Basic Pigeon colours and colour/expression modifiers
* indicates a sex-linked mating
Compiled by: WhatWentWong Boerdery
The Patterns
The rules for patterns apply regardless of the color or modifier that may be present. As long as the order of dominance in patterns is understood, the rules can be applied to the breeding program. No pattern can reproduce another pattern that is more dominant than itself unless it is bred to one.
CHECK
Check or T-Pattern Check cannot produce Spread unless mated to one. Checks can produce checks, bars or barless.
BAR
Bars cannot produce checks or Spread unless mated to one. Bars can produce barless.
BARLESS
Barless can only produce barless when mated together.
The rules for patterns apply regardless of the color or modifier that may be present. As long as the order of dominance in patterns is understood, the rules can be applied to the breeding program. No pattern can reproduce another pattern that is more dominant than itself unless it is bred to one.
CHECK
Check or T-Pattern Check cannot produce Spread unless mated to one. Checks can produce checks, bars or barless.
BAR
Bars cannot produce checks or Spread unless mated to one. Bars can produce barless.
BARLESS
Barless can only produce barless when mated together.
Spread
Spread is technically not a pattern, and therefore it must be kept separate from the other modifiers and patterns. Although it is not a pattern, it has an affect on the pattern of a bird. In the matings, as set out below, Impure Spread refers to a Spread bird that can be masking another pattern. Pure Spread will be referred to as Homozygous Spread. Spread is not sex-linked so the colors of the parents can be reversed achieving the same results.
Impure Spread
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Spread
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50% Impure Spread
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50% Impure Spread
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