Playing away

[REDCHEQHEN]

No, not football. Two blue bars - is it possible to have a "throwback", there's a dark chequer in the nest..........or has she been "playing away" 🙈

[Kyleakin Lofts]

I would suspect that they have not been kept in a section by themselves and another cock has mated with her. Hens have the capability of storing sperm for a short time, so possibly two different sires.

 

[andy Burgess]

2 hours ago, REDCHEQHEN said:

No, not football. Two blue bars - is it possible to have a "throwback", there's a dark chequer in the nest..........or has she been "playing away" 🙈

i would work on the assumption of a throwback. otherwise you,ll be losing sleep over something and nothing.

[REDCHEQHEN]

Only one egg hatched, the other got smashed!

Only one very dark chequer (almost black)in the stock loft - dam and sire of the motherhen are both chequers

 

I wouldn't lose sleep Andy B 🤭 Annoyingly the 2nd round eggs are empty! She was the first one to lay Kyleakin, so there is a possibility it could be anybodies , it's the same with kids isn't it, you can only be sure who the mother is ............

[greenlands]

I have a Mealy cock X Blue hen,two cracking young birds in the nest, a black and a black pied.
Hope they fly as good as they look.

[Kyleakin Lofts]

I haven't studied the colour genetics of pigeons enough to speak with any authority, however looking in the Squills book, Blue to blue produces blue. No other possible outcomes. All other colour combinations appear to produce variants or at least possible different outcomes. It would appear that blue is the dominant colour. Wild rock doves seem to back this up. There are obvious blue colour variants, chequer, etc and there are similar red variants. Mealy to mealy can produce blue hens, so I would suspect mealy is not a pure colour.

Is the very dark chequer a cock because the rogue parent has to be a cock.

Scotland is a matriarchal society. You know who your mother is. Pigeons are the same, unless ...........

Occasionally hens have been known to lay in the wrong box.

Several variants within the problem. Let the basket decide and it may turn out to be something that will make no difference in the long run.

[greenlands]

Blue x Blue = Blue cocks - Blue hens 
Blue x Mealy = Mealy cocks - Blue hens 
Blue x Blue Chq = Blue, Blue Cheq cocks - Blue, Blue Cheq hens 
Blue x Red = Mealy, Red cocks - Blue, Blue Cheq hens 
Mealy x Blue = Blue, Mealy cocks - Blue, Mealy hens 
Mealy x Mealy = Mealy cocks - Blue, Mealy hens 
Mealy x Blue = Mealy, Red, Blue cocks - Mealy, Red Blue hens 
Chequer = Blue Cheq cocks - Blue Cheq hens 
Mealy x Red = Mealy, Red cocks - Mealy, Red, Blue, Blue Cheq hens 
Blue Cheq x Blue = Blue, Blue Cheq cocks - Blue, Blue Cheq hens 
Blue Cheq x Mealy = Mealy, Red cocks - Blue, Blue Cheq hens 
Blue Cheq x Blue Chq = Blue, Blue Cheq cocks - Blue, Blue Cheq hens 
Blue Cheq x Red = Mealy, Red cocks - Blue, Blue Cheq hens 
Red x Blue = Blue, Blue Cheq, Red, Mealy cocks - Blue, Blue Cheq, Red, Mealy hens 
Red x Mealy = Mealy, Red cocks - Mealy, Red, Blue, Blue Cheq hens 
Red x Blue Cheq = Blue, Blue Cheq, Red Mealy cocks - Blue, Blue Cheq, Mealy, Red hens 
Red x Red = Mealy, Red cocks - Mealy, Red, Blue, Blue Cheq hens

[REDCHEQHEN]

The two blues - the parents of the blue hen fostering the dark chequer youngster - and the only dark chequer cock in the stock loft

[REDCHEQHEN]

8 hours ago, greenlands said:

I have a Mealy cock X Blue hen,two cracking young birds in the nest, a black and a black pied.
Hope they fly as good as they look.

That's even worse isn't it 🤣

[cemetary]

Something has nailed the mother, ?

[Colin8]

Last season, I had a had a black splash mealy cock paired to a black hen. First nest produced a barrless mealy and a red ch, both cocks, next nest two blue ch, both hens. 

[REDCHEQHEN]

Well I hope this youngster performs as well as he looks, what a difference a few days makes

 

 

[andy Burgess]

coming along nicely