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BRILLIANT DIAMOND [Br] (Seen at $50 to $75 per bird)

This color has often been called white, but Brilliants are not completely white. Most are white when young, but develop some gray cast or edging to the feathers when older. They are however, nearly white and much more even in color than the lightest Silvers or Silver WTs. The males tend to be a bit darker than the females. It is the only almost white variety. Brilliants will often show a hue or cast of the parent mutation. As Brilliants from Yellows will often show a cream cast and Brilliants from Cinnamons or Reds will show a slight pink cast. Brilliant is recessive to all other mutations. **These birds are "Off White" throughout. It is easy to mistake very light Silver White Tails for Brilliants, however the Brilliants will not show the faint peach in the primaries as the SWTs do. Complete lack of pigment other than white and off-white indentifies this mutation.**

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YELLOW DIAMOND [Y] (Seen at $50 to $70 per bird)

The Yellow Diamond is a fairly new color variety imported from Europe. It is not a bright, canary yellow, more of a straw or creamy yellow. The back, wings and tail are beige-yellow. Hens are often a lighter and brighter in color than the males, but both sexes show extensive color on head, wings, back, rump, and tail. This is a recessive mutation and breeds true to color. **The even "saddle" of straw color through the shoulders, back, wings and rump is the identifying feature of this mutation. Yellows show more of an orangish primary edged in grey completely lacking the black edging of the Blue Diamond.**

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The next two birds, the Ocher and the Peach, are results of combining Yellow Diamond doves with other mutations. So far they both breed true, but more testing needs to be done if we are to show them to be separate mutations.

Yellow - Ocher - Peach

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OCHER DIAMOND [O] (Seen at $80 ot $100 per bird)

A combination of Yellow and Cinnamon, pronounced "Oak-er", meaning burnt orange. These birds show the same "saddle" of color through the back, shoulders, wings and rump as the Yellow except the saddle is a deeper beige color tinged with rust. The primaries show dark red. Ochre are distinct from Yellows and breed true. A very new variety! **Ochers must have the same saddle of color as the Yellow do, only the cream coloring is darker showing strong rust sprinkled throughout the cream. The rest of the bird is grey showing no black at all.**

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PEACH DIAMOND [P] (Seen at $75 per bird)

A very attractive new combination of Yellow and Silver. These birds show the same "saddle" of color through the back, shoulders, wings and rump as the Yellow except the saddle is a lighter beige color, almost peach. The Peach is a lighter shade of yellow which lacks darker gray color. They often have bright red eyes. Males tend to be a bit darker, the females showing very light. This is not a separate mutation, but a distinct color variant of the Yellow when it is combined with Silver. Developed and named in England. Very rare! **The lack of coloring in the primaries (showing a dilute peach coloring) distinguishes Peach from its close relatives, the Yellow and the Ocher. Peach is more difficult to identify when alone, but easily distinguished when compared to others.**

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BLUE PIED DIAMOND [BPd] (Seen at $50 to $75 per bird)

Sometimes called "Chocolate Pied" and "Silver Pied", these birds show solid dark coloring with varying degrees of white patches. This birds is the Blue (Wild Type) Diamond dove expressing the Pied (white patching) effect. Phenotypically they show as a darker Brown with white patches or a dark Blue with white patches. Some show completely white heads and necks with white going into the breast, back and shoulder area. The degree of white or pied markings vary greatly from bird to bird. Some Pied markings show early (within 4-5 weeks of hatching), while others take much longer. Some don’t show much white until over a year old. Pied marking on young can vary greatly from that of parents and the amount of markings on the parents often has little effect on the markings of the young. When this mutation is available, it can be somewhat difficult to work with. **This is the ONLY Diamond dove showing dark coloring, either blues or browns, with patches of white.**

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