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Photo Gallery Continued
Slate Versus Smoky Milky Dirty
My lovely wife Lynne
with grandson Jayke
Lynne and yours truly - Christmas
The unique Hooded Crest Mutation
bred by Manny
bred by Manny
The Melopsittacus Undulatus
breeding program continues and a
second unique mutation has recently
come to light – A Dark -eyed Silver
breeding program continues and a
second unique mutation has recently
come to light – A Dark -eyed Silver
Dark -eyed Silver
Black Velvet hen with
Grizzle influence
Grizzle influence
Andalusian/recessive opal
cock
cock
Smoked Oyster
Brown Checker hen/Almond
Brown Checker hen/Almond
Faded T-Pattern
Blue Checker hen
Blue Checker hen
Meuleman hen
x Silver Mealy cock
x Silver Mealy cock
Faded Red Grizzle cock
Heterozygous Grizzle
cock
cock
Half Sider cock (also Mosaic) – a genetic anomaly
Recessive Red Pied hen – top left
Barless Blue cock – centre
T-pattern Checker Pied cock w/f – bottom left
White hen – bottom right
Barless Blue cock – centre
T-pattern Checker Pied cock w/f – bottom left
White hen – bottom right
Spread Indigo hen– far left Khaki Bar hen – centre left
Homozygous Indigo Pied hen w/f – right of centre
& Reduced hen – far right
Homozygous Indigo Pied hen w/f – right of centre
& Reduced hen – far right
Lavender hen
Lucid-Spread for bar hen w/f & tick-eye
Ash Red Mealy cock – top left
Ash Red Silver Mealy cock –
bottom right
Ash Red Silver Mealy cock –
bottom right
* Note the significant color variation
that exists between the two
Ash Red Mealys
that exists between the two
Ash Red Mealys
White Grizzle cock/Ash Red
Please note: this is a White Grizzle
Genotype and not Homozygous nor
Stork
Please note: this is a White Grizzle
Genotype and not Homozygous nor
Stork
Indigo Velvet Bar cock
& Spread Indigo hen
& Spread Indigo hen
Faded Salt & Pepper
Grizzle hen
Grizzle hen
Dominant Opal Bronze-collar
Grizzle cock with Crescent/Indigo
Grizzle cock with Crescent/Indigo
Hetero Spread cock
Ash Red Mealy cock
Clouded Red Grizzle cock
carrying Sooty and has a
vivid white undercarriage with
bluish-grey tail - a magnificent
young pigeon to behold
and interesting to see color
development after first moult
carrying Sooty and has a
vivid white undercarriage with
bluish-grey tail - a magnificent
young pigeon to behold
and interesting to see color
development after first moult
Bronze-collar Grizzle cock
Young Dunbar hen
Ash Red Dilute Checker cock (Yellow)
alongside a Golden-Shield
Slate Pied hen w/f
Milky cock
Dirty Blue Bar cock
Ragged-Shield Pale Slate
(Dilute)
(Dilute)
Golden-Shield Pied Slate & Basic Slate
Basic Slate – bottom
Faded T-Pattern
Blue Checker
Blue Checker
Dark or T-Pattern Blue Checker
Basic Blue Checker
Pale Blue Checker(Dilute)
This enlarged photo is to demonstrate how the research
team unanimously determined: Scale-Pattern Kite to be
the most accurate Pattern Classification of this beautiful
specimen – as one can clearly see the crop and shield
plumage is very similar to the scales of a fish
team unanimously determined: Scale-Pattern Kite to be
the most accurate Pattern Classification of this beautiful
specimen – as one can clearly see the crop and shield
plumage is very similar to the scales of a fish
Reduced hen
An impressive Marbled Red Grizzle cock – far right
x Recessive Red hen – far left
x Recessive Red hen – far left
A Pearl-eye Tortoiseshell Grizzle cock
With stockings – carrying Pale factor
With stockings – carrying Pale factor
Kite Peak-head Scale-Pattern
hen with frill & stockings
hen with frill & stockings
Rich Chocolate cock
Glossy Kite Scale-Pattern
Pied cock
Pied cock
Baldhead Bronze-collar
Blue Checker cock w/f
Blue Checker cock w/f
One happy family:
Spread Ash hen – left
Black Velvet cock – center
Bronze-cropped Checker
hen - right
Clouded & Marbled effect pigment in a
diametric manner with Clouded appearing
Somewhat hazy. In comparison a Marbled
Red Grizzle displays a higher degree
of sheen in the vicinity of the head, crop
and shield - please compare photos
diametric manner with Clouded appearing
Somewhat hazy. In comparison a Marbled
Red Grizzle displays a higher degree
of sheen in the vicinity of the head, crop
and shield - please compare photos
Lucid-Spread for Checker cock
The rest of my happy go lucky tribe
Paul, Mark & Michelle
Paul, Mark & Michelle
Slate Tortoiseshell-pattern Pied hen with Stockings
Homozygous Slate Golden-Shield cock
Manny Arquette
5th October 2009
Lucid-Spread for bar cock/Golden-Shield Slate
Slate Pied hen w/f & Slate Indigo bar cock w/f
Slate Checker Pied hen carrying Smoky& Opal
Clouded Genotypic
Tortoiseshell cock
Tortoiseshell cock
Grizzle influenced Kite cock
Matthew and sweet son Jayke
Emanuel dob: 14/10/2008
Emanuel dob: 14/10/2008
Jayke’s proud young mom
Stephanie Bray
Stephanie Bray
Spread Scale-pattern/Kite Scale-pattern
Slate Zebra-pattern Black-Satin Pied w/f
Carrying Bronze
Carrying Bronze
Slate Black-Satin bar hen/smoky
Homozygous Spread-Indigo Dilute
(Yellow)
(Yellow)
Family Guy
A.A.R.O’s Mutative Pigeon Breeding Achievements
As our research progresses with swift momentum, it is becoming exceedingly difficult to
assess and appraise the many genetic complexities - for we are embarking upon virgin
territory and there are no other documented guidelines we may call upon to make reference
with regards the Genetic Constitutions we are required to color classify in order to ensure
genome variety declarations are precise for Genotypic/Phenotypic evaluation.
