Simple Breeding Combinations

The chart below contains seventy simple breeding combinations for the ringneck dove. By no means does the chart exhaust the possible breeding combinations and is intended only to be an aid to the beginning breeder of ringneck doves.

This chart shows combinations of the sex-linked genes (Dark or Wild, Blond, White), the codominant genes (Frosty and Tangerine) and the recessive genes (Ivory, Pied and Rosy).

A dominant gene shows its complete effect when heterozygous (one dose) or when homozygous (two doses). Wild is dominant to both blond and white. Blond is dominant to white and recessive to wild. White is recessive to both wild and blond.

A codominant gene shows its effect when heterozygous and a different effect when homozygous. Tangerine when present in one dose (heterozygous) produces the color tangerine. When present in two doses (homozygous) the color produced is tangerine pearled. Frosty in two doses (homozygous) is a lethal gene and results in dead in the shell embryos. Frosty expresses itself in the single dose (heterozygous).

The recessive genes (Ivory, Pied and Rosy) show their effect only when homozygous (present in the double dose).
Note: Ivory as I am showing it on the list is a "Dark Ivory". Dark Ivory or preferably Ivory is wild or dark at the sex-linked locus. The problem with many of the color names on the ADA list is that they were given before the genotype was actually known and now they don't actually fit the genotype.

In the chart below the visual color is shown for each combination. The mutant within the parenthesis does not show and is carried as a single recessive gene in that individual.

Father (Hidden Gene)	Mother (Hidden Gene)	Male Offspring (Hidden Gene)	Female Offspring (Hidden Gene)
Wild	Wild	100% Wild	100% Wild
Wild	Blond	100% Wild (Blond)	100% Wild
Wild	White	100% Wild (White)	100% Wild
Wild (Blond)	Wild	50% Wild 50% Wild (Blond)	50% Wild 50% Blond
Wild (White)	Wild	50% Wild 50% Wild (White)	50% Wild 50% White
Wild (Blond)	Blond	50% Wild (Blond) 50% Blond	50% Wild 50% Blond
Wild (White)	Blond	50% Wild (Blond) 50% Blond (White)	50% Wild 50% White
Wild (Blond)	White	50% Wild (White) 50% Blond (White)	50% Wild 50% Blond
Wild (White)	White	50% Wild (White) 50% White	50% Wild 50% White
Wild	Orange Pearled	100% Tangerine (Blond)	100% Tangerine
Pied	Pied	100% Pied	100% Pied
Pied	Wild	100% Wild (Pied)	100% Wild (Pied)
Pied	Wild (Pied)	50% Pied 50% Wild (Pied)	50% Pied 50% Wild (Pied)
Wild (Pied)	Wild (Pied)	25% Wild 50% Wild (Pied) 25% Pied	25% Wild 50% Wild (Pied) 25% Pied
Pied	Frosty	50% Wild (Pied) 50% Frosty (Pied)	50% Wild (Pied) 50% Frosty (Pied)
Pied	Frosty (Pied)	25% Ice 25% Pied 25% Frosty (Pied) 25% Wild (Pied)	25% Ice 25% Pied 25% Frosty (Pied) 25% Wild (Pied)
Ice	Pied	50% Ice 50% Pied	50% Ice 50% Pied
Ice	Ice	25% Dead In Shell 50% Ice 25% Pied	25% Dead In Shell 50% Ice 25% Pied
Rosy	Rosy	100% Rosy	100% Rosy
Rosy	Wild	100% Wild (Rosy)	100% Wild (Rosy)
Rosy	Wild (Rosy)	50% Rosy 50% Wild (Rosy	50% Rosy 50% Wild (Rosy)
Rosy	Orange	50% Wild (Blond) (Rosy) 50% Tangerine (Blond) (Rosy)	50% Wild (Rosy) 50% Tangerine (Rosy)
Wild (Rosy)	Wild (Rosy)	25% Wild 50% Wild (Rosy) 25% Rosy	25% Wild 50% Wild (Rosy) 25% Rosy
Ivory	Ivory	100% Ivory	100% Ivory
Ivory	Wild	100 % Wild (Ivory)	100 % Wild (Ivory)
Ivory	Wild (Ivory)	50% Wild (Ivory) 50% Ivory	50% Wild (Ivory) 50% Ivory
Wild (Ivory)	Wild (Ivory)	25% Wild 50% Wild (Ivory) 25% Ivory	25% Wild 50% Wild (Ivory) 25% Ivory
Tangerine	Tangerine	25% Tangerine Pearled 50% Tangerine 25% Wild	25% Tangerine Pearled 50% Tangerine 25% Wild
Tangerine	Tangerine Pearled	50% Tangerine 50% Tangerine Pearled	50% Tangerine 50% Tangerine Pearled
Tangerine	Wild	50% Tangerine 50% Wild	50% Tangerine 50% Wild
Tangerine	Blond	50% Wild (Blond) 50% Tangerine (Blond)	50% Wild 50% Tangerine
Tangerine Pearled	Wild	100% Tangerine	100% Tangerine
Tangerine Pearled	Tangerine Pearled	100% Tangerine Pearled	100% Tangerine Pearled
Frosty	Frosty	25% Dead In Shell 50% Frosty 25% Wild	25% Dead In Shell 50% Frosty 25% Wild
Frosty	Wild	50% Frosty 50% Wild	50% Frosty 50% Wild
Frosty	Blond	50% Frosty (Blond) 50% Wild (Blond)	50% Frosty 50% Wild
Frosty (Blond)	Blond	25% Frosty (Blond) 25% Blond Frosty 25% Wild (Blond) 25% Blond	50% Frosty 50% Blond Frosty
Frosty	White	50% Frosty (White) 50% Wild (White)	50% Frosty 50% Wild
Frosty (White)	White	25% Frosty (White) 25% Snow White 25% Wild (White) 25% White	50% Frosty 50% Snow White
Blond	Wild	100% Wild (Blond)	100% Blond
Blond	Blond	100% Blond	100% Blond
Blond	White	100% Blond (White)	100% Blond
Blond (White)	Wild	50% Wild (Blond) 50% Wild (White)	50% Blond 50% White
Blond (White)	Blond	50% Blond 50% Blond (White)	50% Blond 50% White
Blond (White)	White	50% Blond (White) 50% White	50% Blond 50% White
Blond	Rosy	100% Wild(Blond)(Rosy)	100% Blond (Rosy)
Blond (Rosy)	Blond (Rosy)	25% Blond 50% Blond (Rosy) 25% Peach	25% Blond 50% Blond (Rosy) 25% Peach
Peach	Peach	100% Peach	100% Peach
Peach	Blond (Rosy)	50% Peach 50% Blond (Rosy)	50% Peach 50% Blond (Rosy)
Peach	Sunkist	50% Peach 50% Sunkist	50% Peach 50% Sunkist
Blond	Ivory	100% Wild (Blond)(Ivory)	100% Blond (Ivory)
Blond (Ivory)	Blond (Ivory)	25% Blond 50% Blond (Ivory) 25% Show Ivory	25% Blond 50% Blond (Ivory) 25% Show Ivory
Show Ivory	Show Ivory	100% Show Ivory	100% Show Ivory

