Sandy, Maybe you are not ware, but in Europe they also speak English :-) ! About your other question: as Inte already wrote "The sex-linked slate mutation in...
Hi Didier, The answer on this is easy. We considered the possibility that this was maybe a grey mutation because, like you said, this is also a dominant ...
Hi All Herewith attached photos as promised of the green serie IR mutation that produced the colour mid-way berween a Blue and a Grey as displayed again with a...
Hans, yes it is generally true to say that double factor pieds have more pied areas (clear areas) than single factor pieds, but this visual sign cannot be used...
I agreee with Ken. I have had single factored Aust Pieds that were pretty well "pied our". I have also bred Dutch Pied and one bird in particular who was a...
What would i get if i pair together the following A. Personata... Blue/Ino Dilute Med Blue/Ino? (white flights) Thanks, Nicole Mystery Pickles Parrots Coconut...
Hello Nicole: The pastel and ino mutations in Agapornis personatus and its sub-species are alleles, so there exists no such thing as "pastel split ino"; the...
Hi All, I bought some '03 birds today and I wondered if any of the European members could shed some light on the origin and possibly the breeder by the closed ...
Hi, It are rings from the NBvV in the Netherlands. Maybe André van der Voorn can help you because he is a NBvV judge. Dirk Van den Abeele Personal Homepage...
In a message dated 5/1/04 12:58:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... One more question... What if the bird is actually not a pastelino, and just pastel...what...
Hello Bill, As Dirk said these rings are from the NBVV. Here is the adress; Nederlandse Bond van Vogelli... E-mailadres(sen): info@... With regards, Andre...
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Hello Bill, if I remember right, xxx NB is for "Nederland39;se Bond van Vogelliefhebbers39; (dutch) and is one of the big ones from the Netherlands. Best wishes ...
hi all i have just bought a grey irn hen of about 1yr old and was wondering what to put with her when she is ready. or what not to breed with her. all answers...
Hi all Could you please explain the difference between the two names used for IR mutations. ( Misty & Slaty) I would appreciate comments on the earlier two...
Hello, I can give you a very technical answer: Slaty is a mutation of the keratin Misty gives a reduction of +/- 25% of the eumelanin. Both mutations inherits...
I am afraid that I am not that good in IR. Maybe Inte can help you!! Dirk Van den Abeele Personal Homepage http://www.agapornis.be <http://www.agapornis.be/>...
Tokkie, It looks very much like slaty but it is very hard to be sure. Different computer monitors show different colours. Is there anything known about the...
Inte Let me try and answer some of your questions asked. The first original Green/Blue bird were imported from Belguim in 1992 and was then called incorrectly...
Hi All I have only ever owned 1 pair of Cloncurry Parrots (Barnardius b. macgillivrayi), and at that stage was not paying attention to colour details, in the...
Tokkie, The first one was obviously not an olive. The inheritance must be dominant with respect to the number of offspring which had the same characteristics. ...
Inte and others, A little while ago I was told that this bird appeared to be a slaty? It seems similar to the pictures Tokkie posted. Just interested then when...
Ken ... I believe the greatest amount of work on pied type genes has been carried out in mice. The papers I have read describe work that allowed documentation...
Didier said ... I have trouble seeing how the two terms are so confusing. They are different words in English and have slightly different meanings. And it is...
Chris Do not mate her to a bird carrying Ino. All other colours combine OK with Grey factor. Decide which colours you want to produce, then pick a mate for...
Tokkie When I saw your first photos of the Blue series birds, my initial thoughts were Slaty like Ross and Inte, but I suspect the problem is those photos are...
Hans said ... Buddgerigars ... addition. But isn't the expression in the combination greater than a simple addition of the two mutations? If not, then...