How to breed Almond Pigeons

People are constantly asking me for tips on how to breed almond pigeons - so here it is! The tips in this video apply to every breed of domestic pigeon - rollers, racing pigeons, fantails, and anything else!
Huge thanks to Kenny Davis, J.P. Isom and Eduard Vajaiac for letting me use some of their pigeons as illustrations in this video.

[@amer6706]

You explained this in such a simple and easy to understand way. The pictures of the expressions of different genes really helps someone new to pigeons (like myself) know what these genes really are.

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Glad it was helpful!

[@rmeltonknox]

Awesome, you have made the colors I get trying to breed almonds make sense now. Thank you!

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Thanks Robert, glad it helped

[@65FullMoon83]

This is great information & sorely needed I'm afraid. Thanks for taking the time to do this!👍

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Thanks, glad you found it helpful

[@Name-or8vk]

This is great information.... 😍😍😍😍 tkuuuuuu

[@adamfontana537]

I have had pigeons for a very long time but never got into the genetics for colour. I also breed chickens and I am very much in the colour genetics with them. This was a very interesting video I enjoyed it very much but I still need to learn more I guess from the basics .

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Thanks, glad it was helpful

[@timdyer1220]

New to the pigeon game. Really enjoy your videos

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Thanks! Glad you like them.

[@md.shafiqulislam9106]

I want to breed almond frillback, needs your help

[@asadaljayashi4386]

Another awesome video. Thank you Adam.

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Thanks!

[@arcee33]

Thank you for the explanation on the almonds.

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Thanks, I hope it's helpful for you

[@arcee33]

yes it was, going to give it a try. I raised a kite from 2 reds this year so I have step 1.

[@vehbidonmez9264]

hi adam.I live in turkey. I postponed my emancipation due to my childhood pigeon love affairs.I am over 50 now.I do not know the language, I use translate. I love all kinds of pigeons.But now the color pigeons are interested in me.You gave good information about the multicolored. I am interested in mixed pigeons from afkan, turkey, iran and middle east. now how can 2 wings bee color?Thanks to translate your 7 minute video, I tried to understand all the comments and the articles in the video in 2.5 hours.I wish you success in your work. I would be glad if you answer my question thank you

[@franchisefred4066]

Almond to Almond isn’t a bad idea from my experience as long as it’s not from the same family. Done it with success and my young birds flew happy and healthy

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Some people seem to be able to do it without too much trouble, but for most people it does cause issues. So for people who are new to almond breeding I wouldn't recommend it.

[@franchisefred4066]

Adam Archer Pigeons Theres actually quite a few guys in the hobby that have successfully bred almonds to almonds so it’s really on who is managing their birds. It’s all luck but like i said, with my personal experience it’s gotta be from different families

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

@@franchisefred4066 Yes, and also remember that there are a number of different alleles at the St locus, and not all of them are lethal like Stipper

[@sarfarazkazi2113]

I have have successfully done breeding of qualmond with almond

[@ross_spirou_photography]

Thanks Adam and as usual, very informative!

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Thanks Ross

[@PPCFindingStudio]

I have a Classic almond male. Now which color should I need to pair?

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Dark check or recessive red

[@PPCFindingStudio]

@@AdamArcherPigeons Thank you so much dear brother. You are very helpful. 💗

[@Mohsenmolavi]

Can i please send you pics of my 8 pigeons and you let me know what would the best 4 couple combination be? Thank you soo much in advance!

[@erikgraumans9996]

Cheers for the video mate I’ve just started with Birmingham roller and would love to get the dark almonds. Not pretending to completely understand your video but I’ll get there. Might bother you in the future

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

You can contact me on Patreon or use pigeongenetics.com/forum

[@bluelagoontipplerloft6130]

Very nice looking pigeons 💙👍🕊🕊

[@laughitup3117]

Great video I love these colors

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Thanks

[@jackvanstrien]

This was the first video i watched and i found it very interesting.I just started to try and breed different colors and i have red ash spread and stipper already.Can you explain to me please what exactly makes a rubella?I see different kinds of rubella and sometimes they do not look alike.Thank you.

