pairing and colors

Gary Burgess wrote:

I take it they are Janssens then.

yes gary, they are.................

I like my reds dark cheqs and silvers haha

Gary you have one without what?

I have a cock bird without black splashes.

nice gary theres always the odd one

But Ive not had an hen with black splashes yet.

lol awww poor you haha

I have a red cock with marks down its end flights , is this what your on a boat when you talk aboat splashes , will try and post a picture

hi chris, i think the splashes/flecks can be either in the flights on on the body feathers also............ive a red and a few mealy cocks but havnt checked them yet to see if they have any.

No mate, it's black flecks or patches, try and do the pic.




Like these.

mr greedy making hid way along southshieds beach
heading towards ian youngs

Gary Burgess wrote:

But what you will find with experience, is that some birds carry dominant genes, sex linked genes, recessive genes, sometimes you can pair a blue to a blue and get a pied. You can also pair, lets say a red pied cock, to a red cheq hen and get a whole array of colours. Same as a blue cock and red hen etc.

i agree gary the year before last i bred 2 black krouths and ended up with a white and a gay pied the 2nd mest was a blck and a very dark cheq

Initially the mealy is a blue, but because of certain dominance factors, they come out red, but there's a whole lot of factors involved, but because of the recessive genes the hidden ones, certain pigeons can produce some surprises.