Cockatiel breeding

[Kadi]

Hey!
I breed my female pearl pied whiteface and grey split to pearl. I got from them 2 pearls and 1 grey. Babies should be split to pied and whiteface, right? I want to keep grey baby, her mate will be pearl whiteface. In the future if i breed them I should get whiteface/whiteface pearl ?

Thanks

 

[Monica]

Yes, chicks are split pied and whiteface.

The grey chick could be male or female.... unless the chick has gotten old enough for you to determine, by behavior, if male or female.


If the grey chick is indeed female, and paired to a whiteface pearl male, then you should get normal grey, pearl, whiteface and whiteface pearl offspring. Just know that pearl males often appear to be "normal", so it would actually look like you have a grey and whiteface paired together. (assuming you don't already have a whiteface pearl male)