Auto-sexing is shown to be possible with two dominant color factors in the domestic pigeon. These are “almond” and “faded.” The latter appears to have the greater utility as sex distinction can be made at hatching on the basis of down length and beak color, and vigor is normal. The adult homozygous “faded” male is described.
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W. F. Hollander (1942) studied this question.