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I agree with Larry....it is an ash red checker. Mom is a grizzle...looks to be blue Grizzle as Mary had pointed out. She just doesn't have a lot of coloration in her. Dad is your culprit here.
If all the other birds in your loft are White with bull (dark) eyes and flesh color beaks, they are recessive whites.
Recessive white works just like recessive red, it can mask (cover up) other colors. And the reason I am saying Dad is the culprit....is because the youngster come out ash red. Ash red is the most dominant color, so he has ash red in his background.
Mom is a blue grizzle so red wouldn't come from her unless the cock she is mated to is red, or in this case, recessive white masking red. The youngster can be either sex, but if it moults out and starts showing "ink dots" or blue/black flecking through it, it will be a cock. It will be an Ash Red Cock carrying Blue and recessive white. If it doesn't develope ink dots, then it will more than likely be a hen that will be carrying recessive white. There are are a few colors that a hen can carry, recessive white and red along with milky being a few of those.
Not get off the subject. This does happen from time to time when you have a loft full or recessive whites. A friend of mine has a loft with nothing but recessive whites and has had them for years....the only time he got a red baby was last year and he called all worked up because he couldn't figure it out, but there was red in the background and it was a throwback.
Genetics is a lot of fun, but it can be hectic, here is a picture of a bird that I bred.
I'll let some folks take a stab at what this bird is
Some may peg it right away now, but this was bred when color genetics wasn't a popular idea.
If you need me to explain anything a little better, just let me know.
Mary, let me know how you progress along with you ICE homer project. Have you have met Karl Rau? He had some nice ICE homers...ICE is a beautiful color, but can be a pain to work with at times. LOL I used to have an awesome stud of Damascenes and Clean Leg Florellan Ice Pigeons so naturally I had to toy with the color.
Justin
Aquatic Wilds
Night Wolf Lofts
Recessive white works just like recessive red, it can mask (cover up) other colors. And the reason I am saying Dad is the culprit....is because the youngster come out ash red. Ash red is the most dominant color, so he has ash red in his background.
Mom is a blue grizzle so red wouldn't come from her unless the cock she is mated to is red, or in this case, recessive white masking red. The youngster can be either sex, but if it moults out and starts showing "ink dots" or blue/black flecking through it, it will be a cock. It will be an Ash Red Cock carrying Blue and recessive white. If it doesn't develope ink dots, then it will more than likely be a hen that will be carrying recessive white. There are are a few colors that a hen can carry, recessive white and red along with milky being a few of those.
Not get off the subject. This does happen from time to time when you have a loft full or recessive whites. A friend of mine has a loft with nothing but recessive whites and has had them for years....the only time he got a red baby was last year and he called all worked up because he couldn't figure it out, but there was red in the background and it was a throwback.
Genetics is a lot of fun, but it can be hectic, here is a picture of a bird that I bred.
If you need me to explain anything a little better, just let me know.
Mary, let me know how you progress along with you ICE homer project. Have you have met Karl Rau? He had some nice ICE homers...ICE is a beautiful color, but can be a pain to work with at times. LOL I used to have an awesome stud of Damascenes and Clean Leg Florellan Ice Pigeons so naturally I had to toy with the color.
Justin
Aquatic Wilds
Night Wolf Lofts
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