Show Ivory	Blond (Ivory)	50% Show Ivory 50% Blond (Ivory)	50% Show Ivory 50% Blond (Ivory)
Blond	Tangerine	50% Tangerine (Blond) 50% Wild	50% Orange 50% Blond
Blond	Orange	50% Orange 50% Blond	50% Orange 50% Blond
Orange	Orange	25% Orange Pearled 50% Orange 25% Blond	25% Orange Pearled 50% Orange 25% Blond
Orange	Orange Pearled	50% Orange Pearled 50% Orange	50% Orange Pearled 50% Orange
Orange Pearled	Wild	100% Tangerine (Blond)	100% Orange
Orange	Tangerine	25% Tangerine Pearled (Blond) 50% Tangerine (Blond) 25% Wild (Blond)	25% Orange Pearled 50% Orange 25% Blond
Tangerine	Orange	25% Tangerine Pearled (Blond) 50% Tangerine (Blond) 25% Wild (Blond)	25% Tangerine Pearled 50% Tangerine 25% Wild
White	Wild	100% Wild (White)	100% White
White	Blond	100% Blond (White)	100% White
White	White	100% White	100% White
White	Orange	50% Blond (White) 50% Orange (White)	50% White 50% Pink
White	Tangerine	50% Tangerine (White) 50% Wild (White)	50% Pink 50% White
White	Tangerine Pearled	100% Tangerine (White)	100% Pink
Pink	Pink	25% Pink Pearled 50% Pink 25% White	25% Pink Pearled 50% Pink 25% White
Frosty	Tangerine	25% Ash 25% Frosty 25% Tangerine 25% Wild	25% Ash 25% Frosty 25% Tangerine 25% Wild
Frosty	Rosy	50% Frosty (Rosy) 50% Wild (Rosy)	50% Frosty (Rosy) 50% Wild (Rosy)
Frosty (Rosy)	Rosy	25% Frosty (Rosy 25% Roan 25% Wild (Rosy) 25% Rosy	25% Frosty (Rosy 25% Roan 25% Wild (Rosy) 25% Rosy
Ivory	Tangerine	50% Tangerine (Ivory) 50% Wild (Ivory)	50% Tangerine (Ivory) 50% Wild (Ivory)
Ivory	Tangerine (Ivory)	25% Apricot 25% Tangerine (Ivory) 25% Ivory 25% Wild	25% Apricot 25% Tangerine (Ivory) 25% Ivory 25% Wild
Apricot	Apricot	25% Apricot Pearled 50% Apricot 25% Ivory	25% Apricot Pearled 50% Apricot 25% Ivory
Apricot	Ivory	50% Apricot 50% Ivory	50% Apricot 50% Ivory
Apricot	Wild	50% Tangerine (Ivory) 50% Wild (Ivory)	50% Tangerine (Ivory) 50% Wild (Ivory)

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