Everyone Post Your Pigeon Pics!!!!!

[Lozuufy]

Thanks silkiecuddles, learning about genetics has been very useful in persuading my parents to let me get/hatch more birds

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White can hide other colors so you never know what you will get for sure when breeding solid white birds. A black male and an ash red female (which is what yours sounds like maybe) will have sex-linked babies, black/blue females and ash red males.

Here's a color calculator (the link is long) that is awesome!

http://kippenjungle.nl/kruisingDuif...beard-;bib-;bibbeard-;,C;RP1;solid;-;pattern;

Sorry if this is confusing, its late here so I'm kinda tired.

 

[silkiecuddles]

Ok. Their first babies was a blue male and female white with red and black specks.

Thanks, I'll take a look at the link!

 

[TerryQui]

 

[Lozuufy]

Ok. Their first babies was a blue male and female white with red and black specks.

Thanks, I'll take a look at the link!

Ok, then maybe the male is split to brown or something

Blue/black is recessive to ash red (so they can't carry that gene) but is dominant to brown so if he is split to brown then some of his babies could be brown. There is also recessive red which is different than ash red cause it can pop up in babies if the parents each have a copy of that gene...

 

[silkiecuddles]

You're speaking German to me. I looked at that link. Couldn't figure it out, all those terms. Here's a pic of them:

female in front, male second. The female is a lot more white now after her first molt.One of their offspring is the third bird who is female

 

[OTTB228]

Some of my frillbacks

 

[Halloweengirl13]

I had a broody hen hatch a some Muscovy duck eggs. Things were going smoothly until the ducklings went for a swim in the spring at the back of the property. Man what a panic attack momma hen had.

I half expected that when my Japanese bantam Angry Bird hatched some ducks for me surprisingly she was pretty chill about it... She looked at them funny for a moment then settled down to watch her "chicks" play in the pool .

 

[silkiecuddles]

@OTTB228 lovely! Do the frillbacks require special care compared to smooth feathered pigeons?

 

[OTTB228]

@OTTB228 lovely! Do the frillbacks require special care compared to smooth feathered pigeons?

Not particularly. They are really hardy and self reliant. They are also great parents. I really don't have anything negative to say about them except I hate their muffs, which is just a personal thing because I hate all muffs on poultry. Cleaned legged birds are my preference but I love the frillback breed enough that I tolerate it lol

 

[caesargirl]

@OTTB228 your piggys are great!! Of course the 5th one down looks like that kid in school whose mom gave him a bowl cut!!!
How friendly/handleable are they? (If handled daily)
And I gotta say, lovin the fluffy ankles!