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Cocker Specific Discussion => Genetics & Breeding => Topic started by: Chezer on April 26, 2012, 08:43:33 PM

Title: What Colour Cockers are hard to come by?
Post by: Chezer on April 26, 2012, 08:43:33 PM

Just curious what colour  cockers  are hard to come by? I've been looking for a few hours now at Cockers and all I seem to see are lovely blue roans, orange roans and golden cockers.
Are choc/tan, blue roan and tan and possibly chocolate roan hard to come by?

Title: Re: What Colour Cockers are hard to come by?
Post by: KellyT on April 26, 2012, 09:59:26 PM

blue roan and tan are fairly 'easy to come by' I believe, out of a litter of 3 my middle girl was the only one not blue roan and tan.
Choc and tan and choc roan have to have both parents carrying the liver gene (I believe!) which makes them more difficult, as generally the gene is recessive, meaning unless the 2 genes from mum and dad meet, the other colour take precedence (I think! :D)

there was another thread somewhere on liver genetics ... I'll try and find it :)

EA linky... http://www.cockersonline.co.uk/discuss/index.php?topic=91786.0 (http://www.cockersonline.co.uk/discuss/index.php?topic=91786.0)

Title: Re: What Colour Cockers are hard to come by?
Post by: Chezer on April 26, 2012, 10:25:33 PM

Thank you KellyT will have a look now

Title: Re: What Colour Cockers are hard to come by?
Post by: Sharon on April 27, 2012, 09:41:01 AM

I had 6 blue roan & tan from Autumn last summer, and a friend also had 7 blue roan & tan.

Title: Re: What Colour Cockers are hard to come by?
Post by: KellyT on April 27, 2012, 12:29:33 PM

Depending on how scientific you are ....

http://www.stirling-ecs.org/general/color_genes.html (http://www.stirling-ecs.org/general/color_genes.html)

http://www.ecsca.org/ecscoat.html (http://www.ecsca.org/ecscoat.html)

I find it all fascinating  :shades:

Title: Re: What Colour Cockers are hard to come by?
Post by: hoggar on April 28, 2012, 12:48:44 AM

We have two choc /Tan girls they were hard to get.......

Title: Re: What Colour Cockers are hard to come by?
Post by: karen488 on April 28, 2012, 09:56:16 AM

Black and White is hard.

Title: Re: What Colour Cockers are hard to come by?
Post by: Sharon on April 28, 2012, 12:55:18 PM

Quote from: karen488 on April 28, 2012, 09:56:16 AM

Black and White is hard.

Tell me about it, been looking for a b&w boy over 2.1/2 years now without any luck  :'(

Title: Re: What Colour Cockers are hard to come by?
Post by: Ninasmum on April 28, 2012, 01:52:54 PM

Quote from: Sharon on April 28, 2012, 12:55:18 PM

Quote from: karen488 on April 28, 2012, 09:56:16 AM

Black and White is hard.

Tell me about it, been looking for a b&w boy over 2.1/2 years now without any luck  :'(

i know a show breeder with b & w's sharon...will pm you  :blink:

Title: Re: What Colour Cockers are hard to come by?
Post by: Countrygirl on April 28, 2012, 07:41:17 PM

About 2 years ago I met a lady with an absolutely beautiful chocolate, tan & white cocker.  I told her how lovely she was and that you didn't see many of that colour and that they must be hard to find.  She said she didn't know cockers came in this colour but her dog was the only one of the litter in this colour and she was the last puppy so no-one else wanted her.  I told her she was very lucky.