With having produced the mutative Slate Genotype, which is proving to be a confounding
puzzlement in order to establish an exact Constitutional DNA Blue-Print, we believe we
are at the forefront of an unprecedented landmark in the genetic makeup of Columba livia -
and I guess History will attest the validity of our currently undisclosed DNA profiling
assertions that are database documented in conjunction with photographic evidence to
support our well evaluated claims.
The scientifically minded viewers to this Website shall have to conclude for themselves
the revolutionary and ground breaking progress achieved to date in accordance with our
extraordinary findings. The photographic posting and information provided should be
sufficient to present an analytical expose of what we have accomplished and who knows
where it ends ? - You be the Judge! Once sufficient documentation is at hand, A.A.R.O
will openly declare its findings and express in detail, its thoughts on this matter!
assess and appraise the many genetic complexities - for we are embarking upon virgin
territory and there are no other documented guidelines we may call upon to make reference
with regards the Genetic Constitutions we are required to color classify in order to ensure
genome variety declarations are precise for Genotypic/Phenotypic evaluation.
With having produced the mutative Slate Genotype, which is proving to be a confounding
puzzlement in order to establish an exact Constitutional DNA Blue-Print, we believe we
are at the forefront of an unprecedented landmark in the genetic makeup of Columba livia -
and I guess History will attest the validity of our currently undisclosed DNA profiling
assertions that are database documented in conjunction with photographic evidence to
support our well evaluated claims.
The scientifically minded viewers to this Website shall have to conclude for themselves
the revolutionary and ground breaking progress achieved to date in accordance with our
extraordinary findings. The photographic posting and information provided should be
sufficient to present an analytical expose of what we have accomplished and who knows
where it ends ? - You be the Judge! Once sufficient documentation is at hand, A.A.R.O
will openly declare its findings and express in detail, its thoughts on this matter!
Homozygous Wild Type Spread
(Blue/Black constitution)
(Blue/Black constitution)
Lucid-Spread for bar Slate - Note the light grey barring
Also, overall color should darken at maturity
(Not of a Blue/Black constitution)
Also, overall color should darken at maturity
(Not of a Blue/Black constitution)
Family of Wild Type
Family of Slate
Please note: The above are not Wild Type Spread –
They are Genotypically - Homo Black-Satin Slates
They are Genotypically - Homo Black-Satin Slates
Any Comments most welcome folks!
Scale-pattern
Spread
Spread
The darkest of the
Black-Satin Slates
Black-Satin Slates
Manny Arquette
Oct. 26, 2009
Glossy Bronze
Basic Bronze
The young pigeon – atop is
resultant from the Spread Ash
over Spread Indigo cock that was
paired to a daughter - Ash Red
Charcoal-face Checker hen and
the picture above barely exhibits
the defining black flecking trait.
resultant from the Spread Ash
over Spread Indigo cock that was
paired to a daughter - Ash Red
Charcoal-face Checker hen and
the picture above barely exhibits
the defining black flecking trait.
This is a close relative
Manny Arquette
Homozygous Black-Satin Slates/Dominant Opal
Silver-Mist Black Grizzle hen w/f/Black-Satin Slate
Note the shoulder barring - due to the effect of
Pivotal Relocation
Note the shoulder barring - due to the effect of
Pivotal Relocation
6th November 2009
A.A.R.O’s 2009 Successful Mutations’
Breeding Program
Breeding Program
The research team’s uncanny and speedy success rate
in producing a high ratio of new and distinctive mutative
genotypes is certainly not due to a factor of chance.
A.A.R.O’s very progressive scientific methodology has
enabled the seemingly fortuitous breeding program to
cheat Old-Man-Time, by effectively utilizing the various
scientific profiling resources - such as DNA Sequencing
and Blood Type Sampling techniques.
