Regardless of what the pigeon looks like on the outside, it always contains one or more of the three colors listed. Two ash reds can produce a blue or a brown but the blue or brown will always be a hen. So two blue birds cannot produce an ash red baby. A hen’s color is what you see, it cannot hide or carry any other color.ĭue to order of dominance, the baby cannot have a color that is in higher order of dominance than either parent. Therefore a hen can only be ash red, or blue, or brown. Hens only have 1 color and can never carry a second color. A brown cockbird cannot carry any other color since brown is the least dominant color. A blue cock bird cannot carry ash red since ash red is higher in the order of dominance but a blue cock bird can carry brown. You can see the blue in the tail of these ash red cockbirds but only if the tail is not white. Since ash red is higher in the order of dominance, it will visually be an ash red bird but will carry blue. Therefore a cock bird can also be ash red and blue. If a cock bird has two colors, only the dominant color is usually seen. It is not carrying a less dominant color. For example, a cockbird could be ash red and ash red which means it is ash red and only ash red. So Ash Red is most dominant, then Blue and then Brown is least dominant.Ī cockbird always has two colors but only the dominant color shows. The three colors, in order of dominance, are: Anything else is just a variation of these colors and every pigeon is really just one of these three colors but with modifiers. These three colors are the “base” color of all pigeons. When I say double dose, I mean the bird is homozygous for the gene. When I say single dose, that means the bird is heterozygous for a gene. I have made this as basic as possible so it can be understood by nearly everyone and I have discarded a lot of scientific verbiage to make the overall message easily understood. Making the Shipping box Shorter in Height to reduce shipping cost.īasic Pigeon Color Genetics Especially For Rollers.NBRC Fly Videos with Dan Galarza Judging.Officers Of The National Birmingham Roller Club.Prevention, Control & Treatment of Salmonella.PrimaLac for Pigeons (sold in online store).

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