SODERBERGD said:
Here is the adult pair. Then, some of the babies. I got eight albinos, eight light hypos (presumably ultras) and five dark hypos. I'll get better comparison shots when I get a chance.
This is the breeding I saw in the emails that really got me thinking that the Ultra is a possible allele with Amel. Are there other possibilities?
If the Ultra in this case was het for Amel and Hypo, which is extremely possible, and the Butter was het for Hypo, which is also possible, we may get results similar to this result. Homos for Amel Hypos, would most likely look different than the Hypos and Amels from the same clutch.
If the Butter was also het for Ultra, which seems unlikely, we could get very similar results as well. Amels, Ultras, Hypos, Amel Hypos, Amel Ultras, and Hypo Ultras would all be possible. Some may look the same, but some combos may look a little different as well.
Since the Standard Hypo has been introduced into the Ultra mix, by breeding them to Ambers, it would be possible to produce Ultras, Hypos and Hypo Ultras in the same clutch. It is very possible that they will all be a different phenotype. Now, with Caramel added to the mix, it is very possible to get three different phenotypes of an “Amber” looking Corn. Are some of the “Gold Dust” (Ultra Caramel) Corns actually Homo for Ultra, Hypo and Caramel? Will a Homo Ultra Caramel look the same or different than a Homo Hypo, Ultra, Caramel Corn? To complicate things further, the amel gene can be and will be added to some of the mixes.