Schalie racing pigeon colour

jonathanhughes · Post by **jonathanhughes** » Wed Aug 04, 2021 4:29 am

my loft arrives in just over 3 weeks and a friend has gifted me some late bred birds and i called to see him this afternoon 6 birds in total a gay pied a blue pied a blue white flight a blue check and this one which he said was a shallie? any thoughts ?

jonathanhughes · Post by **jonathanhughes** » Wed Aug 04, 2021 4:25 pm

thank you for that. but i guess that means i wont be able to reproduce it unless i get a partner that also carries the smoky gene

Post by **AdamArcher** » Wed Aug 04, 2021 5:01 pm

jonathanhughes wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 4:25 pm thank you for that. but i guess that means i wont be able to reproduce it unless i get a partner that also carries the smoky gene

Yes, but both her parents and all her children will be guaranteed carriers.

jonathanhughes · Post by **jonathanhughes** » Thu Aug 05, 2021 5:17 am

Her ? you think its a hen ? that will be nice what could i pair it to and what colours could i get she is from racing blood my friend races them but he said its the first time the parents have bred one that colour

Post by **AdamArcher** » Thu Aug 05, 2021 11:29 am

Sorry, I somehow thought you said it was a hen. I have no idea on the sex. There aren't many other phenotypes that include smoky.
As for the parents, 1/4 of their young will be this colour. So one in every second nest on average.

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