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post #11 of 15
3/2/12 at 3:48pm
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Selective breeding and managing a wild colony of pigeons actually sounds pretty cool. Like they will be almost semi-feral birds in your care. It gives you a chance to work with birds after the city made you get rid of your chooks :(

 

I'd love to see some pictures if you can get them!



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post #12 of 15
3/2/12 at 6:50pm

Woah!  Isn't that first one an almond guys?  I'm no good with colors and patterns.  :(

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post #13 of 15
3/3/12 at 2:47pm
The white one is just a common that got some extra white from some parent in his background. If he is matting with several hens you may end up with a colorful flock but the "wild"colors will be dominate. I have five pairs of white colored ones that are specified and grizzled and hope to be able to eventually get them to producing just the pretty ones. I will have to cull hard and keep all the wild colored ones out of the flock.
A surprising find is that the wild pigeons eat less than the tame breeds I also have. I may switch to them totally. That's how I started some forty years ago when my dad brought me home some baby wild pigeons to raise. They hooked me for life!lol

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post #14 of 15
3/3/12 at 6:09pm


The first pic is a grizzle hen (G), the darker bird could be a spread factor (S) or a dark t-pattern cheq, can't tell you for sure without looking at the tail.

 

The 2 difference in birds pic 2 & 3 is the pattern, pigeons pattern are barless, barred, cheq (pic 3) and t-pattern (pic 2).

 

 

The whites you have are pied white, a bit random in inheritance.

 

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Now I assume that like chickens, most "colors" are going to be just mutts but do can you still answer some questions?

 

This is the freckled female. Is this a "color"?

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And I call the one on the right normal colored, but is there something special about the dark one?

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Here is the big white male :-) What is the difference between the one on the right (Gentle transitions of color) and the ones above (Sharp transitions of color)?

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You can see some white on the top bird. There are 6 like that in the flock. On the bottom ones wing that is an interesting pattern. It wild?

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post #15 of 15
4/7/12 at 5:58am

I would be afraid wild pigeon eggs would be dangerous to eat, could be infected with Salmonella.

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