white logan Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 can someone please tell me how the white is defined in racing birds as i am told some whites are recessive and some are dominant how do you tell ? i have both dark eyed and light eyed birds in whites thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolldowns54 Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 Reccessive whites have bull or black eyes if the eyes are normal coloured then the bird is a grizzle basically pairing grizzle birds together gives you white birds that youve bred the pattern off in laymans terms but im sure Robert bennion will explain this in technical terms for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenbar Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 we have a few whites they are all black eyes, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white logan Posted March 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 Reccessive whites have bull or black eyes if the eyes are normal coloured then the bird is a grizzle basically pairing grizzle birds together gives you white birds that youve bred the pattern off in laymans terms but im sure Robert bennion will explain this in technical terms for you thanks Pete , i have both black eyed and normal eyes that help with my program Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullcock Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 Just been reading about mendels theory of hereditary, I m just as puzzled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyleakin Lofts Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 Just been reading about mendels theory of hereditary, I m just as puzzled. Take your time with it and you will suss it out. Remember when line breeding you will enhance the bad points as well as the good points, so selection is paramount. What we are looking for are not visual traits, so they are harder to find. The visual traits may serve as indicators that you are on the correct lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullcock Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 Yes andy, using the colour of the eyes or plumage is good for understanding the theory but im not sure it will help in the breeding loft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddymac Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 Yes andy, using the colour of the eyes or plumage is good for understanding the theory but im not sure it will help in the breeding loft.Very true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyleakin Lofts Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 Yes andy, using the colour of the eyes or plumage is good for understanding the theory but im not sure it will help in the breeding loft. The basket used to let you know whether you were on the correct lines, but nowadays we are also looking for the lucky pigeons. I feel we need to use all the indicators we are able to, eye, plumage colour, body lines, feel, whatever, but once they are out the basket it is down to luck that they are able to avoid the hazards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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