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Rubella is a sex-linked recessive gene, an allele of reduced. I have never bred it, I don't think we have the gene in Australia, but it seems highly variable.

[@Myfordexperience]

Hello Adam, Thank you for this masterpiece video! I have a question and hopefully, you can help me out. I have a blue almond what can I do to get a copy of him through breeding? I would like another bird close to his color The blue almond carries, Yellow, Black, white, and red and carries no T-check or blue so when I paired the creamy looking almond with my dark black pigeon they produced this blue almond.

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

It is best to pair him with a recessive red or dark check.

[@ashmyr_bonbon4521]

@@AdamArcherPigeons adam can i use a black-tcheck instead of a blue based?

[@rhysthijs2831]

Hey Adam gr8 video on almond colour, I would like to know about the checker and bar Dunn colour.an interesting trait is all my Dunn racing pigeons are hens.no cockbirds,Plus I also breed yellow full spread a d bar birds again all hens.All these colours I believe to be resesive?? And all are lingered Busheart bloodline birds.When is it possible to breed cockbirds with these dilute colours?

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Dilute (the gene behind dunn, yellow, etc) is sex-linked. Pair a dunn to her father or son and you'll start producing cockbirds in these colours.

[@KDtrails]

Very informative. Thank you 👍👍👍

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Thanks heaps!

[@KingArifHobbies]

Your channel is very helpful. Thanks a lot.

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Thank you, happy to help.

[@Maadhuz-world]

Thank you so much for this video. It's very useful for me. LOVE FROM INDIA KERALA

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Maadhuz-world]

@@AdamArcherPigeons your from

[@afg599]

Thank you dearest for your information i was wondering why my almond pigeon's always come as blinded baby's but not all have them only female one

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

If you pair almond to almond you'll get a lot of blind babies, pairing almond to red, bronze, or dark check is best.

[@firstclass1445]

Wow thier buetiful!!!😀❤👍

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Most of the pigeons in this video belong to Kenny Davis and the other guys I mentioned in the description, so credit to them!

[@shahrokharyan43]

Thanks for the video; how would you recognise (if any ways at all) if a red pigeon is recessive by their phenotype

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Recessive red typically covers over the pattern, unlike ash red

[@samuelbickerstaff6841]

Beautiful pigeons

[@makitvhayoppangkabuhayan5943]

Do you have video according to Andalusian?

[@derrickrobinson4519]

👍🏽💯...."Dummies guide to color breeding couldnt have done this any simpler.

[@johndelafosse5295]

Great video Adam!

[@joseaguirre7517]

Nice vídeo!! But You mix diferent breeds! Looking for colors? Why some of your birds don't have any ring! ?? I love racingpigeons different colors but I hate to mix them with other breeds! Thank You and your explanetions are really oustanding and usefull!!

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

No, I do not mix breeds. I actually keep immaculate records, my pedigrees and records go back to the 1940s. The pigeons I have without rings were bred by other breeders. That being said, you might be interested to know that the modern racing homer is a very recently developed breed (late 1800s), made up of many crosses.

[@RhumzeeHaha]

Is it okay to breed Black spread toy stencil frill stencil to stipper?

[@carinoracingpigeons2580]

Nice birds mate😁👍

[@blahg2310]

I don't really understand it, if I have the 5 colors. How do I mix them together to get almond?

[@stepheengabica3611]

can you make video for the black almonds breeding please.

[@richardbejarano9073]

I have a question I have two different pairs of white that keep having blind babies I broke up the pairs so if there so white are they stilper

[@dimitrispsl3261]

Hello my friend I would like you to include in all your videos subtitles with Greek translation Thanks in advance.

[@p789jakarta]

Thank you for your videos . Is it possible to breed almond without a stripper and how do we know a pigeon has stripper gene is it possible to substitute a grizle for stripper?

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

No, you cannot substitute stipper for grizzle unfortunately. Stipper is the most important gene in the mix.

[@Kuya_Erwin]

Hi sir Adam can you make a content about deroy color? Thank you. From Philippines

[@miroslavpenchev5603]

Adam, can you please also make a video about ice pigeon breeding!

