W.D. Posted March 7, 2009 Report Posted March 7, 2009 Does anyone pay any attention to the colour of y/b's in the nest when they are a few days old? i.e their skin colour or down colour? And if so have they noted anything?
kirky Posted March 7, 2009 Report Posted March 7, 2009 Does anyone pay any attention to the colour of y/b's in the nest when they are a few days old? i.e their skin colour or down colour? And if so have they noted anything? yes i have kirkpatricks i can tell what will be silvers, yellows, grizzles, whites, but all cheqs,blues, reds and look the same.
jakjak Posted March 7, 2009 Report Posted March 7, 2009 yes, the skin colour for a silver is different to a normal chick, also there is no yellow 'fluff' I can tell from the 1st day if the chick will be a silver, I noticed this last year.........first time I had bred from silvers, this is why pigeon racing is a great sport......you learn new things all the time
REDCHEQHEN Posted March 7, 2009 Report Posted March 7, 2009 yes i have kirkpatricks i can tell what will be silvers, yellows, grizzles, whites, but all cheqs,blues, reds and look the same. you are biased cos reds and blues and blue chequers don't look the same (evil) cos I can tell when I'm going to get a red or a mealie
just ask me Posted March 7, 2009 Report Posted March 7, 2009 i look at the underside of the them then ringing if blue they don't stay i mean the skin colour
phillips Posted March 7, 2009 Report Posted March 7, 2009 ive noticed the colour of the skin mate i tend to find pieds have a different coloured beak and a light dawn colour and the skin is a light pink where has reds and cheqs seem to be darker colour also noticed when breeding early in the season when its still cold there is more dawn on the squabs
collins and stevens Posted March 7, 2009 Report Posted March 7, 2009 Any one seen one of these before we bred this one last year an d one off the same cock different hen this year,
collins and stevens Posted March 7, 2009 Report Posted March 7, 2009 Is this an albino?.....fanciers near me of 50yrs have never seen one
collins and stevens Posted March 7, 2009 Report Posted March 7, 2009 Last years had limited sight and unfortunately went off the loft.We thought we would never see one again but hey ho up pops another one this year......anyone else seen this before,,,the eyes are bright red it is not the camera flash
REDCHEQHEN Posted March 7, 2009 Report Posted March 7, 2009 A completely albino bird is the most rare, lacking any pigment in its skin, eyes, and feathers. The eyes in this case are pink or red, because blood shows through in the absence of pigment in the irises http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albino_bird
pjc Posted March 7, 2009 Report Posted March 7, 2009 thats what i expected, very poor eyesight and from my experience albino pigeons can be sexless
PATTY BHOY Posted March 7, 2009 Report Posted March 7, 2009 Last years had limited sight and unfortunately went off the loft.We thought we would never see one again but hey ho up pops another one this year......anyone else seen this before,,,the eyes are bright red it is not the camera flash change the dam and sire.
collins and stevens Posted March 7, 2009 Report Posted March 7, 2009 The young bird last year weaned okay .....but had difficulty orientating in flight.Hopefully this years squeaker will be a bit better.Just curious though if anyone has had this themselves? When the bird first hatched it was completely naked(no down) and local flyers of repute said it would be a silver......we were all curious when red eyes opened 6 days later.
phillips Posted March 7, 2009 Report Posted March 7, 2009 have you rung this yrs yb with finding out what happened to last yrs yb mate
kirky Posted March 7, 2009 Report Posted March 7, 2009 the reason it was lost of loft is it was blind as whites with pink eyes normaly are, also can happen with breeds of white dogs. oldyellows bred them a few years back lost off loft,
collins and stevens Posted March 7, 2009 Report Posted March 7, 2009 the cock has produced this with 2 different hens
pjc Posted March 7, 2009 Report Posted March 7, 2009 problems start when weaned as they struggle to find food and water etc, ok while being fed!
collins and stevens Posted March 7, 2009 Report Posted March 7, 2009 Yes we have rung the youngster he is ours and even as a curiosity he will be looked after and registered. We love to race but are animmal lovers too.
Guest IB Posted March 7, 2009 Report Posted March 7, 2009 Think you'll find poor eyesight is an albino trait, whether human, animal or bird. If your other one had poor eyesight, tends to support that; think you're wasting your time with it.
phillips Posted March 7, 2009 Report Posted March 7, 2009 Yes we have rung the youngster he is ours and even as a curiosity he will be looked after and registered. We love to race but are animmal lovers too. having read about what happened to last yrs hope all goes well with this one why not get a pic in the bhw of him mate and perhaps a little write up as its very interesting ive certainly never seen one before all the best with him jason
pjc Posted March 7, 2009 Report Posted March 7, 2009 the cockbird is clearly carrying the albino gene but realy you are wasting your time with the young.
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