June, no it is not a GreyGreen, but the photo is perhaps just a little darker than it should have been. Also, not all the edging is as pronounced as on the...
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June and Ranier, I just weaned a clutch of six from two split Pastel parents, I have no Pastels from this clutch but I do have three chicks that have a...
Hi Gideon I agree with Terry as mine have various degrees of white in the wings and tail and can also have more yellow on an extended front (bib) and head with...
Hi Gideon I agree with Terry as mine have various degrees of white in the wings and tail and can also have more yellow on an extended front (bib) and head with...
Nicole, This may be true about the feathering of an opaline Roseicollis being thicker and longer, but I also find that pieds and dilutes have thicker down....
In a message dated 7/2/04 9:51:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... That is definately interesting! I'll need to pay closer attention to clutches with dilutes and...
Hi The one on the left seem to have a very small mask. Has it red eyes? Is there pied involved also? (colour primaries looks like a pied bird) The one on the...
HI Dirk, The one on the left seem to have a very small mask. Has it red eyes? Is there pied involved also? (colour primaries looks like a pied bird) Yes, it...
HI Ron, what is the background on them ( I want the one on the left : ) PLEASE??? Sorry, can't help. They are not my birds. Where are you located I'm in...
The one on the left seem to have a very small mask. Has it red eyes? Is there pied involved also? (colour primaries looks like a pied bird) The one on the...
The yellow primaries indicates that there is pied involved. Dirk Van den Abeele Personal Homepage http://www.agapornis.be <http://www.agapornis.be/> Homepage...
Hello Manote These birds look very pretty, will they be exhibited at the bird show in Bangkok in August?? I will be attending so I looking forward to viewing...
Hello, Both piedforms,recessive and dominant,have a smaller mask.The recessive pied has far more yellow primaries,and a green rump in greenserie.So combined...
I found this genetic calculator and I am wondering who came up with it? Does anyone know what is meant by a dark-eyed-clear Quaker? Thank you, Carol Phillips ...
Hi Carol: Thank you for posting this. I was looking for this particular calculator. Had it once and lost it and now have it in my favorites. Your a lifesaver!...
The owner of this genetic calculator is Martin Rasek (martin@...) Regards, Didier Mervilde http://didiermervilde.bestofbreeds.net/ ... From: CDP Aviary ...
Hi Carol, Having an educated guess, I think "Dark Eyed Clear" refers to a pure Yellow (Green series) or White (Blue Series) bird with dark eyes as oppossed to...
Hi Carol, Having an educated guess, I think "Dark Eyed Clear" refers to a pure Yellow (Green series) or White (Blue Series) bird with dark eyes as oppossed to...
I keep learning strange and confusing details about psittacine sex chromosomes and sex- linked inheritance. For instance, I just learned in Wolter's The...
All birds, reptiles, etc are opposite of mammals when it comes to sex chromosomes. In species groups like birds we call the sex chromosomes in a male ZZ and...
Hello, A discussion on another group has brought up a question about the greenish cast that is commonly found in Normal tiels. I'm not refering to the...
Hello Dora, Biologists use normally Z and W for the sex chromosomes,this is to show the difference to the used X and Y in mammals.All aviculturists use the X...
You are right Andre, using X and Y for birds (instead of the Z and W used by Biologists) just brings more confusion...that is a question that I raised when...
I just did a lecture on avian genetics here in Chicago and the use of Z and W did help a great deal in people's understanding as it drew a much clearer ...
If a bird is ZZ, it is a male (so Z would the equivalent to X). If a bird is ZW, it is a female (equivalent to XY). Jason J. Crean Science Educator & Zoo...
hello Dirk, I have been away. just back. not to be troublesome, but the pictures look like two different birds. the earlier one is supposed to be ~8 weeks ?...