blue , opaline as well, and now pied , as well as greygreen and grey platinums in hens and cocks are now beginning to be produced here as well. i hope to get a few photos on here in the next few days of the greygreen and grey platinums as i bred some last season and have been waiting for the last few months for them to moult and colour up to there proper colour, this takes about 3 to 4 months with the platinums.
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Post by bozzee on Feb 28, 2007 3:43:55 GMT 11
Thanks now I no for sure, I believe there is just one breeder here in Holland who really has this mutation but i'm not sure.
I don't have a picture of this bird but it was a mutation in blue. It looks like an bleu-ino but when you looked very good you could see the blue in it.
Gr.Edwin
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