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Lovebird Genetics Question

AMBunny

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So, I have a decent understanding of dominant vs recessive and sex-linked, co-dominant etc.
I don't know the parentage/genetics of my pair, they were inhereted. I have been given different opinions as to tyoe of Blue (male), and have been told the female (Amari) is the Pallid (or australian cinnamon)
I will attach pictures with and without flash.
I was told their offspring will ALWAYS be green series, someone even suggested they will always just be visual green and split to blue.
My question is this...Why wouldn't male offspring to be visual to Pallid?
(M)Blue = BB (XX)
(F)Amari = P? (XY)
Offspring would be BP (males) and B? (females)
The 2 babies they have had are green, in my mind that would mean that the ? is a G and therefore are BG (females)
Why wouldn't the Males that are BP be visible Pallids?
 

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Yes, Amari is Pallid (Spitting image of my Sydney :) )
Blue is Turquoise

So all chicks will be Normal Green type split to Turquoise.

Remember that true Blue doesn´t exist in Roseicollis... or so they say.

I´m a little unsure what all the initials you are using are.

You can use the calculator if you want to see the percentages: Genetic Calculator 1.3 Peachfaced Lovebird
 

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Yes, Amari is Pallid (Spitting image of my Sydney :) )
Blue is Turquoise

So all chicks will be Normal Green type split to Turquoise.

Remember that true Blue doesn´t exist in Roseicollis... or so they say.

I´m a little unsure what all the initials you are using are.

You can use the calculator if you want to see the percentages: Genetic Calculator 1.3 Peachfaced Lovebird
The initials are just the type as they sit on the x and y chromosome (b gor blue, p for pallid on the x, and ? For y because I don't know her parentage.

Wouldn't male chicks inherit the blue from the dad and the pallid from the mom? Amd the pallid green series would he dominant over the blue, so would he visible for pallid?
 
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