nino / 30 Nov 2010 20:20

When talking about a tippler flipping, it would be a long lost trait that
has showed up as a result of some genetic hiccup. It does happen from time
to time as other genetic hiccups can occur also. As you are quite right, a
remnant bred out of the modern day tippler for the most part long ago . As
it showing up in any certain Strain of bird, I believe it could happen in
any, as this long lost gene is being masked within the countless thousands
of genes that exist.

Just take the parents, the birds in question and dispose of them as it would
not be a trait you wanted to be passed on in your loft. If a valuable bird,
you may want to change up the pairing and try and find out if it is solely
from the cock or the hen in question rather than disposing of them both.

As far as them being recessive, it may be recessive pure, in otherworld the
offspring would have had to received a identical gene from each parent at
one loci, making it Homozygous Pure for that flipping trait, and by doing so
the bird would flip every now and then. It's a difficult answer to be had,
for me anyway.

Submitted by nino on 11/30/2010 8:07:20 PM