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Alexander23 wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2023 10:16 pm Can an ash red male carry a dilution?

Yes

Correct, infidelity is very common in open lofts

You are correct, it is indigo.

Remember, apart from sex-linked traits in hens, there are two "spaces" for each locus. So if a bird has two different mutant genes and no wild type gene at a certain loci, it will definitely not express wild type. Depending on the gene, it'll either express the most dominant or a combinati...

First, it is important to remember that you can only compare the dominance of mutations at the same locus. For example, you can say "dilute is recessive to pale", but you cannot compare dilute and reduced. They are on the same chromosome, and very closely linked, but are not alleles at the...

If I ever have to move a single egg into an established nest I try to use a nest that I know will produce different coloured young so I should be able to tell when they feather up.

Remember only the homozygous grizzles will be whiter, you'll still get plenty of heterozygous grizzles which are probably what you want.

They become more white. Tort isn't a distinct gene, it is a phenotype created by the regular classic grizzle gene with the addition of a bronzing factor.

Welcome! I hope you find the forum useful. I'm hoping (always hoping....) to some time be able to put in a bit more effort and make this site are more thorough hub for genetic resources.

It can be notoriously difficult sometimes to tell spread classic grizzles and spread tiger grizzles apart. I don't believe it has ever been "proven" that classic and tiger are alleles, but the general consensus is they are. If that is true, then yes it would be possible for a pigeon to car...