anyway since this has been a public discussion, thought we should keep this public...



you said this "hey again. so what if they have only normal looking babies? then what? we know that they have already produced one grey."



Well, the thing is...Grays typically don't hatch out Gray...they start out normal. So your adults are both F1s from the female, correct? I'd say that if there are no Silver babies (that are BORN silver-colored) in your clutch OR Aaron's clutch (from her bred to her F1), then we can pretty much safely say that they're not simple recessive...yes, there are rare examples of ontogenetic recessive traits in various species, as Sue pointed out, but it certainly seems to be the exception, not the rule.



There are three pages of this topic here (below)...hope that helps, and good luck...



Regards,



DR


Ratsnakefoundation.org (silver vs. gray suboc thread)

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