Fallow Deer Genetics

[Chris]

I am a science teacher from Colorado. I was trying to come up with a lab about the heredity of fallow deer color. It is starting to be apparent that no one really knows the answer to the question. That being said I think I will have my students try and figure it out. What I really need is data! Do any of you have any pens where you have only one buck per doe? If so I could use anything you have on parent and offspring color. Thanks for you time!

[Russell]

Chris,

If you have not yet done so, contact the North American Deer Farmers Association at http://www.nadefa.com

They may be able to help you with research contacts and some of their members have fallow deer.

Another place I would check is the New Zealand Deer Farmers Association at http://www.nzgib.org.nz/n41.html They have been doing lots of deer related research for decades and might have something related.

Best of success with your research.

Russ

[PaintedMeadowsBJs]

Chris let me know what you need and I will see what I can do.
Do you want one chocholate buck on one white doe or spotted then swiched around in the next pen or what?

[chiere]

Hello! I have Fallow deer and I'm extremely interested in this as well! I have a small herd, one buck, 6 does, the '07 fawn crop of 3 bucklings, the '08 crop of 4 does and the expected crop of '09. We plan to harvest the 3 bucks soon.

Can I help in any way?

[jroy7642]

Chris,
I have one fallow spotted buck, one white doe, and one chocolate doe. Both does are pregnant from the spotted buck. I don't anything about each one's background. Perhaps we can share info.