wings Posted March 5, 2017 Report Share Posted March 5, 2017 Hi everyone. Has anybody ever heard of a baby pigeon downless when hatched and has red eyes.? Any information would be great. Cheers guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter pandy Posted March 5, 2017 Report Share Posted March 5, 2017 Hi everyone. Has anybody ever heard of a baby pigeon downless when hatched and has red eyes.? Any information would be great. Cheers guysMany many moons ago I bred one with red down to the pupil but it was not a fairy tale ending as it disappeared at the first toss, Sorry but I hope you have better luck with your one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiley Posted March 5, 2017 Report Share Posted March 5, 2017 Downless and red eyed sounds like you have produced an albino, formula 1 loft has ones i believe that his son looks after as its basically blind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotrod Posted March 5, 2017 Report Share Posted March 5, 2017 Hi everyone. Has anybody ever heard of a baby pigeon downless when hatched and has red eyes.? Any information would be great. Cheers guysU prob have a silver ,I've had a few of these over the years . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wings Posted March 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2017 U prob have a silver ,I've had a few of these over the years .It looks absolutely fine and reacts to movement, so don't think it's blind. I'm trying to add a photo of it but it says the image is to large. Any ideas how to put up a picture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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scottym7 Posted March 5, 2017 Report Share Posted March 5, 2017 Hi it will most likely be silver or cream (dilute) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wings Posted March 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2017 That's him/her looks absolutely fine other than a bit bold and red eyes Hi it will most likely be silver or cream (dilute)Have you seen this before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottym7 Posted March 5, 2017 Report Share Posted March 5, 2017 Yes several times, however mostly in my fancy pigeons as i breed allot of dilutes and they are all healthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wings Posted March 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2017 Yes several times, however mostly in my fancy pigeons as i breed allot of dilutes and they are all healthy.What do you mean buy dilutes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottym7 Posted March 5, 2017 Report Share Posted March 5, 2017 Creams, orange, silver, ash, and any of these birds bred to blue will pass the dilute gene to a young cok even if blue it can produce a dilute or even years down the line from his young cok's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wings Posted March 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2017 Creams, orange, silver, ash,Ok thanks, time will only tell what it will be. Thanks for the information. I'll put an update on in a few weeks. Not sure if it is racing material though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunc50 Posted March 5, 2017 Report Share Posted March 5, 2017 666 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wings Posted March 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2017 666Lol. Probably. It will still have to fly with the rest of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Reid Posted March 5, 2017 Report Share Posted March 5, 2017 WOW.Not seen this for many a year . As a young lad when I stayed in paisley and had the pouters. I had one pair that always bred red eyes. It was a white cock with blue bar tail and what racing guys will call a silver . . Used to heat the hens to bursting take them to parkhead and get £10 a hen . :emoticon-0136-giggle: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottym7 Posted March 6, 2017 Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 WOW.Not seen this for many a year . As a young lad when I stayed in paisley and had the pouters. I had one pair that always bred red eyes. It was a white cock with blue bar tail and what racing guys will call a silver . . Used to heat the hens to bursting take them to parkhead and get £10 a hen . :emoticon-0136-giggle: The max for a hen now is £15 unless you sell them private and in pairs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenlands Posted March 6, 2017 Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 No red eye though,turned out a silver. Later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wings Posted March 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 Not sure but I think it may have poor sight, not totally blind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billt Posted March 6, 2017 Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 Not sure but I think it may have poor sight, not totally blind. That's classic albino problems, not blind but certainly limited eyesight, true in all albinos including humans. Both parents need to be carriers of the albino genes to produce these so would advise to split the parents to avoid further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wings Posted March 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 That's classic albino problems, not blind but certainly limited eyesight, true in all albinos including humans. Both parents need to be carriers of the albino genes to produce these so would advise to split the parents to avoid further.Will definitely split them after this young one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebell101 Posted March 6, 2017 Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 Have bred about 8 with pink eyes when born all eyes turn dark have only bred cremes only raced 1 she was my first yearling from Littlehampton 4th club beat by 3 loft mates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jast Posted March 7, 2017 Report Share Posted March 7, 2017 would be nice to see a pic when its weaned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wings Posted March 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2017 would be nice to see a pic when its weanedI'll put a photo on when she was s aventually weaned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jast Posted March 7, 2017 Report Share Posted March 7, 2017 Cheers Mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilT Posted March 9, 2017 Report Share Posted March 9, 2017 I have bred loads of red eyed young birds in my fancy pigeon days-this will not be an albino -I think that would be a one in a million chance. The only colour that throws pink eyes in youngsters (and the pink goes away by 10 days) is the colour brown, and its recessive Khaki. Brown can appear in a variety of shades, and can be confused with silver-likewise khaki is often confused with cream.If neither of the parents are Khaki or brown, then the cock bird will be carrying one of these colours. As these are the most recessive of the different colour groups, the the youngster will almost certainly be a hen. If the pink stays in the eye then you have an albino, but i would be surprised. Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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