[@superhalfmoon]

Amazing explanation

[@narimanahmadpour532]

Very nice video mate i think you can find the best almond colours in Iranian high flying pigeons mate

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Thanks, yes a few different breeds have good almonds

[@aimanalsegaey8820]

Good and informative video Thanks

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Thanks Aiman

[@sasifexcelsolutions4509]

Hi Adam, please do a video on tiger grizzles and recessive reds. Thanks

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Yes, they will be coming in the future, thanks

[@sajmalnazar8328]

Hi Adam, in this video u said for making almond color, we need 5 ingredients. What we should do if we have those colors? Pair each color bird and take the chick and pair the chicks again with the other color chicks? Or just pair it together and the result will be almond?

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Yes, you need to get all the different genes into one pigeon

[@ابوثويني]

Hi Yes i have the same question. I still don’t understand how to pair them. Shall for example i pair brother and sister from ressessive red and checker then i pair brother and sister from stipper and kite then i mate what ever comes from both pairs. I’ll be very thankful for details

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

@@ابوثويني take a dark check baby from the rec red and check pair, and pair it to a stipper baby from the stipper and kite pair. Then if it looks like anything is missing from the next generation, pair the baby to whatever is missing

[@cortezr69]

Hey Adam ! One of my favorite colors like yours is the black almond. Any tips on how to breed them ? I have brown almonds but i want to breed black ones. I also have qualmond

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Just pair your almond with a black 🙂 it'll take a few tries, but around 1 in 4 will be the colour you want.

[@cortezr69]

@@AdamArcherPigeons I will do that. Thank you very much for replying. Love ur videos

[@chrisdarley9566]

Adam can you do a video on how to breed shield marked birds please?

[@rohitdevkar3063]

How to breed silver almond. Can we use ashred and striper

[@syedpigeongreece]

hi my new friend Super 😘🤗🤝 🤗 like

[@carinoracingpigeons2580]

New subscriber here thank you

[@barneymccarthy8376]

How do you breed Opals? Thanks in advance. Barney.

[@daz9873]

Hi adam could u explain wat is recessive and wat is dominant and how u identify between the two......hope this makes sense

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

I already did, in the "Introduction to Pigeon Genetics" kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5-smoaGppakeM0

[@nomansland97]

I currently have a mosatic roller half blue bar half almond red grizzle... been breeding it for 2 years an still haven’t produce anything close to it ? (Any advice) !!WILL GLADY SHOW PICS TO ANYONE THAT WANTS TO SEE IT!!

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Hlaf-sider mosaics generally do not breed true, unfortunately.

[@KarunShrestha68]

Thanks Adam! How do you breed saddle pigeons?

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

It (surprisingly) isn't super well understood, but I believe it might be a recessive "z-locus" allele.

[@niklaslindh2085]

(Y) informative as usual ! Can you do one that covers milky

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Eventually, yea, but it'll be behind a few other colours first.

[@bilalzafar4392]

I have a almond cock bird, i have hens in kite colour red and goldish colour which gen i should pair him to get nice almond chicks? Thanks

[@munna7505]

I have one steeper almond Male pigeon. which colour female is best for to creating classic almond. Anybody know this answer please reply. Thank you.

[@keeleekeelee649]

So which one of those 5 recepies should be paired? And then what are the next steps?

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

There is only one recipe, you need to combine all of those genes into the one pigeon.

[@keeleekeelee649]

I have sent you some photo's on your facebook page. It would be a pleasure if you could give me some advice.

[@Kuya_Erwin]

Hi sir Adam can I use T check or black for my light almond color?

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

T-check

[@hamzakhan9597]

Great video

[@hamzakhan9597]

How many generations would it take if starting from beginning and stock to produce an almond.

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

You could theoretically do it in 2 generations from four initial pigeons. It wouldn't be the best quality almond, but it would be an almond.

[@hamzakhan9597]

@@AdamArcherPigeons - thank you Adam

[@jameskaftar5903]

Nice content!

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Thanks, glad you liked it.

