Do the two different morph looks of the offspring fall along gender lines?

Some day we might run into a mutation on the z chromosome that would look different in males (zz) than females (zw).

If the two looks aren’t segregated by gender I would go with one of the other poster's idea that the male is a combo of different mutations on different genes. Maybe one of the mutations looks pretty normal but when it happens to combine with the more visible standalone one is making the 2nd visible morph type. But in this scenario the dad would have to be a the combo too. So maybe see which type looks more like him as they grow.

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• HUGE GOOD PROBLEM AND QUESTIONS - TOM_CRUTCHFIELD, Fri Jul 24 13:56:28 2009
• RE: HUGE GOOD PROBLEM AND QUESTIONS - ChadRamsey, Fri Jul 24 14:03:19 2009
• RE:PICS OF FIRST CLUTCH - TOM_CRUTCHFIELD, Fri Jul 24 14:41:16 2009
• RE:PICS OF FIRST CLUTCH - dumje, Fri Jul 24 15:30:06 2009
• I am thinking dom/codom Hypo... - kinderman, Fri Jul 24 20:04:59 2009
• RE: HUGE GOOD PROBLEM AND QUESTIONS - ExoticHobbyist, Fri Jul 24 15:44:18 2009
• RE: HUGE GOOD PROBLEM AND QUESTIONS - BuzzardBall, Fri Jul 24 15:50:06 2009
• RE: HUGE GOOD PROBLEM AND QUESTIONS - herpquest, Fri Jul 24 17:11:42 2009
• RE: HUGE GOOD PROBLEM AND QUESTIONS - RandyRemington, Fri Jul 24 18:36:38 2009
• RE: HUGE GOOD PROBLEM AND QUESTIONS - nephrurus, Sat Jul 25 00:32:28 2009
• RE: HUGE GOOD PROBLEM AND QUESTIONS - TOM_CRUTCHFIELD, Sat Jul 25 03:30:09 2009
• RE: HUGE GOOD PROBLEM AND QUESTIONS - herpquest, Sat Jul 25 08:49:19 2009
• Gender Ratio of 2 Morphs? - RandyRemington, Sat Jul 25 10:20:34 2009
• RE: Gender Ratio of 2 Morphs? - TOM_CRUTCHFIELD, Sat Jul 25 12:13:11 2009