Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Ideal marking and color of fancy pigeon breeds are the base mark, but polygenes could represent different colors in their progeny.This incident does not make a hassle to the pigeon keepers if they have remarkable parental care.In this regard, this article could forward our common tendency during buying pigeons based on color and marking.Many breeders of Bangladesh have experience to get different colors and markings from the purebred parents.In this observation, English tippler (Plate 1), moos-sulli, racing homer, Bangladeshi bombai, Indian lotan, and crossbreds showed outstanding parental care (incubation, hatching, feeding to squab) with diversified colors and patterns.To purchase fancy pigeon, it is mandatory to know their reproductive history with those colors and markings as well.
DOI: 10.30654/mjvs.10052
Author: Ashraful Kabir
Language: English
Subfield: Genetics
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4406250167