Note to bluecheck and George

[jbangelfish]

We had a discussion about the odds of same sex nest mates which inspired me to do some reading. It seems that the experts say exactly what bluecheck said about the percentages and that the "always one of each" is nothing more than myth.

After raising so many pigeons and doves, you'd think that I would have been aware of this. Maybe I raised so many that I just lost track as I thought that maybe I had a few same sex nestmates over the years. It still is hard for me to believe that I could have overlooked this for so long and not noticed how it actually works.

As I said, I am going to pay particular attention this year as I have plenty of time to figure out what is going on.

My very first round of babies appears to be two male Roller pigeons. I was trying to figure out why there were two long downed babies (no dilute) in the nest from a yellow (ash yellow, I think) male and a black female and was ready to accuse the hen of fooling around. One of the babies is black and the other ash red. Upon checking the Quinn book, it seems that they should be both ash reds. I'm even more confused than before.

I went to some genetic sites and found some interesting stuff and found that I have alot more to learn than I thought. Not that I felt that I knew it all but I thought I had pigeon genetics fairly well in hand. There are many new things and new colors have been produced since I last paid attention. That's a good thing and I know that I have plenty to learn which is also good. Makes it interesting again.

Also found pictures of brown which I was never certain what it looked like and didn't think I ever had any. I may have some brown rollers in my flock that I was calling silver and dun. I'll post some pics and you guys can tell me what you think.

Hope the genetic forum takes place as I feel that we could really use one.

Bill