It changes a blue pigeon to a "true" silver (as opposed to the silver of the racing homer, which is actually ash red bar), or as many US racing homer men call it, "dun bar" or "dun check". Pigeon Color Genetics Simplified, Robert Miller. 3. au-arpu-08-30347. 1. cock. As I was going through some old Racing Pigeon Pictorial magazines, dated August 1984, I came across an article on "Can Colour Be a Guide?" After recalling Caterpie, Ash sent out his Pikachu. Sometimes the underlying pattern is visible. Black, ash red and brown are the basis of 5 blue/black colorations in different pattern, 5 ash red colorations, and finally 5 brown colora­tions. The inclusion of the blue base colour on an ash red spread cock will often cause considerable "ink spotting", which can sometimes be confused for almond. And I quote:- "The only way to breed a black is from a black. The ash-red mutation also causes an increase in the production and deposition of pheomelanin, a red pigment. The main color and patterns of the Old German Owl pigeon include: ash red, blue, brown, recessive red, checks, spread, and bars in black, red, brown and white and dilutes of these base colors. Ash Red Spread Dilute: Body and wing color to be a solid color of ash gray, with black or brown flecking. There are 3 basic colors Ash/Red, Black and Brown. Genotype The Frillback pigeon is an exhibition or show breed. b a //+. b a //b a, so//so. I will quote excerpts of his work pertaining to breeding coloured pigeons. homo ash red, homo bar, homo sooty (aka strawberry) 2. arpu_32389_10. Ash caught Pidgeot as a Pidgeotto in Viridian Forest in Ash Catches a Pokémon.Having previously failed to capture its pre-evolution Pidgey, and a Spearow, Ash was prepared to fight the Pidgeotto before attempting a capture.However, his Caterpie was easily overwhelmed by the Flying-type Pokémon. cock. Pigeons with Sox10 and Slc45a2 mutations are yellow, which is the dilute form of red. Ash Red Spread: Body and wing color to be a solid color of dark rich chestnut red, showing a brilliant greenish shade of metallic luster. hetero ash red, hetero blue . This mutation changes the base color from a bluish gray to a brown gray. The next example would be if the father is black and the mother is ash-red, all young cocks will be ash-red carrying black (with black flecking) and all young hens will be black. Brown Lastly, the brown allele at this locus is the most recessive. hemi ash red, hemi dilute (ash … Look closely, the feet and toes of the Owl pigeon are never feathered. However; the head of an indigo ash red is always darker that a normal ash red. For example, a pigeon with both the ash-red version of Tyrp1 and the mutant Slc45a2 gene has ash-yellow feathers. There is a tendency for the body cover feathers to also be darker when expressed on a check or t-pattern bird. Special Notes. Their feathers are well developed and sit tightly against the body. An Ash Red Spread pigeon's phenotype may be light and ashy all over, right through to the very dark black ash phenotype. The combination of these factors causes the red and cream (ash) appearance of this phenotype. Adding a further mutation, dilution, black, ash red and brown become the basis of all together 30 colorations in the non-dilute and dilute kind. It is good for ornamental purpose and also good for raising as pets. written by F.G.Wilson. Self– Black, red, recessive, white, yellow; Shield marked– Ash-cream bar, blue-black bar, mealy ash-red bar, red, silver-dun bar, yellow; Uses. The end result is a deeper red colored pigeon but it takes a keen eye to spot the differences. hen •//b a, •//d. The tail to be clear in color, ash gray, with the tail bar absent. Original series.