Pigeon Talk

[backyard pigeons]

Ash red hen paired w/ blue or brown and the young can be sexed by color!

Blue or brown what? Bars?

 

[biophiliac]

Blue or brown what? Bars?

Bars or checks, any pattern. The males will be ash red and split for the fathers color. The females get their color from dad.

Example Doba's(red check hen) sons. One was ash red bar, often called silver. The second one was ash red check. Both of her daughters were blue bars from their dad.

 

[backyard pigeons]

Bars or checks, any pattern. The males will be ash red and split for the fathers color. The females get their color from dad.

Oh, ok. thanks.

 

[biophiliac]

Oh, ok. thanks.

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[backyard pigeons]

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Ok, thanks. So can you tell their sex right after they hatch? Or do you need to wait I till they feather out. Because I have both of those colors, so I just need to pair them up now...

 

[biophiliac]

Oh, ok. thanks.

You only have to wait until you can tell the color of the feathers. So not long.
Hens only have one 'gene' for color on the chromosomes. Males have two, one from each parent. So if the baby get ash red from mom and blue or brown from dad the he will show the dominant color ash red and carry the blue gene hidden. Visible flecks of blue in the white feathers indicates this.

 

[backyard pigeons]

You only have to wait until you can tell the color of the feathers. So not long.
Hens only have one 'gene' for color on the chromosomes. Males have two, one from each parent. So if the baby get ash red from mom and blue or brown from dad the he will show the dominant color ash red and carry the blue gene hidden. Visible flecks of blue in the white feathers indicates this.

I gotta get reading on genitics!

 

[biophiliac]

I gotta get reading on genitics!

Warning! It may cause a tic or bad headache. Just ask Ron.

 

[backyard pigeons]

Warning! It may cause a tic or bad headache. Just ask Ron.

My eyes also twitch! Haha.

But I tend to zone out when reading on gentics...

 

[WVduckchick]

I think the easiest way to remember sex linked in pigeons is if the female is a more dominant color than the male, you’ll know as soon as you can tell the squabs color. Right?
Ash red >> blue >> brown.

And BP, I’m up to 14 with 3 eggs developing.