how to get kite

Good question mike, i am not sure, but i have 3, someone will come on and answer, as i am interested too. Dave

I wish I knew too!
I started out with 2 pairs of fantails. 2 red saddles, 1 silver saddle cock and 1 kite saddle hen. I now have 15 and half of them are kite saddles. 1 of the offspring kite's came from the red saddles.

i am interested in this as well!

What is kite? I thought it was one of those things that you try to fly and get tangled in wires or trees...........
What does it look like?

there doesnt seem to be any one that wants to answer this one.

mike699 said:

there doesnt seem to be any one that wants to answer this one.

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Just the right people haven't come on line yet. They will. They love this stuff!!

what is the color called that is that deep intense reddish chesnut color?

www.angelfire.com/ga3/pigeongenetics/ -
This is Franks site, loads of info. Look under Almond. It is associated with the Almond Color, I still have a lot to Learn about Almond breeding. Dave

I'm glad somebody replied. I was waiting for the smart @$$ answer's to come pouring in ie, the kite store!

LOL!
http://www.pigeons.biz/forums/picture.php?albumid=581&pictureid=6789
This is a bad Pic of one of mine. It does not show the bronze on the wings, this is the hen that produced my Almond youngster. Dave

LUCKYT said:

LOL!
http://www.pigeons.biz/forums/picture.php?albumid=581&pictureid=6789
This is a bad Pic of one of mine. It does not show the bronze on the wings, this is the hen that produced my Almond youngster. Dave

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You're right.......that's a bad picture.......LOL

Well..... LOL! You are Right! Dave

you know,.... no one ever did actually tell us what to breed to get a kite colored bird, surely someone knows.lol

Kite is bronze

Kite is just one of the many bronze modifiers that we have in pigeons. The birds that are normally referred to as kites are t pattern blues with kite bronze and are used mainly in almond breeding. The bronze on them can be restricted to the web of the flights or can extend into the shield.

Bronzes can be intensified with the use of indigo and other factors such as birds that carry recessive red.

Bill

so-??? bill, if i were to try and breed two birds together to acquire a kite offspring what would i use as the mother and father??

You need at least one kite to start

mike699 said:

so-??? bill, if i were to try and breed two birds together to acquire a kite offspring what would i use as the mother and father??

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Is it the classic kite bird that you are trying to make? If so, you need t pattern, blue and kite bronze.

Bill

thanks bill. that hepls some, as you can tell im new to the genetics but i do find it very interesting and quite the challenge.. thanks again

Hi Kimberly

Yes, I remember and it looks like a kite with some pied markings. The bird may also have another bronze or may be split for recessive red which tends to bring out more bronze.

Bill