breeding

[aarontheman]

thanks everyone for answering

 

[Hokum Coco]

@ Mary of Exeter;

One parent is shown on the brake drum nest;

The female is solid white not a speck of colour.

In a perfect world I should be getting no colour from all my squabs.

The original parents are solid whites.

 

[Mary Of Exeter]

Ah. The original parents, one or both were probably white from piled on pied genes or homozygous ash red grizzles (whites with orange eyes). Anyway, they are pretty birds!

 

[Hokum Coco]

All my original birds were sold to me as white homing pigeons with Belguim blood lines. I only had one female that did not carry a band however both of its supposedly parents had bands and were solid whites. The parents were housed in a mixed loft with all types of breeds. What she was sold to me as and what it actually is could be two different things. I am more than happy with their homing instincts that is the main thing. A splash of colour now and again is something I am able to put up with.