Are my birds from the same clutch?

[icecream]

I adopted a pair of lovebirds from the local shelter a few months ago. They were 9 months old and the shelter had the exact birthdays for the birds so there might be a chance that they are from the same clutch. They said the birds were surrendered because of illness of the owner. It's been 4 months now and they have started mating! If I see eggs, I'll give them dummy eggs instead of letting them hatch. Can anyone tell me, just out of curiosity, by looking at the mutations/color, will I rule out the possibility of them being from the same clutch? Thanks!

 

[SandraK]

I'm afraid I can't help you other than to say that those have got to be the cutest little feathered sherbet popsicles I've ever seen.

 

[Mizzely]

Birds in a clutch get different combinations of the DNA of their parents. My blue quaker had all green siblings. No real way of knowing if they are siblings

 

[finchly]

Oh. My. Goodness.

Cuteness overload! We demand more photos.

No way to know. If you don't want to breed them (the shelter probably has a rule about that, right?) toss eggs or refrigerate eggs or shake up the eggs.

 

[Love My Zons]

They look so sweet, just beautiful!