Nicole, Color does not affect nesting and rearing behaviors, however, the original question was: "In the course of a mutation breeding program of an...
"In the course of a mutation breeding program of an "established and vigorous mutation" how important is routine outcrossing to wildtype stock?" "I believe...
Breeding results for dominant pied rainbows refered to as pied=(df)pied &streakie=(sf)pied by most breeders are as follows reverse mating applies to all for...
Hi all, I am wondering about the bourkes in the pic's below....which have pinkish edges on some of their wing feathers!! Is this common in bourkes? What would...
Roland They were extracts from various magazines that would be copyright so cannot be reproduced in a public forum. Basically they confirmed that the...
Steve The trouble is that the results and the mode of inheritance is not that simple. There are pure normal birds that are split for pied without any Streaky...
Allan Sounds very much like a Red-fronted Yellow Opaline combo. Hen Yellow Opalines can be difficult to pick without experience. You can sometimes get Aquired...
Scott ... Parrotlets fall in your "small gene pool" category and should be outcrossed as a >matter of good husbandry? In Australia, the answer would definitely...
Steve, 'streaky' rainbows ARE NOT SF pieds, if you outcross a 'streaky' to a normal you may get 'streakies' but they will only be possible split pieds. Please...
When you combine Dilute (is this called Lime?) with a Dark factor (or 2 Dark factors) in A. Personata, what does the bird look like? Is one dominant over the...
Hello Nicole, Pastel birds with a dark factor are very easy to recognize. But a dilute bird (nigrigenis) has a reduction of +/-90% of the eumelanine and the...
In a message dated 2/2/04 10:41:09 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... That would be wonderful, thank you! Nicole Mystery Pickles Parrots Coconut Creek, FL...
Hi Nicole: You asked >>does it not add melanin?>> No, absolutely not! A dark factor decreases the diameter of the spongy zone of the feather barb, so more...
In a message dated 2/2/04 11:39:03 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Wow, Wessel, thank you so much for this complete description! This makes so much more sense,...
In a message dated 2/2/04 11:41:47 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Thank you Dirk, your website has some wonderful information on it, i will be refering back to...
Nicole Just to qualify for all members the distinction between certain terms. A Dilute is a mutation altering pigment transfer from the skin to the feathers....
Joan asked ... Yes, very. ... Some may be natural variation for the species, but some pigmentation falls into the 'aquired red suffusion' category seen in many...
Hello all, question for the rainbow breeders out there, is there normally a noticeable difference in down colour between otherwise normal looking nest mates? I...
What are the parents??Willy ... From: Craig Paget [mailto:craig@...] Sent: Tuesday, 3 February 2004 10:24 AM To: Genetics-Psittacine@yahoogroups.com ...
Another photo of a juvenile Violet Turquoiseblue before her first moult. From the same group of juveniles are unrelated birds that also exhibit the bars on the...
I am attaching a photo of a Violet turquoiseblue youngster together with a normal Blue' It is very difficult to capture the essence of a Violet on a photo...
Willy, the cock as far as I know is a normal bird with a full red chest. The hen is one I posted a while ago that has one side of her face streaked with these...
I have been handfeeding five red rumped parakeets, and one of three parino males has an orange belly. He is the youngest one in the group, and is about one...
Craig there is no variance in down colour but if the parents are what u say you have a normal paired to a streakie this will breed normals and streakies ...
Craig, the reason I asked is that I have seen in both 'dilute' and 'pink' fallow rainbows, split birds with the secondary down colour of a coloured bird. This...
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