Oh no!!

[shelleyd2008]

On this page http://creeksidelofts.webs.com/apps/photos/album.jsp?albumID=3884335 there are 3 pics of reduced birds. If I'm not mistaken, the cock and 1 of the hens are the ones he gave to me. He gave me another, younger, reduced cock but I lost it this winter. He also gave me the red mottle and a qualmond, both hens.

 

[arherp]

Thats wierd.. I have not heard that term used to often in the industry before. Andalusians are also called "spreads", but not "reduced".

 

[arherp]

http://www.roller-pigeon.com/board/board_topic/859782/391991.htm

scroll down some on this link.

 

[arherp]

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Hmmm... idk..

 

[shelleyd2008]

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These birds are not that dark.

This site http://www.angelfire.com/ga/huntleyloft/reducedblu.html says that the reduced gene was first discovered in roller pigeons.

 

[arherp]

Your bird doesn't look like a reduced though.. he looks Andalusian. Do you have a side picture of him?

 

[arherp]

Also, Andalusian comes in many different shades.

 

[arherp]

Check your facebook..

 

[larrylofts]

Andalusian Is Indigo Spread Blue

 

[shelleyd2008]

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I sent you a message on Facebook, but for the benefit of others I'll post what I sent here as well.
Reduced and andalusian are two very different colors and nothing to do with each other. Andalusian is made by crossing an indigo over a spread black or T-pattern black. Now you can cross a reduced over indigo and you can get what alot of people call a pink lace.The reduced you (I) have are out of T-pattern blue checks.