Re: [AlpacaTalk] Re: How do you breed great blacks?
Hi Mandy,
Breeding to fawn or white assumes that you believe that light colors are dominant to dark colors.? Also, that fawn male must have a black recessive gene, or you won't ever get black.? If you breed your black female to a fawn male with a recessive black gene, you get a 50% chance of black, and hopefully a boost on the fiber end of things.?But as was mentioned, it is possible to get good blacks by breeding to blacks.?
Also, if you are breeding for black, and breed to gray, you probably won't get a black because grey is dominant (at least in the above model).? But the offspring will have a recessive black gene, so can produce black.
Personally, I don't think line breeding would be helpful with color breeding.? They either have a black gene, or they don't.? Your best bet if you want to breed to a lighter color is to look for a male who has produced black.
Heidi Christensen
WingNut Farm Alpacas
Graham WA
(253) 846-2168 or (253) 592-0200
www.wingnut-
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From: mmttocher <miniwaka@xtra.
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
Sent: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 4:35 pm
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Re: How do you breed great blacks?
Hi there - this is all very helpful to me. The bit of reading I
have done led me to put my "half decent" girls to the best gray stud
around - so I made a good decision it seems!
Reading the comments here, am I right in assuming there is no
evidence to date that you get great blacks faster [i.e. in fewer
generations] by bringing in whites early on to "jump start" the
process?
Has anyone tinkered with line breeding to "cement" in traits like
black then straight away bringing in a good white? Hope that makes
sense???
The problem I have is a limited range of black studs locally so I
figure I need to be very strategic about my choices now while I am
in the early stages of "improvement"
bringing in the lighter colours. I say this because my ultimate
goal is to produce great blacks. Hope this doesn't sound too
muddled.
Thanks again - keep the comments coming!
Mandy
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