What kind of baby homing pigeons will I get?

Question

I have a pair of homing pigeons, the father's a white mixed grizzle and the mother's a light check. i was just wondering, what kind of pigeons will i have or expect to have in the very near future?

Answer 1

It depends on the genetics of homing pigeon coloration.  If the dominant trait masks the recessive, then you'll find many more dominant-colored pigeons.  In fact, under this circumstance, all would exhibit the dominant trait unless one parent was a carrier for the recessive.  Codominance exists when the offspring exhibit an intermediate phenotype, so the chicks may appear to be a cross between both parents' traits.  Then again, their feather color may be controlled by many alleles, so I guess that you'll just have to wait and see.