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Grizzle

Grizzle has a very wide range of effects on Pigeons and can be in combination with virtually any other color or modifier. Grizzle can be expressed any way from a white bird with a few colored feathers to a dark bird with just a few white feathers.

Torts are simply Blue Grizzles that show some Bronzing.

Mottle

Mottles are a type of Grizzle that appear on Spread birds such as Black, Recessive Red, Dun, etc. Many Mottles start out as solid colored birds and moult in White beginning with their first adult moult. Mottles can be anywhere from a solid colored bird with just a few White feathers to a nearly White bird with just a few colored feathers.


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Ash Red Grizzle

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Blue Grizzle

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Blue Grizzle

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Blue Grizzle

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Blue Grizzle

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Black Grizzle

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Blue Grizzle in combination with Modena Bronze

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Recessive Yellow Grizzle showing the Pepperhead marking.

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Dark Tort

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Brown Grizzle

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Blue Grizzle

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Blue Grizzle

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Ash Red Grizzle

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Ash Red Grizzle

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Ash Red Grizzle

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Reduced Grizzle

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Silver Tort

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Medium Tort

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Light Tort

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Medium Tort (Juvenile plumage)

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Homozygous Blue Grizzle
Sometimes called "Stork Marked"

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Medium Tort

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Recessive Yellow Mottle

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Black Mottle
These are sometimes referred to as "Tiger Grizzles"

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Black Mottle

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Black Mottle

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Black Pepperhead Grizzle
This bird will moult into a Mottle.

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Black Pepperhead
Pepperheads are often bred from Mottles and can produce Mottles as well.