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Ivory
Ringneck History by
John Pire
The
"IVORY RINGNECK" History The following information
is taken from several sources on the history
of this "color mutation" in the Ringneck Dove.
The following was taken from an email (1/12/2000)
written by Garrie Landry (who knows Mr. Thibodeaux)
and told to the best of his knowledge. This
is on the "possible" origin of the "Ivory"
color mutation here in the US.
"I believe that Dr. Miller and Dr. Hollander
first gave credit of the mutations’ existence
to Julius Thibodeaux of Louisiana sometime
in the 60’s …I believe.
Julius (still living today) was a notable
dove breeder during that time and he had firmly
established the Ivory mutation in his flock
of doves, and perhaps even recognized its
uniqueness. I believe that Dr. Miller et.
Al. Decided to simply give credit to Julius
for the mutations existence, even with some
certainty … they knew that Ivory Ringnecks
had been in dove collections in the southwest
Louisiana area for sometime. [Cajuns were
often known to raise the Ringnecks as a meat
bird and therefore most communities in Southwest
& South Central Louisiana had a substantial
number of dove breeders throughout the countryside.]
The Ivory dove seems to have arisen from within
this group of breeders and simply remained
in the area for a long time. Eventually it
was Julius Thibodeaux who recognized the significance
of the birds and called it to the attention
of others.
Incidentally, the local breeders never referred
to "Ivory" as such, they were simply called
"WHITE RINGNECK DOVES", not to be confused
with the more common "white doves" (which
lacked any colored neck ring) and of course
the other common variety, the "Blond" was
simply called the Ringneck Dove.
The following is from Prof. Bob Lockhart's
book on the Ringneck Colors.
IVORY: This bird has an ivory to pearly body,
head and tail color; sometimes referred to
as a dirty white. The "neck ring" is dark
gray to black. Eye color is "mottled".
An interesting note on this mutation: when
Ivory is combined with another color & is
visual the head, throat, chest and belly areas
are white.
The Ivory mutation is "autosomal" = it is
not sex-linked. It is a recessive mutant.
For example breeding a visual Ivory (either
sex) to a wild type (of the opposite sex)
will produce wild type young of both sexes
and all will carry the gene for "ivory" hidden.
Breeding this "split young to the Ivory parent
or another unrelated visual Ivory; or to similar
birds with the Ivory gene hidden will give
a percentage of Ivory offspring.
Click
Here to go to John Pire's website for the
International Dove Society.
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