AlphaAl Posted December 17, 2015 Report Posted December 17, 2015 Does anybody here keep or know anyone with rare colour racers ? Like opal, indigo , reduced , silver , milky or barless ?
Rolldowns54 Posted December 17, 2015 Report Posted December 17, 2015 Does anybody here keep or know anyone with rare colour racers ? Like opal, indigo , reduced , silver , milky or barless ?Theres a site on net i think its spanglefish dot com or similar
AlphaAl Posted December 17, 2015 Author Report Posted December 17, 2015 I'm hoping to get in touch with some lads in England ,
Guest Hairylayer Posted December 17, 2015 Report Posted December 17, 2015 I have a barless mealie my dad bred me and also he has a few and a silver hen or two
AlphaAl Posted December 17, 2015 Author Report Posted December 17, 2015 Have you any for sale mate ? Can you send me pics
paddymac Posted December 17, 2015 Report Posted December 17, 2015 Does anybody here keep or know anyone with rare colour racers ? Like opal, indigo , reduced , silver , milky or barless ?Louella Pigeon world have quite a lot of barless mealeys in their King of the Faroes strain
peter dempsey Posted December 17, 2015 Report Posted December 17, 2015 Dublin boy has some beautys never seen anything like them fantastic
paddymac Posted December 17, 2015 Report Posted December 17, 2015 Dublin boy has some beautys never seen anything like them fantasticCouldn't remember his name Peter , but he definately has some crackers in his loft
AlphaAl Posted December 18, 2015 Author Report Posted December 18, 2015 Cheers paddy , I actually have some of his birds and your right there ,he has some crackers
greenlands Posted December 18, 2015 Report Posted December 18, 2015 Silver hen in the nest a few years back,she was taken by percy,still have her nest mate,he breeds silvers.
Rolldowns54 Posted December 19, 2015 Report Posted December 19, 2015 Its the father that breeds silvers its a sex linked dilute of blue so the father is split for silver . Yellow and dun the dilute of black work in the same way to breed a dilute cock use a split cock on a dilute hen example the father back to the dilute daughter they are all naked when hatched ie dont have down barless mealies are usually not barless mealies but lavender to breed these use a mealy to a black the youngsters are the oppossite way round to the parents ie mealy cock and black hen breeds black cocks and mealy or (barless ) hens criss cross mating
indigobob1 Posted December 20, 2015 Report Posted December 20, 2015 Its the father that breeds silvers its a sex linked dilute of blue so the father is split for silver . Yellow and dun the dilute of black work in the same way to breed a dilute cock use a split cock on a dilute hen example the father back to the dilute daughter they are all naked when hatched ie dont have down barless mealies are usually not barless mealies but lavender to breed these use a mealy to a black the youngsters are the oppossite way round to the parents ie mealy cock and black hen breeds black cocks and mealy or (barless ) hens criss cross mating The sex-linkage is the other way round: Ash-red hen to blue/black cock gives blue/black hens and ash-red sons with black flecking indicating they are carrying blue/black. Pure ash-red (mealy)cock to blue/black hen will give only ash-red young of both sexes, sons will show blue/black flecking. If the ash-red cock is carrying blue, the young will be ash-red cocks and hens and blue/black cocks and hens.
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