Baby skin color?

[Kimberly_CA]

Do red babies have bluish skin or does it start out obviously red? I have one baby, I know pics would help but I am not home just right now....anyways this baby I thought was blue until this morning when out of the little starting pin feathers is coming bits of red feathers. Based on his/her parents it could be red or blue either way. His skin in blue, but the feathers look red to me....sooo do baby red birds have bluish skin sometimes or all the time, or never?

[Kimberly_CA]

Well the answer is YES! A red baby can have bluish skin. And also a blue check male and a white female can have a red baby! I love pigeon genetics! Will post pics soon, waiting till he is a bit more feathered up.

[Gurbir]

You can't really tell the exact colour they will be until they're about 4-5 weeks old. Even when they have fully feathered, the colour sometimes changes different shades or tones.

But yeah pigeon genetics are cool I've seen a pure black male and pure white female produce a half white half brown baby lol

[MaryOfExeter]

Originally Posted by Kimberly_CA

Well the answer is YES! A red baby can have bluish skin. And also a blue check male and a white female can have a red baby! I love pigeon genetics! Will post pics soon, waiting till he is a bit more feathered up.

That means the female is probably recessive white, and is secrely actually red. Also means it's a sex-linked mating. So all the sons will be red (with blue flecks in the tail) and all the daughters will be blue

[Kimberly_CA]

Yes this baby was planned from the start I had this one female (only had one pigeon and can't have many more) all white with just a couple tiny red flecks. I talked to Bill I think it was.....he told me (or whoever it was, thanks again!) to pair her with a blue non grizzle male if I wanted colorful babies of either color. He also told me about the color/genders tho I am still a little confused on that but I get it pretty much......

The dad is a dark blue check with quite a bit of bronzing all over the wings.

Hey is this what you mean? I had a bird like you described Mary....



Gurbir... sounds like a pretty family!

[MaryOfExeter]

Well I didn't know the hen was a grizzle. But either way, since she's red it's still sex-linked.

The bird in the picture looks like a mosaic. Possibly dark red check grizzle with the black tail feather.