Does a Tibetan × Tibetan pairing breed true?

Yes. Every chick from this pairing carries the same color genes as the parents, so the pen breeds true.

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Tibetan × Tibetan: What Color Chicks Do You Get?

Every chick from this pairing is a Tibetan.

The hatch, chick by chick

Chick looks like	Carries, but does not show	Egg shell (hens)	Share of hatch
Tibetan	—	Normal	100%

What each parent brings

Tibetan

Extended Brown homozygote (E/E). Tibetan × Tibetan breeds true.

Extended Brown (E) is incompletely dominant. Two copies (E/E) make a Tibetan; one copy (E/e+) makes the lighter, rusty-chested Rosetta. That means Tibetan × Tibetan breeds true, while Tibetan × Pharaoh gives you all Rosettas — a tidy, predictable system that makes this family great for learning genetics.

Full Tibetan guide →

What this assumes

Both parents are exactly what they are sold as. A bird carrying a hidden recessive — roux, celadon, white spotting — changes these numbers. Recessive carriers are invisible, which is the whole reason surprises happen.
These are per-chick probabilities, not a quota. A 50/50 split does not mean half your hatch of ten will be each. Small hatches swing hard; the ratios show up over dozens of chicks, not eight.
Coturnix inheritance is debated and varies by line. The modes used here are the ones consistently reported by breeders, and they match what our own variety guide says — but verify against your own stock before you plan a season around it.
Color only. Size, lay rate and temperament come from line selection, not from these genes.

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Other pairings keepers ask about

Celadon × Tibetan English White × Tibetan Manchurian Gold × Tibetan Italian × Tibetan Pharaoh × Tibetan Rosetta × Tibetan Roux × Tibetan Tibetan × Tuxedo

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