SILKY DOVES: picture 1, picture 2, picture 3

This pied silky ringneck is a heterozygote for the silky condition. It represents the more extreme expression of silky in just one dose of the mutant gene, L//+. The gene symbol is L, standing for Lace which is what the mutant was first called in pigeons.

This is a blond (fawn) extreme silky ringneck, L//L. It is still a young bird in its new plumage. Such double dose mutant silky birds cannot fly.

This pied extreme silky, L//L, is over 6 months of age and showing what happens to the older feathers as the vanes break off leaving porcupine-like quills. These birds are not afraid of a cliff and are perfectly willing to jump off.

SILKY DOVES: picture 1, picture 2, picture3
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