Hello, I'm new here (this is my first post). I am asking about the genetics of pied/splash (not grizzle). Is it a single gene? polygenetic? Does it breed fairly true (two pied birds will probably get you babies with white feathers), is it often that you get a baby with white feathers out two...

Do we know what the genetics are behind saddle pigeons? Is there a special gene(s) responsible, or are these just carefully selected and culled pied pigeons?

Sweeny Todd and his mate, Xanax, have become available here at Ramsey Ringnecks in Hephzibah Ga. for $40. Sweeny Todd, ADA 12 2365: Tangerine Pied cock sired by Mandarin (Tangerine cock NPA 11 1213) out of Twilight (Tangerine hen ADA 10 2358) 8/14/12. He is homozygous tangerine and carries...

Im trying to start a flock of black pied white flight homers and wondered if anyone had any they were looking to down size for the season? A pair would be great, but I'm eager to locate either cock(s) or hen(s) to work with. I thought i purchased the one pictured, (and others) but sadly was...

A couple days ago I saw this pigeon with a couple of homeless guys. I asked about her and they were very concerned and distressed because they knew she must be orphaned or lost and couldn't figure out how to feed her. So I told them I had some experience with baby birds and that I could take her...

Hi Can any one tell me the difference between pied and mottled in pigeon? Thanks

interesting pied effect

I am looking for a proven fertile male and female white and/or pied ringneck doves in Northern Michigan. If you are out of the area shipping is a must for I cannot go and pick them up. Preferably tame. Have must have pictures.

Hi, Finally I have my first crosslings from nun (male) over magpie (female)! They have feathered out enough to see their pattern... ;) I am trying to find out the genetics of as many pied patterns as I can get. Dominance is often known, but what pied genes are allelic to others much less so...

Alright, well i got the two birds that ive been waiting for. they are two silver bars white flights, one is baldhead pied tail and pied underbody. I got three questions. 1. Drooped wing, well when i saw them at his loft i saw one holds both wings under, and saw a parent that did it too. Well he...

G'day was just wondering as my loft paperwork was a little sloppy while fostering :confused: but if I have a pair of pieds they'll only throw pieds is that correct as I've fostered a pair of reds a pr of blue checks and a pair of pr pieds figured I'll remember whose is who when they feather up :D

I have two proven breeding pair and an extra male Ringneck Dove for sale. The pairs are $25 each and the extra male is $10. I will sell all for $50 plus shipping and USPS approved box. The pairs are: 1. Tangerine Pied cock x Tangerine hen, 2. Tangerine Pied cock x Fawn hen. The extra cock is...

hello all i haven't gotten my birds yet and wont be breeding for a while but wanted to know what i would get if i bred my red (ash) tiger ( hope thats right ) he has red feather mixed in whith white to a blue bar (which looks a bit grizzled on wings) pied hen? i have a few odd marked birds i am...

Hi, Fiinally I have some youngsters with my nun pigeons and already a strange thing. One chick looks normal with brown markings. The other looks like a diluted form of that (khaki?) but it looks like the white/pied markings are extended over the edges with this one. As if the pied genes would...

is white tails dominant or not? can white flights pigeons produce young with white tails? or both white flights and white tails associated~

Is pied dominant? i have only one pied pigeon that is almost all white~ she have a sooty blue check cock pair~ will they have pied chicks? if yes about what percent would be the possibility~~? in our place people call Pied pigeons "butterfly"~ for me the are one of the prettiest pigeons!!^^

Is pied dominant? i have only one pied pigeon that is almost all white~ she have a sooty blue check cock pair~ will they have pied chicks? if yes about what percent would be the possibility~~?

Does anyone know how to have pied pigeons with my blue bars, blue bars with white primaries, blue checks, blue checks with white primaries, whites, grizzles, almonds, reds and only one pied~ i really wanted to have pied blue bars and pied blue checks and i wonder if i could have them by breeding...

Somebody pls tell me how can i have pied pigeons with my blue bars, blue bars with white primaries, blue checks, blue checks with white primaries, whites, grizzles, almonds, reds and only one pied~ i really wanted to have pied blue bars and pied blue checks and i wonder if i could have them by...

Is piebald a dominant or recessive gene? I have a recessive white cock that is apparently a pied, ash-red check underneath the white. So far his offspring have been 6 red, pied, checks and 2 red checks when he was mated to a dilute blue bar hen. I currently am trying to mate him back to one of...