Conure Mutations

[Ethel]

I have 3 female conures, a pineapple, a yellow-sided, and a cinnamon. I have a male Green cheek split to cinnamon
I am looking to have some turquoise babies plus others. Would I be farther ahead to buy a turquoise male or female.
Not sure if that would even produce a turquoise baby. Or what might I get.

 

[Wardy]

I have 3 female conures, a pineapple, a yellow-sided, and a cinnamon. I have a male Green cheek split to cinnamon
I am looking to have some turquoise babies plus others. Would I be farther ahead to buy a turquoise male or female.
Not sure if that would even produce a turquoise baby. Or what might I get.

@Monica @Sparkles! woud be best to advise

 

[Momof3litt]

Hopefully one of our more experienced members will reply, but as I understand it, turquoise is a recessive mutation. The only way to guarantee turquoise offspring is to start with 2 turquoise parents. As for non-turquoise parents, you would need to know if any carry the turquoise gene to know whether turquoise chicks would be possible. Both parents need to carry at least one copy of the turquoise gene, but even then you are not guaranteed turquoise babies.

Here's a link that illustrates it nicely.

 

[Ethel]

Hopefully one of our more experienced members will reply, but as I understand it, turquoise is a recessive mutation. The only way to guarantee turquoise offspring is to start with 2 turquoise parents. As for non-turquoise parents, you would need to know if any carry the turquoise gene to know whether turquoise chicks would be possible. Both parents need to carry at least one copy of the turquoise gene, but even then you are not guaranteed turquoise babies.

Here's a link that illustrates it nicely.

Thank you for this info. That is what I kinda thought, but wasnt real sure.

 

[Monica]

@Momof3litt has it down.

Now, you could get a bird that has turquoise... and produce offspring that are split turquoise.... but then it would be recommended to breed these offspring to another bird that also carries the gene....

If you got a visual turquoise and paired to a non-turquoise bird, all offspring would be split turquoise. If the bird you got is split turquoise, paired to a non-turquoise, then it's 50/50 whether or not a chick is split turquoise.

 

[Ethel]

@Momof3litt has it down.

Now, you could get a bird that has turquoise... and produce offspring that are split turquoise.... but then it would be recommended to breed these offspring to another bird that also carries the gene....

If you got a visual turquoise and paired to a non-turquoise bird, all offspring would be split turquoise. If the bird you got is split turquoise, paired to a non-turquoise, then it's 50/50 whether or not a chick is split turquoise.

This is 2 females

 

[Ethel]

This is 2 females

This is the parents Mom is the pineapple and Dad is split to turquoise, If I bred him to a turquoise would I get turquoise babies?