[@jameskaftar5903]

Adam Archer Pigeons - ur welcome, i wanna start trying to breed some almonds using this recipe this year, do you think my pigeons would still breed at this month?

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

@@jameskaftar5903 If your birds are healthy and it isn't too cold they'll breed

[@tp8025]

So a stiper gene paired to a dark T check spread will give you " Black almond" birds?

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

In that mating the check has nothing to do with it. Adding spread is what gives you the black.

[@ralphlittle5377]

I have been told that pigeons that carry the Almond or Stipper gene are short downed at birth. Is that your experience?

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Yes, however sometimes it is hard to notice as it isn't always as short as you might expect.

[@amalsadanandan]

Thank you for the video mate❤ Please guide us on how to breed kites Is kite a gene Or combination of genes And there is different types of almonds there Like qualmond Can a qualmond be used to breed classic almonds? Hoping for another video on almonds or stippers

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

I'll do a different video on the Stipper alleles like Qualmond, but yes, Kite is a single gene.

[@mehkoccc]

So how do we add these 5 and get the result?which color dove should match which color dove?

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

You need to keep pairing until you have all the genes on the one pigeon

[@miroslavpenchev5603]

Amazing content! Good work! Can you please make a video about genetics of beak colour?

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Sure, thanks, I wouldn't have considered that topic if you hadn't suggested it!

[@hussainiazadar8126]

Plz told us how to make blak tailed high flyer pigeons?

[@tommycash9]

Thank you for this video. I want to breed almond Modena. I need to buy some more bird's. I have Blue, Ash Red, and Yellow. Can you please tell me what other colors I need to breed almonds? Thank you.

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

As was very clearly stated in the video, you need stipper, kite, recessive red, and dark check. You cannot create classic almond any other way.

[@sandeepsandy6066]

I have a almund male pigeon!!!! To which colored female I should breed it to get a almund chick?

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Any colour will work, but a recessive red or dark check will be best.

[@isyaha]

question please, if I have an almond male and a blue hen, the babies will not be almond, if I cross the babies to each other, would I have a 25 % of almonds? Thank you for the video

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

If you have an almond male 50% of the young will be almond. It is a dominant gene.

[@isyaha]

@@AdamArcherPigeons interesting, my friend has an almond male and the babies are not almond! So I told him to cross the babies to get 25%, I can ask him for the pictures to share them with you, thanks a lot

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Almond is dominant, so crossing the non-almond children together will not produce almond like it would if it were a recessive gene. You can post pictures on pigeongenetics.com/forum

[@isyaha]

@@AdamArcherPigeons I called my friend to confirm, you are right I was mistaken he got 50% almonds, thank you so much! So if I understand you correctly, from the other 50% which are not almond he will never get almond even if he crosses them between each other? Thanks again

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

@@isyaha correct. The only way to get an almond from them is to pair them to an almond, the young will get the gene from the almond parent.

[@pharmacistpoint227]

Plz would you explain what will be the order of mating these four pigeon for almond

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

The order doesn't matter, you just need to get all the genes on the same bird.

[@miroslavpenchev5603]

Good work! V Could you make a video about archangels?

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Maybe in the future, but their genetics are quite complicated and I don't have experience breeding them

[@miroslavpenchev5603]

@@AdamArcherPigeons I love the content! Also I am curious about the genetics of pigeon cooing sound!

[@Dnps807]

Would like to see you do one on breeding tiger grizzle

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Yes, I'll do one on Tigers eventually

[@aimanalsegaey8820]

Tiger grizzle

[@shanavasshareef2455]

Hello.. sir Can pair same lineage birds for almond chick

[@vishnusj8649]

Great video.. Bro.... How can we identify. Q almond or pigeon carring almond but looks similar to blue spreads etc....(females carrying almond is hard to identify and dont have the colour of cocks... (tripplers south India))..... Or tell me im wrong

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

The stipper gene is dominant, a pigeon cannot carry it without expressing it.

[@alexandruanghel4295]

Ok so how we breed ash red. Dark check Bronze x with red bar or red checker.

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Red bar and red check are both ash red

[@dieseldogny]

How do you create a kite color pigeon

[@ashmyr_bonbon4521]

Yow can i use black t-check instead of blue

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Black and Blue is the same thing, just don't use a "spread".

