It appears the grizzle gene is establishing it's self in the shed.
This is a pair off the grizzle Thone' and the Billiondollarbaby. So they should go okay.
We have grizzles
There's another couple of pairs with youngsters that are just starting to show a little colour and I reckon they are grizzles too.
I never had a grizzle pigeon until the grizzle Thone' came along. I have to say I am getting to quite like them.
I never had a grizzle pigeon until the grizzle Thone' came along. I have to say I am getting to quite like them.
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Diamond Dave
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Nice birds Murray. I only keep 6 pairs in my stock shed and 1 is a white grizzle and one a black grizzle. (mother and son) I often wonder what I would get if I paired them together but they are both breeding good birds so not sure if I would want to get into "inbreeding" yet or at least until I understand it a bit more.
The black grizzle often throws white grizzles and vice-versa
The black grizzle often throws white grizzles and vice-versa
You could, Dave, but just speaking for myself I've not had any great success with close inbreeding.
I have bred some nice pigeons "line bred" to a good one. For example a grandson mated to a grand daughter of the good pigeon.
I also hesitate to go down the road of breeding for colour. I wonder if it's not a distraction from breeding for performance.
Just as an aside, I have a pair of pigeons on babies which are very line bred to my good mate David Cox's super breeder Heremans, "Hawkeye."
The hen is by a son of Hawkeye out of a daughter of Hawkeye.
The cock is a grizzle by the grizzle Thone' cock out of the Billioindollarbaby, who is a daughter of Hawkeye.
So 3 of the youngster's 8 great grandparents is Hawkeye. But 5 of them aren't. So there's a lot of crosses of him, but all the others are unrelated pigeons.
They are strong, lovely babies, it will be interesting to see how it works out.
I have bred some nice pigeons "line bred" to a good one. For example a grandson mated to a grand daughter of the good pigeon.
I also hesitate to go down the road of breeding for colour. I wonder if it's not a distraction from breeding for performance.
Just as an aside, I have a pair of pigeons on babies which are very line bred to my good mate David Cox's super breeder Heremans, "Hawkeye."
The hen is by a son of Hawkeye out of a daughter of Hawkeye.
The cock is a grizzle by the grizzle Thone' cock out of the Billioindollarbaby, who is a daughter of Hawkeye.
So 3 of the youngster's 8 great grandparents is Hawkeye. But 5 of them aren't. So there's a lot of crosses of him, but all the others are unrelated pigeons.
They are strong, lovely babies, it will be interesting to see how it works out.
Murray's Loft
"Well THAT didn't work".
"Well THAT didn't work".