Dave -- Good to hear from you. The team was a little concerned before as we hadn't seen you since the still shocking expose on them pixies and whatnots.
(PS -- on a private non-public note, we need to talk about those asaps)
The colored pigeons are all over the news I see - this is obviouslyies news that I (my name is Yancy) can use. Don't have much insightables to offer --- YET. Found some fancy book stuff and doing the math on this -- THX for the bump!
CULLED VIA THE WEB:
(BA);(Ct)
Genetically this Recessive Red pigeon is a Blue Check, modified by his two Recessive Red genes into this lovely coloration. Note the presence of a tail bar and the extension of the red color out to the tip of the wing flights. This is where the color Ash would have been found, had it been an Ash Red. Thus its name.
Recessive Red is epistatic to the three color genes. This means it will block their expression. It is however recessive and require two genes (factors) to show itself. Ash Red and Indigo are both dominate and only require one factor to show their effects. Ash Red is sex linked while Recessive Red and Indigo are not.
An Ash Red (BA) pigeon has velvet(Ct) as his pattern gene. Red flicking or the lack of flicking means he carries two genes for red or homozygous red.