Purebred Pigeon SepOct 2024

33 – Purebred PIGEON Kite, it is the Bronze Scheitti, it is the Bronze that makes the Mag, that makes the Almond. The Kite bird you use, the Bronze Schietti you use, what it, what they have or don’t have in them decides everything in respect to the color that Mag is gonna be, that Almond is gonna be; a beautiful stunner or a mediocre colored individual. Now, Dennis’ pick of a Bronze that has plenty of Black in the Wing Shield and the Blacker the better is spot on! He states, “a pure Bronze Wing Shield does not make for the color break that is necessary in a good Mag.” Bingo! We have a Winner!!! Exact same sentence applies to creating the Properly Colored, Standard Classic Almond Pigeon!! I have also experienced with Ash-Red and Brown too, Den- nis. The pictures accompany this article. Wait! Hold on!...Let me back up some. In his book A New and Complete Treatise on the Art of Breeding and Managing the Almond Tumbler, 1802 , Mr. W.P Windus, on Page 21 writes: “In choosing Kites, I recommend particular attention to be paid to the Quality of the Black, it should be of a Glossy Jet, Richly Stained with Yellow through the Flights and Tail, without the Lest Shade of Bloom or Slate-Color regarding any part of the bird, particularly the Rump; the same Rule should be observed in the choice of Reds and Yellows, as to the Ashy Rump, &c.” In his book The Book of Pigeons, 1876 , Robert Fulton writes: “Finally, there is the Kite, perhaps the most useful color of all, especially when of the right or best color, for there be Kites and KITES in Almond breeding. To outward seeming, these birds are what most would call Black; but there is a Bronze Luster or as others call it, a Red Fiery Glow over and through the Black, which makes the true Kite-Colour. This is especially noticeable in the quill feath- ers; but if all over the body, so much the better.” Page 149. Magnanis and Almonds are truly a numbers game once you start out! There are so many genes at play in a good Mag that are Dominant, some that you’d like to be Homo- zygous, but will express also in the Heterozygous state, such as T-Pattern and Kite Bronze and Dirty, but the Stipper gene, you want to stay Heterozygous, (in cock birds, hens are Hemizygous for Stipper, as Stipper is a Sex-Linked gene). Another is Recessive, such as Recessive Red. But if you stay with Mags, Almonds, long enough (or are obsessed with them, eccentric about them, like me!), eventually you will form a family of Magnanis, Almonds, and their Subvariety Colors that will possess and maintain the gene compliments that you need in the adequate doses. If you get Homozygous Recessive Red (two doses of e//e), on a Stipper, (a Mag, or an Almond), it will make you a DeRoy, which is a Recessive Red Mag or Almond. Now, the Base Color of a Classic Mag or an Almond is Black Pigment. But the Ground Color of the same pigeon is an “inside of the shell of an almond nut” sort of color, think of a Soft Burnt Orange. And, while the Base Color of a Classic One of My Three Current Homozygous Almond Cock to Tumbler Kite Bronze Hen Pairs. Birmingham Rollers Young from The Homozygous Almond Cock and Proper Colored Kite Hen, Birmingham Rollers Old Birmingham Roller Hen Whom is Another Example of GREAT Tumbler Kite Bronze for Use In Producing Wonderfully Colored Classic Almonds!