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Beauty Homer Thanks very much for the info. All extremely helpful!!

Rose, How do you tell when the youngsters are matured? I think I have a mixed family (Gift Birds) and dont really know which are which.

Roamer Are these the eyes of special pigeons? Can you tell us the story behind each eye?

Know nothing about eyesign - can someone please explain what you are looking at and what you are looking for?

If this was true we'd all be flying HENS!!!!!?

Beauty Homer Thanx for that - most helpful. Does this mean that the mealy cock without the back splash (homozygos) will produce only mealy cock babies and that the mealy black splash (heterozygos) cock will produce either blue or mealy cock babies?

Pecked Hen Had the same problem last year I was advised to split them again and leave for 5-7 days. Went together well enough after that.

Hyacinth What sort of temperatures do you race in? I had a friend who was visited by an Aussie fancier and he thought that even the smallest of our breeds were on the large side. Said they needed to be smaller to cope with the temperature? Any Aussies looking in?

I'm told that black minerals - charcoal/soot etc will ensure that the nest stays dry?

Is it possible to see it when ringing - say 7/8days?

Hyacinth Is it actually obvious when you look or is it very slight

Hi Silver - interesting - does the note say how old the youngsters have to be?

Hyacinth, I couldnt agree more. Ive just discovered Basics and I cant believe the response Ive had from one question. I've sat here all winter not talking to anyone about pigeons (Missus dont want to know) and as a comparitive novice I dont get to see many people from our club and now Ive found all these wonderful people to talk to - GREAT SITE - GREAT PEOPLE - GREAT SPORT - GREAT BRITAIN!!?

Wow - You guys all seem to know your stuff! Thank yu all for your help. However, now I am a little concerned about what is this heterozygos and homozygos and how can yu tell the difference?

Can anyone tell me if it possible to get mealy cock babies from a blue hen / mealy cock mating