well is'nt he a purdy little thing!, not sure of the pattern part, but red is one of my favs.....I have a little red figurita I just love, he is a very dark red, and brightens my day as I have alot of all white birds.....
My colorful little family :)
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Here are some pics of my mother, father and baby bird. Baby is still pretty young and mother and father already are well into their next incubation!
Baby was planned, I just had the mother and I wanted colorful babies so you guys helped me choose a male who would work and it worked!
Dad (blue check w/bronze) - Copper
Mom (white) - Nutmeg
Baby - Carmine
Is the baby a t-pattern check? I don't really know a T pattern just by seeing them yet....
Also, what kind of bronze is Copper?
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Baby was planned, I just had the mother and I wanted colorful babies so you guys helped me choose a male who would work and it worked!
Dad (blue check w/bronze) - Copper
Mom (white) - Nutmeg
Baby - Carmine
Is the baby a t-pattern check? I don't really know a T pattern just by seeing them yet....
Also, what kind of bronze is Copper?
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Awww! How cute. Keep in mind since we're neighbors that I have some really pretty red ones available, some tippler mixes, other cuties, free to you if you're interested or into having more. You should come up some time and see the aviaries and birds.
You should come up some time and see the aviaries and birds.
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This is my other bird, Mr. Blueberry. The pics don't do him justice. He is not quite tame but he appreciates me more than any of the others. I gaurd him while he eats every day as Copper is a bit of a bully.
You can't see it in the pic but he has a tiny blue feather over one of his eyes that gives him a permanently sneaky expression, reminds me of Sean Connery!
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You can't see it in the pic but he has a tiny blue feather over one of his eyes that gives him a permanently sneaky expression, reminds me of Sean Connery!
Hi KIMBERLY, Looking at the parents of this young bird it looks like the red bird (hen)in the third picture is realy an INDIGO as its tail is bluish, that looks like what we in genetics call a red mimic, I hope that Frank,Bill and Beckey get a look at itGEORGE
A couple people told me that this was a sex linked mating and all red babies would be male....is this incorrect? I was kinda confused because the mother was the "red" one....Hi KIMBERLY, Looking at the parents of this young bird it looks like the red bird (hen)in the third picture is realy an INDIGO as its tail is bluish, that looks like what we in genetics call a red mimic, I hope that Frank,Bill and Beckey get a look at itGEORGE
Yeah the baby has flecks of blue on his/her tail (and possibly the flights).......someone also told me to expect that as well
Thanks!!
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This website shed some light on indigo for me...
http://www.angelfire.com/ga/huntleyloft/blueindigo.html
and these birds remind me of mine kinda...
"Kent Hawes of Universal City Texas sent in these two homozygous Indigos. They are both very good ash red mimics but neither is genetically ash red. Both are blue, t-patterns with homozygous indigo turning their blue wing shields, necks and heads into deep red color."
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http://www.angelfire.com/ga/huntleyloft/blueindigo.html
and these birds remind me of mine kinda...
"Kent Hawes of Universal City Texas sent in these two homozygous Indigos. They are both very good ash red mimics but neither is genetically ash red. Both are blue, t-patterns with homozygous indigo turning their blue wing shields, necks and heads into deep red color."
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Ok NOW I am wondering, is dad also indigo??????
Here is a TRUE spread indigo or andalusion with kite bronzing (according to that website)
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And the dad of my baby that you say is indigo--- (I thought he was check, is he spread??)
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Man the farther I get into pigeon genetics the more lost I feel!
Here is a TRUE spread indigo or andalusion with kite bronzing (according to that website)
And the dad of my baby that you say is indigo--- (I thought he was check, is he spread??)
Man the farther I get into pigeon genetics the more lost I feel!
Yes.Mom passes her color genes to her sons and the little red baby does have some flecks in the tail, so he's a little he.A couple people told me that this was a sex linked mating and all red babies would be male....is this incorrect? I was kinda confused because the mother was the "red" one....
Yeah the baby has flecks of blue on his/her tail (and possibly the flights).......someone also told me to expect that as well
Thanks!!
Dad passes his color genes to his daughters.
Thank you! Was it you that told me to expect the blue tail flecks? I wanted to tell whoever it was they were right!
Whoa, lots of questions
Here's what I have to say.
The baby does not look indigo to me. It just looks like a red check. The mom may be white, but I think I see some colored specks? What color are those? I can't tell from the picture. If they are red, then it is a sex-linked mating and all the daughters will be blue. And of course the baby in question is a male because of the blue flecking (which I can see a pretty big one in the picture! )
Dad looks like a blue indigo, probably with some bronze in there too, since that red really looks like it stands out a lot. Better pictures of the tail will tell the truth. He also looks like he may be a velvet (t-pattern), which is where the baby got it from (I'm assuming from the picture that the baby is a t-pattern like you suspected ).
The gray on the baby just doesn't look blue enough to be indigo, but it's hard to tell.
Also, no, I do not believe the dad is an andalusian. Doesn't look like there's any spread in him.
Here's what I have to say.
The baby does not look indigo to me. It just looks like a red check. The mom may be white, but I think I see some colored specks? What color are those? I can't tell from the picture. If they are red, then it is a sex-linked mating and all the daughters will be blue. And of course the baby in question is a male because of the blue flecking (which I can see a pretty big one in the picture!
)Dad looks like a blue indigo, probably with some bronze in there too, since that red really looks like it stands out a lot. Better pictures of the tail will tell the truth. He also looks like he may be a velvet (t-pattern), which is where the baby got it from (I'm assuming from the picture that the baby is a t-pattern like you suspected
).The gray on the baby just doesn't look blue enough to be indigo, but it's hard to tell.
Also, no, I do not believe the dad is an andalusian. Doesn't look like there's any spread in him.
It might have been me or a dozen other members........I don't remember.Thank you! Was it you that told me to expect the blue tail flecks? I wanted to tell whoever it was they were right!
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Im not surprised this baby came out red when you could see that both parents carried the red gene there ,very cute baby you got out of the deal too
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