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post #31 of 34

5/21/12 at 6:26am

FireTigeris
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The one is wild type, the others are more... dalmatian looking, looks like they are blond but marked with little patterns of soot, it is not even on the feathers like normal pied. They were very pretty but I'm not finding a color name.

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5/21/12 at 11:24am

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Maybe they are juvenile Pied that didn't molt into their adult plumage yet?

http://www.internationaldovesociety.com/RN/JuvPlumage/JPirePied.jpg

Some Pied change drastically from juvenile plumage to adult plumage. They don't even look like the same bird.

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5/21/12 at 4:48pm

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Maybe they are juvenile Pied that didn't molt into their adult plumage yet?
http://www.internationaldovesociety.com/RN/JuvPlumage/JPirePied.jpg

Some Pied change drastically from juvenile plumage to adult plumage. They don't even look like the same bird.

That's it, I went back today and they are blond pied to tangerine and rust looking, a couple weeks ago they looked like that.

I should have snapped a picture right now they are calico, but mostly white.

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5/25/12 at 2:39pm