Basic Pigeon colours and colour/expression modifiers
Modifiers
* indicates a sex-linked mating
Compiled by: WhatWentWong Boerdery
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Introducing: Pale
Pale is recessive to dominant, but dominant to Dilute.
Non-Pale
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Pale
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Non-Pale carrying Pale
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Non-Pale
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Introducing: Dilute
Dilute is recessive to dominant and pale, but dominant to Double Dilute.
Non-Dilute
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Dilute
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Non-Dilute carrying Dilute
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Non-Dilute
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Introducing: Grizzle
For the examples, Grizzle will include all the types i.e. Mottles, Tiger Grizzles etc. Grizzle, as such, is not sex-linked, so the colours of the parents can be reversed achieving the same results.
Grizzle
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Non-Grizzle
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50% Grizzle
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50% Grizzle
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Introducing: Indigo
For the examples, Andalusian (which is Spread Indigo) may be substituted for Indigo. Indigo is also not sex-linked, so the colors of the parents can be reversed achieving the same results.
Indigo
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Non-Indigo
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50% Indigo
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50% Indigo
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Introducing the Three Stuges: Almond, Qualmond and Faded.
These three are alleles of each other. i.e. An allele is an alternative form of a gene (one member of a pair) that is located at a specific position on a specific chromosome. An allele is one of two or more forms of a gene or a genetic locus (generally a group of genes).
Almond:
In general, Almond carries a semi-lethal gene in the Homozygous state for cock birds. The birds lack vigor, can show "bladder eyes" and/or other eye defects, and may not live very long.
Almond
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Non-Almond
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50% Almond
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50% Almond
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Qualmond:
Qualmond
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Non-Qualmond
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50% Qualmond
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50% Qualmond
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Faded:
Faded
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Non-Faded
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50% Faded
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50% Faded
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Introducing: Dominant Opal
Dominant Opal is not sex-linked, so the colours of the parents can be reversed still achieving the same results. Dominant Opal carries a semi-lethal gene in the Homozygous state and should preferably not be mated together.
Dominant Opal
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Non-Dominant Opal
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50% Dominant Opal
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50% Dominant Opal
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Introducing: Recessive Opal
Recessive Opal
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Non-Recessive Opal
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Non-Recessive Opal carrying Recessive Opal
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Non-Recessive Opal carrying Recessive Opal
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Introducing: Reduced
*Reduced
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Non-Reduced
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Non-Reduced carrying Reduced
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Reduced
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Introducing: Recessive Red
Recessive Red is not sex-linked, the parent colours can be reversed still achieving the same results.
Recessive Red
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Non-Recessive Red
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Non-Recessive Red carrying Recessive Red
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Non-Recessive Red carrying Recessive Red
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Introducing : Recessive White
Recessive White is not sex-linked, so the colours of the parents can be reversed still achieving the same results.
Recessive White
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Non-Recessive White
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Non Recessive White carrying Recessive White
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Non Recessive White carrying Recessive White
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Introducing : Milky
Milky is not sex-linked, so the colours of the parents can be reversed still achieving the same results. Milky is one of those factors that tends to affect the feather quality
Milky
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Non-Milky
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Non-Milky carrying Milky
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Non-Milky carrying Milky
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