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I have a mated pair of cockatiels. The previous owner had no background on their parents. They have had 4 clutches so far. With 7 babies total. Each baby was a different mutation.
We have only kept 1 baby.. the lutino... because he was stunted... and has foot issues (so we spoiled him until we couldnt think of parting)
I am hoping that someone will be able to help me kinda reverse-identify the parents mutation based on the babies.
here are the parents - Buddy (M-Grey) and Bella (F-Pearl)
2019 babies
Cinnamon with yellow cheeks (sex unknown) pics @ 11 weeks...when he was rehomed @ 4mo. the cheeks had still not turned orange
Ugly Duckling -Lutino +?? (based on behavior, singing addiction and loss of pearling... we assume Male)
(had yellow Pearling when young... but lost all pearl and developed beautiful cinnamon markings)
1st pic 4mo old... other pics over 1yr old
2020 babies-
1 Grey and 1 Pearl (who looked like a clone of the mother) -Genders unknown
pic @ 6 weeks.... they are 3 months old and have been rehomed (will find out from our friend that took the pearl later if he/she loses pearling..or if they test)
2 newest are only 2 weeks old (pics @ 10-11 days?)
one has grey tuft and other has yellow?
So what I am wondering... is based on genetics... having a cinnamon means that which parent has cinnamon? a male lutino with cinnamon would that mean that BOTH parents would have to be split for both?? and does that cinnamon patching also mean that one or both parents have pied in them somewhere? (no clue if pied is sex linked or what that would mean)
and what is up with having yellow cheeks instead of orange? is that another mutation? from who?
I would love to know which parent has which invisible mutation (split?) and what that will mean to being able to tell GENDER of the babies?
and why does little guy have a yellow tuft but grey wings coming in? lol
I was under the impression that I had a plain grey male and a plain pearl female... til we started seeing a lutino pearl that turned into lutino cinnamon pied?... and another with yellow cheeks .... at least we havent seen a white face yet.... lol
I know this post is long and has lots of pics to review.... but I would appreciate any help understanding how all this fits
@Monica
We have only kept 1 baby.. the lutino... because he was stunted... and has foot issues (so we spoiled him until we couldnt think of parting)
I am hoping that someone will be able to help me kinda reverse-identify the parents mutation based on the babies.
here are the parents - Buddy (M-Grey) and Bella (F-Pearl)
2019 babies
Cinnamon with yellow cheeks (sex unknown) pics @ 11 weeks...when he was rehomed @ 4mo. the cheeks had still not turned orange
Ugly Duckling -Lutino +?? (based on behavior, singing addiction and loss of pearling... we assume Male)
(had yellow Pearling when young... but lost all pearl and developed beautiful cinnamon markings)
1st pic 4mo old... other pics over 1yr old
2020 babies-
1 Grey and 1 Pearl (who looked like a clone of the mother) -Genders unknown
pic @ 6 weeks.... they are 3 months old and have been rehomed (will find out from our friend that took the pearl later if he/she loses pearling..or if they test)
2 newest are only 2 weeks old (pics @ 10-11 days?)
one has grey tuft and other has yellow?
So what I am wondering... is based on genetics... having a cinnamon means that which parent has cinnamon? a male lutino with cinnamon would that mean that BOTH parents would have to be split for both?? and does that cinnamon patching also mean that one or both parents have pied in them somewhere? (no clue if pied is sex linked or what that would mean)
and what is up with having yellow cheeks instead of orange? is that another mutation? from who?
I would love to know which parent has which invisible mutation (split?) and what that will mean to being able to tell GENDER of the babies?
and why does little guy have a yellow tuft but grey wings coming in? lol
I was under the impression that I had a plain grey male and a plain pearl female... til we started seeing a lutino pearl that turned into lutino cinnamon pied?... and another with yellow cheeks .... at least we havent seen a white face yet.... lol
I know this post is long and has lots of pics to review.... but I would appreciate any help understanding how all this fits
@Monica
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