Silver Pigeon

[little sam]

Does Anyone have a photo of one please

[seaforth]

yes its my profile photo

[b.massey]

How much you sell it for??

[seaforth]

offers start now a have 5 of them

[little sam]

Cheers mate, Its for somone to prove a point ;D

[b.massey]

offers start now a have 5 of them

 

Well it scored Blackpool show 2009 so has to be worth a few pounds

[little sam]

Are these show racers mate

[cemetary]

Cheers mate, Its for somone to prove a point ;D

 

Tell us aboot yer point.  

[seaforth]

need 2 keep that 1 its goin back in the basket next year hopefully get it out to 300mile

[little sam]

 

Tell us aboot yer point.  

 

Linda (Mrs On pigeon chat is trying to prove to an American that mealies are not Silvers

[seaforth]

not showracers they are dordins  from todhunter & ismay in maryport

[b.massey]

Are these show racers mate

 

Racers mate. Need to ask seaforth about them but very nice pigeons

[seaforth]

not showracers they are dordins  from todhunter & ismay in maryport

[little sam]

not showracers they are dordins  from todhunter & ismay in maryport

 

Very Nice,

[b.massey]

 

Linda (Mrs On pigeon chat is trying to prove to an American that mealies are not Silvers

 

A lot of people believe that silvers are in the mealy camp but ant silver I have ever had always looks more blue with the silver coming through. But I can understand why people think they're a type of mealy

[Guest]

To a geneticist and to breeders of most fancy breeds, it means the same as dilute blue bar. This is an ordinary "wild type" blue bar pigeon with the single recessive sex-linked gene for dilute (homozygous, or two copies of the gene, in cocks; one copy of the gene in hens). Such a bird has a light silvery ground color with bars that are almost black. Racing Homer breeders often refer to this as a "dun bar" or "silver dun bar".  Sometimes a brown bar is called silver, but the bars of a brown are more chocolate colored. Also, a brown will fade considerably with continued exposure to sunlight, and usually will have "false pearl" or pinkish tinted eyes. A true silver (dilute blue) will fade with heavy exposure to sunlight, but not nearly as much as a brown.

 

The term "silver", when used by Racing Homer breeders in the United States, or breeders of many of the show strains of the Racing Homer or the American Show Racer, means the same as "silver red bar", which is simply an ash red bar pigeon with clear ash wingshields and often with a "frosty" or silvery sheen to the feathers on the neck. Note that in this case we are dealing with a sex-linked dominant. If such a bird shows any smuttiness or dirtiness in the wingshield area, it is usually referred to as a "mealy".

[OLDYELLOW]

would say the dordin silver is infact a dilute mealy not a silver

[blackdog]

not showracers they are dordins  from todhunter & ismay in maryport

 

they will be showracers mate, beleive me

 

 

[blackdog]

 

Racers mate. Need to ask seaforth about them but very nice pigeons

 

thought you bought some as well a few years a go.

 

 

[PIGEON_MAN]

Have bred 2 silvers this year out of the same pair of SIONS,checking back through the pedigree of the cock I see that their is a yellow in their from the Natural breeding  Station think this is probable where the silver is from,would put up some pictures but dont know how to .

[boxer]

my father breeds silvers every year got 1 at europa 1 loft race and many more try get some pics tomoz   :)

[Guest]

http://forum.pigeonbasics.com/m-1248360757/s-0/

Sam fourth pigeon down

[pjc]

yes its my profile photo

 

Looks more lavender than silver!

 

 

[pjc]

silver chequer

 

[ohiogsp]

Here in the states we call a bird like in "pigeon mans" avatar a silver. A mealy is like this also but with a red/brown collored head not the silver head. I know it is not right but I am talking about racing pigeons here you can call them whatever you want on the race sheet.