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Pigeon Color Combination Pairings

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#1 · (Edited)
Can somebody tell me the possible results of the following pigeons paired in their colors:

male x female
*ash red almond cock (or i think indigo almond) x white hen (with black beak) = ?,?
*red cock x white hen = ?.?
*red (recessive) cock x grizzle hen = ?,?
*almond bronze (?) cock x dark necked grizzle hen = ?,?
*White Grizzle cock x dark check hen (with white in the end of the eyes) = ?,?

male x female
*blue check cock (with white wings) x blue hen (with white wings/flights) = ?,?
*blue check cock (with white wings) x yellow red grizzle hen (with beak of a white) = ?,?
*bronzed check cock x yellow red grizzle hen (with beak of a white) = ?,?
*blue light check cock x pied hen (mostly white with blue tail) = ?,?

hope somebody could give me an answer atleast one and good if many or atleast tell me the right name of any that i have written~^^
 
#2 ·
male x female
*ash red almond cock x white hen (with black beak) = Depends on what is underneath the white. You will get half almonds, half non-almonds either way.

*red cock x white hen = Depends on what is underneath the white. If this is recessive red, then it also depends on what is underneath that.

*red (recessive) cock x grizzle hen = Depends what is underneath the recessive red. If the hen is homozygous grizzle, then all kids will be grizzled. If het, then half of them will be grizzle.

*almond bronze (?) cock x dark necked grizzle hen = Half almonds, half non-almonds. Half of those may also be grizzled.

*White Grizzle cock x dark check hen (with white in the end of the eyes) = Assuming he is homozygous grizzle, then all kids will be grizzles. The color of the grizzles depends on what color the cock is and if he is carrying another color.

male x female
*blue check cock (with white wings) x blue hen (with white wings/flights) = Blue checks and bars (all checks if the cock is homozygous for check) with white flights and various amounts of white.

*blue check cock (with white wings) x yellow red grizzle hen (with beak of a white) = Is the hen recessive yellow, recessive red, ash-red, or ash-yellow? If ash-red/yellow, then it's a sex-linked mating in which all boys will be red and all girls will be blue. Some will be grizzles.

*bronzed check cock x yellow red grizzle hen (with beak of a white) = Same as previous one, only the kids can have bronzing too.

*blue light check cock x pied hen (mostly white with blue tail) = Blue checks, bars, or t-checks depending on what both carry. With varying amounts of white.
 
#7 ·
I have had a red grizzle hen(mostly white with a little red on her neck)and a red cock with white wings,i have had them for a few years and they have never produced the same color chicks,they have produced blue checks to solid white,red bars and solid reds,unless you know the background of the birds they will produce all kinds of colors.
 
#8 ·
@Rondo769 yes that's true i was also thinking the same thing~ inheritance.., there also happened two times when my blue bar cock pigeon and blue bar hen with white quills had first brood of one white hen and blue bar pigeon hen with white quills and eye points and the second also a white hen and a blue bar cock
 
#10 ·
pls tell me the physical difference between white and recessive white if there is any~ by the way the father of her blue bar father(who is also her brother) is a white mated to her mother that is a blue bar with white wings ^^
 
#11 ·
Solid white is recessive white usually. Solid white can also come from homozygous ash-red grizzles or heavily pied birds. Yours is probably recessive white (they have bull/black eyes by the way). The grandfather passed it to the son/brother. The mom/grandmom must be carrying recessive white too, and thus when two copies of a recessive gene are passed to one bird, it shows :)
 
#12 ·
@MaryOfExeter all my white have dark red eyes~ the family tree was her mother(blue bar with white quills about 3 and 2quills on both sides) had a mother same as her only that she has more(4-5) white quills and a check father is one of the sons of my blue bar hen named becky (my first pigeon and only one when i got her) and a white father my second pigeon named mel (with curled feet and some toes almost cut).., i think i missed one generation there..^^ means she inherited being white from her great grandfather~
 
#13 ·
i have newly paired couples today and i hope you guys give an idea what color would be their offsprings~

*blue checker cock with white flights x white hen
*Grizzle bronze opal (not sure) cock x dark checker hen with 'dirty' gene
 
#16 ·
Blue bar x white

i just brought two new white hens home yesterday afternoon and i was planning to pair up one of them to my blue bar cock~ what do you think would be the color of their offsprings~? here is their line:

*Blue Bar cock (from blue checker cock x blue bar hen with white flights)
*White hen (from blue bar cock x white hen)

hope you could help~ thanks^^
 
#17 ·
You will get bars, and possibly some checks or t-checks depending on what the white grandparent was. All of them will probably be blue, but because we don't know what that white grandma was, it could have passed down ash-red to the white hen you have. So you could get some ash-reds too - you'll just have to wait and see :) All the babies will carry RW, and you could get varying amounts of pied markings, depending on what everyone is carrying.
 
#18 ·
hi and thanks becky!^^ the one i have bought it from told me he got them whites only with his blue bars and whites and as i can see on his hanging-on-the-tree loft they got only blue bars and whites~ he told me he only had whites, blue bars and pieds out of his blue bars and whites paired~
 
#22 ·
Yes, they are recessive whites. That means the blue bar was carrying it.

Rondo - do you have any pictures of your white bird? It could either be a mix of grizzle and pied, or recessive white, in which both of its parents had to be carrying it.
 
#24 · (Edited)
nice pigeons!! i have white cock like that one and paired with white hen and they had a pair of white babies^^ about 7 years ago, i had a white cock x blue bar hen with dirty gene and they only have 2 dark checker with dirty gene and the bigger one have more dirty gene that appears darker than the other one~ the red grizzle on the left is the male they look beautiful together^^ but did they have different colors of offsprings on their next broods?
 
#28 ·
Heedictator,that pair in the bottom picture has produced solid white(the nest mate to the solid white one was a blue check),red checks,red bars,grizzles and more,i've had them for almost 2 years and they have never had a baby that looks the same.
 
#30 ·
She has more red than blue,there latest offspring are strange,one was a strawberry red,but it has a few blue flecks on it's head and the tail is almost all red but has 2 normal bluebar feathers,i will post a pic tomorrow.The other one was solid white except the tips of each primary had a red tip.
 
#36 ·
my ash red almond grizzle cock x white hen with black beak(with very small spots of grizzles)'s 12 day old chick is now showing a clear color and it's a grizzle!!! i think it's a blue bar grizzle because the outer flights have a dark/black tips unlike the grayish grizzles on the wingshield~ i just wonder if what color would be his nestmate if only it had survived... he is the first one to hatch
 
#37 ·
no it was not a blue bar grizzle and i'm still not sure with his color but he is grizzle~ it looks like he has the color of a condor( like a greyish white with grizzles of very light maroon and greys and... i'm not sure but i'll try to research with what color he has~
 
#38 ·
White x sooty blue check with white flights

what about a white cock x sooty blue check hen with white flight~~~ what do you guys think the color of the offspring they will have disregarding their parents colors and sharing your experience related with this colors paired~^^