Understanding colors..

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Hey all,

I have tried to read as much as I can about colors in pigeons, but I am not fully able to apply the readings to my own birds. I assume my pigeons are grizzles, because they usually start out with the following marking as young birds:



The dark head, dark tail, and dark primaries, but once they molt they will transform into these birds:




Dark head, which will become darker and darker for each year, and after about 2-3 years the head will look all black, while the body might be white with a few spots, or in most cases pure white with no traces of other colors at all. Could this be a combination of homozygous indigo and Spread?



Dark head with lots of white spots. The dark feathers will glow with a green/purple shade to them. The body might again be pure white, or with some dark here and there.



This is the third type, and the result is a white bird with few dark spots around the neck. After a molt or two the bird might turn into a pure white bird, with no black spots at all.

These birds might come with white nails and beaks, black nails and beaks, or a combination of these. They do not have bull eyes, even though there are some which have grey to black eyes.

Could you please help me sort this out? Most websites deal with the mating between red, blue, and brown pigeons, its tricky when you dont know what your birds really are hehe