[@ALIFLAILA0101]

Very interesting broo am with new video ☺️☺️

[@Arsalan-Ali_Alpha]

how to get a female chick (from a breeding pair) same like male's colour ?

[@Pombal777]

Lindos Pombos...

[@bilalzafar4392]

Can i pair my qualmond cock bird with almond hen? If yes what colour their chicks will be? Many thanks

[@richardritsema8377]

hello adam little question should the stipper to get almond be a cock or hen ? would love to hear from you grt

[@joesmith7731]

Sounds like good information but I have no idea what you mean.

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Anything you'd like clarified? I'm happy to help. You might also understand a bit more if you see the Pigeon Genetics series.

[@allansyl]

Please show how to breed high flying tumblers

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

My colour breeding videos apply to all breeds.

[@juliosdiy3206]

Rollers.

[@vivek-1318]

Awesome

[@livinkvarghese1229]

How to breed ash red to almond

[@fernandoramos5423]

Do black almond video

[@mikisi9694]

I bred a t check with a regular check splash and the baby is albino

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

That means both parents carry the albino gene.

[@ВоваСкидельский-ю1х]

100%👍👍👍

[@mpteambjr4893]

I am from Indonesia, want to buy your pigeons, can it be sent to Indonesia, I really like to pigeon.

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Sorry, I cannot send pigeons overseas.

[@mpteambjr4893]

@@AdamArcherPigeons Too bad, I really like your pigeon

[@vishnusj8649]

How can we check weather the bird is deaf..or having poor eye sight

[@hamza-lo7ui]

لدي زوج من نوع كلاسيك آلمند لماذا لا يعطيني انتاج كلاسيك آلمند ولاكن يعطيني ابيض فقط

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

يجب عدم إقران اللوز معًا. سينجبون أطفالًا بيض مصابين بالتشوهات. تحتاج إلى إقران اللوز مع الحمام ذي اللون الورقي أو الحمام الأحمر المتنحي أو الحمام الداكن.

[@hamza-lo7ui]

@@AdamArcherPigeons شكرا لك علي التوضيح اخي

[@hectorromero5352]

How to breed a homozygous almond

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

You don't, it is dangerous to the young pigeons.

[@ashmyr_bonbon4521]

Why can't u breed two almonds?

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Because the gene called "stipper" is lethal when homozygous.

[@ashmyr_bonbon4521]

@@AdamArcherPigeons so what'll happen if i breed two almonds?

[@ashmyr_bonbon4521]

@@AdamArcherPigeons how can i produce almonds using an almond cock?

[@hectorromero5352]

Explain indigo

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Dominant gene that causes reddish pattern and smudged/faded tail bar on blue. Will get it's own video in the future.

[@ВикторБелый-ц5ь]

добрый день! перевод на русский зделайте пожалуйста

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Я перевел, посмотрите сейчас :)

[@shaikshahabuddin2483]

Please can you explain in Hindi it's my humble request otherwise you explain with pigeon pair

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

I do not speak Hindi

[@shaikshahabuddin2483]

@@AdamArcherPigeons ok sir no problem but can you explain like a practical about Pigeon genetic how to modify my new breed

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

@@shaikshahabuddin2483 What would you like to know? Have you viewed my genetics series? kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5-smoaGppakeM0

[@salaqadiri8244]

Never breed almonds pigeons to each others because the baby will be come blindside or paralyze

[@juliosdiy3206]

They will certainly die says an expert.

[@theglamourshopcom]

Hello Adam, what about crossing a racer and a high flyer? Will they produce any better breed at all.

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Not really. You'll produce a pigeon that is too slow for racing. It'll be a flying pigeon work slightly better homing instinct than a standard highflyer, but will not fly as high or probably as long.

[@munna7505]

I have one steeper almond pigeon. which colour female is best for to creating classic almond. Anybody know this answer please reply. Thank you.

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

Recessive red, kite, dark check

[@munna7505]

@@AdamArcherPigeons Thanks for the reply 😍🤩