Where breeders are concerned, a high degree of mutative
incidences would sadly go undetected, because the
degree of a phenotypic genetic change is so minute, as
not to be observed, and the development of a prospective
mutation is lost forever - because the avian specimen
viewed appears to be nothing out of the ordinary and the
promising bird is either released into the wild, culled,
sold off or given away.
The same pigeon in the research program would be
looked upon as an exciting stepping stone towards the
further development of ‘Mutative Progression’, whereby
the specific Genome changes observed, and DNA profiling
established, enables the research team to consider and
map out the altered Genetic Blue-print of a subject
specimen, and see where further breeding experiments
with either of the parents responsible for the slight
mutative changes may take us.
This well organized and database documented
scientific approach usually results in the establishment
and classification of a new genotypic variety within the
avian species under the microscope - these phenotypic
changes may relate to a specimen’s: Size, Color, Pattern,
Crest, Frill, Leg-feathering, Eye-color, Eumelanin and
Allelic transference - and any other observable physical
traits, or the unfortunate incidence of deformity.
in producing a high ratio of new and distinctive mutative
genotypes is certainly not due to a factor of chance.
A.A.R.O’s very progressive scientific methodology has
enabled the seemingly fortuitous breeding program to
cheat Old-Man-Time, by effectively utilizing the various
scientific profiling resources - such as DNA Sequencing
and Blood Type Sampling techniques.
Where breeders are concerned, a high degree of mutative
incidences would sadly go undetected, because the
degree of a phenotypic genetic change is so minute, as
not to be observed, and the development of a prospective
mutation is lost forever - because the avian specimen
viewed appears to be nothing out of the ordinary and the
promising bird is either released into the wild, culled,
sold off or given away.
The same pigeon in the research program would be
looked upon as an exciting stepping stone towards the
further development of ‘Mutative Progression’, whereby
the specific Genome changes observed, and DNA profiling
established, enables the research team to consider and
map out the altered Genetic Blue-print of a subject
specimen, and see where further breeding experiments
with either of the parents responsible for the slight
mutative changes may take us.
This well organized and database documented
scientific approach usually results in the establishment
and classification of a new genotypic variety within the
avian species under the microscope - these phenotypic
changes may relate to a specimen’s: Size, Color, Pattern,
Crest, Frill, Leg-feathering, Eye-color, Eumelanin and
Allelic transference - and any other observable physical
traits, or the unfortunate incidence of deformity.
Manny Arquette
Nov. 10, 2009
Slate Zebra-pattern Black-Satin Pied w/f
Carrying Bronze
Carrying Bronze
Ash Red Extreme Dilute
Out Of This World
Manny Arquette
Dec. 15, 2009
5 days
10 days
20 days
Loft Photos Decemeber 2009
One
Two
Three
Four
Manny Arquette
Wang Go's Pigeon Whistle & Flute Collection
Pigeons of Beijing
Manny Arquette
Top of Page
White-Self
Slate Black-Satin
Brown
Almond
Andalusian
Ash Red Dilute Faded
Chocolate
Dec. 25, 2009
May The Force Be WithYou!
God Bless You All!
Manny & Lynne
Merry
Christmas
2009
Christmas
2009
Color Pigeons to Admire
Black Frill Stencil
Lavender White Bar Starling
Frill Stencil Roller
Bronze
Frill Stencil
Manny Arquette
Jan. 2, 2010
2010 Shield-Pattern Experimental Program
Manny Arquette
The two Leopard-spotted Tortoiseshells are not related
Jan. 9, 2010
Homozygous
Having two alleles for a given trait that are the same - ensures a
Visual outcome for color and type of progeny.
Homozygous refers to having identical alleles for a single trait
An allele is an alternative form of a gene (one member of a pair)
that is located at a specific position on a specific chromosome
and whereby the Dominant gene is expressed or revealed and
the recessive gene is masked or hidden.
Dominant + Dominant = Visibility of Dominant.
Dominant + recessive = Visibility of Dominant.
Recessive + recessive = Visibility of recessive.
What is the difference between homozygous and heterozygous?
Answer: Homozygous - occurs when the two genes for a trait are
the same
Visual outcome for color and type of progeny.
Homozygous refers to having identical alleles for a single trait
An allele is an alternative form of a gene (one member of a pair)
that is located at a specific position on a specific chromosome
and whereby the Dominant gene is expressed or revealed and
the recessive gene is masked or hidden.
Dominant + Dominant = Visibility of Dominant.
Dominant + recessive = Visibility of Dominant.
Recessive + recessive = Visibility of recessive.
What is the difference between homozygous and heterozygous?
Answer: Homozygous - occurs when the two genes for a trait are
the same
2010 Breeding program
Glossy-crescent Black Velvet
Dominant Opal/Spread Slate
Feb. 9, 2010
Feb. 19, 2010
Slideshow Feb. 2010
Glossy-crescent Spread Indigo
Ragged-shield
Pale Checker
Pale Checker