Black splashes

[Guest JonesyBhoy]

Has anyone ever known a red hen to have black splashes..??

 

Got a dark red cheq.. its got black splashes on the tail. But its showing no signs of being a cock.. Its march hatched.. Got a few dominant cocks in the loft.. so i was just assuming it was just being a little over shadowed..

[Guest frank dooman]

brown not black, some times its hard to tell if its brown or black

[Guest JonesyBhoy]

Its defo black splashes on this doo..

[Guest frank dooman]

never seen black on a hen

[Guest ROCKYandRAMBO]

i have had a hen with heavy black spashes . yes normally they are brown but i have had one with black

[Thimbles]

Its very common in the carmichael strain of pigeons for the hens to have black splashes

[Guest JonesyBhoy]

Thats exactly what it is, a Carmichael Kirkpatrick..

[Guest youngzimmy]

  I HAVE ONE EXACTLY THE SAME MEALY BLACK SPLASH ON TAIL AND WING FLIGHTS VERY BLACK DEFINATLY ACTING LIKE A HEN

[Guest JonesyBhoy]

Thid doo isn't acting like a hen. Its just 'not' acting like a cock..

[Chris Little]

Only experienced this once, a red hen with slight black splashes on tail and she was quite a dominating bird

[JAS]

Had a red black splash hen 4 years ago we were thinking it was a cock but would not pair so put it back in the young bird section with 2 spare cocks paired up and laid eggs within 2 weeks. must say that is the first we had seen a hen with black marks as we always thought they were cocks.

[Guest bigbok]

its a sex linked pairing how was it bred !!! black splashes means its impure for blue and the black 99%of time indicates cock the hens tend to have small brown/reddish ticks but occasionally hens carry the black !!!

[clyde]

yes you do get hens black splashes , got 1

[blackswan]

bought a red black splashed cock at edinburgh show at the r moleveld sale its a cracker,