Colour Breeding
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Colour Breeding
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COCK
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HEN
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OFFSPRING
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Mealy
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Mealy
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Mealy cocks and hens. Could get Cream, Blue, Silver, Brown or Khaki hens if cock carries any of these colours.
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Mealy
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Cream
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All Mealies if cock carries no Blue otherwise Mealy and Cream cocks and Mealy and Blue hens. Could get Cream, Silver, Brown or Khaki hens if cock carries any of these colours.
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Mealy
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Blue
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Mealy cocks and hens. Blue cocks and hens possible if cock carries Blue. Could get Cream, Silver, Brown or Khaki hens if cock carries any of these colours.
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Mealy
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Silver
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All Mealies if cock carries no Blue or Silver. If cock carries Blue. All Mealies and Blues in both sexes. If cock has Silver or Cream in him, can get Silver Mealy or Cream in either sex. If cock carries Brown or Khaki then hens in these colours as well.
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Mealy
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Brown
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All Mealies if cock carries no Blue, Brown otherwise any of these colours in both sexes. Could get Cream, Silver or Khaki hens if cock carries any of these colours.
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Mealy
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Khaki
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All Mealies unless cock carries other sex linked genes. If cock carries Blue then Blues in both sexes possible. If cock carries dilution, then Silvers in both sexes possible. If cock carries Brown and/or dilution then Browns and/or Khakis in both sexes are possible
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Cream
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Mealy
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Mealy Cocks Cream Hens (sex linked mating) Silver or Khaki hens if cock carries any of these colours
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Cream
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Cream
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Cream Cocks & Cream Hens. Silver or Khaki hens if cock carries any of these colours
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Cream
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Blue
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If cock carries no Silver or Khaki. Cream hens and Mealy Cocks Otherwise Cream, Silver or Khaki Hens, Blue or Mealy Cocks.
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Cream
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Silver
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Cream in both sexes if cock carries no Silver. Otherwise both colours in both sexes. Also possibility of Khaki hens is cock bird carries Khaki
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Cream
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Brown
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Mealy cocks Cream hens. Possible Blue cocks and Silver hens if cock carries Silver. Brown cocks Khaki hens if cock carries Khaki
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Cream
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Khaki
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All Creams. If cock carries Silver or Khaki then cocks and hens in these colours.
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Blue
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Mealy
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Mealy Cocks Blue Hens (Sexed linked mating) Could get Silver, Brown or Khaki hens if cock carries any of these colours.
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Blue
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Cream
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If cock carries no Silver. Mealy cocks, Blue hens – no Creams. If cock carries Silver then Mealy and Cream cocks. Blue or Silver hens will be produced. Brown and Khaki hens if cocks carries any of these colours
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Blue
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Blue
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Blue cocks and hens if cock carries no Silver. Otherwise Blue cocks with Blue and Silver hens. Brown and Khaki hens if cocks carries any of these colours
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Blue
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Silver
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All Blue if cock has no Silver in him. If cock carries Silver, will get both colours in both sexes. Brown and Khaki hens if cock carries these colours.
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Blue
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Brown
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If cock carries Brown then Brown in both sexes. If cock carries dilution (but not Brown) then Blue and Silver hens and Blue cocks. If cock carries both dilution and Brown then Khaki hens as well. Otherwise only Blues in both sexes.
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Blue
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Khaki
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All blues if cock carries no Silver otherwise Silver cocks and hens possible If cock carries Brown or Khaki then Brown or Khaki cocks and hens possible
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Silver
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Mealy
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Mealy cocks, Silver hens (sex linked mating). Khaki hens if cock carries this colour.
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Silver
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Cream
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Cream cocks, Silver hens (sex linked mating). Possibility of Khaki hens if cock carries this colour.
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Silver
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Blue
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Blue cocks, Silver hens (sex linked mating). Possibility of Khaki hens if cock carries this colour.
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Silver
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Silver
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Silver cocks and hens. Khaki hens if cock carries this colour.
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Silver
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Brown
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Blue cocks Silver hens. If cock carries Khaki then Brown cocks and Khaki hens are possible
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Silver
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Khaki
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Silver cocks and hens. If cock carries Khaki then Khaki in both sexes.
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Brown
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Mealy
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Mealy cocks Brown hens (sexed linked mating) If cock carries Khaki then possibility of Khaki hens.
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Brown
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Cream
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Mealy cocks Brown hens. If cock carries Khaki then Cream cocks and Khaki hens
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Brown
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Blue
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Blue cocks Brown hens (sexed linked mating) If cock carries Khaki then khaki hens possible.
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Brown
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Silver
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Blue cocks Brown hens. If cock carries Khaki then Silver cocks and Khaki hens possible.
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Brown
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Brown
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Brown cocks and hens. If cock carries Khaki then Khaki hens as well.
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Brown
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Khaki
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Brown cocks and hens. If cock carries Khaki then Khaki cocks and hens possible.
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Khaki
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Mealy
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Mealy Cocks, Khaki Hens (sexed linked mating).
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Khaki
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Cream
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Cream cocks Khaki hens (sexed linked mating).
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Khaki
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Blue
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Blue cocks Khaki hens (sexed linked mating).
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Khaki
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Silver
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Silver cocks Khaki hens (sexed linked mating).
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Khaki
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Brown
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Brown cocks Khaki hens (sexed linked mating).
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Khaki
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Khaki
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Khaki cocks and hens exclusively.
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To contact us:
Telephone either Roy Partington on
07958 692473 or
Email:roy.partington@sky.com
or Contact Dave Walters on
01275 836477 or
Catering For West of England Tumblers,
Exhibition and Flying Tipplers,
Exhibition and Flying Rollers
National Federation
Attached are all the Colour Matings associated with pigeons. The foundation of all pigeon colours are as listed below. There are a lot of colour modifiers which affect the colour but the underlying colours are as listed.
Patterns have not been considered and for the ease of understanding the colours listed are for bars. But remember genetically anything listed for Mealy is also applicable for Ash Red likewise Cream would be Ash Yellow, Blue would be Black, Silver would be Dun, Brown would be Chocolate and Khaki would be Khaki or Drab.
Some offspring are the result of a crossover mechanism and remember that the crossover mechanism can affect any pairing and if the reduced gene was brought into the equation the outcome would be huge there is also a mechanism known as the double crossover but is fairly rare, so do not be to eager to condemn should you not get one of the colours listed below from that particular pairing, always remember you are not watching your birds all the time and cross treading does take place or indeed one of the rarer crossovers has happened..
The colour gene is on the same chromosome as the sex chromosome, therefore the Cock has two colour genes and the hen only one. On the same chromosome you will find the Almond gene also the dilute gene that is catered for below and the reduced gene but do not try and understand these at this stage otherwise confusion will take place.
Always remember there are only three coloured pigeons Red, Blue and Brown. Some of you will say what about Andalusions and Prints. These are what are known as colour modifiers but underneath the colour you see is one of the three basic colours. Even Red and Yellow spangles are what is known as recessive Red and it’s dilute and are therefore colour modifiers. Black is also a colour modifier in the form of a spread gene not a pattern gene as some think. As we are not dealing with patterns I will refer to the barred colours of Red and Blue when giving the breeding expectancies.
Sex Linked mating is when the hen is dominate in colour over the cock and therefore all cock birds produced will be the colour of the hen and all hens produced will be the colours (remember the hidden one) of the cock.
