Green cheek with yellow shoulders?

[webchirp]

Most likely you have parents that had splits or were not normal cheeks. I have a guy with almost that coloring and he is split from a normal cheek and I think a yellow sided...he has smaller orange patches on his shoulders.

 

[Farlie]

Most likely you have parents that had splits or were not normal cheeks. I have a guy with almost that coloring and he is split from a normal cheek and I think a yellow sided...he has smaller orange patches on his shoulders.

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Hey, Chandra what happened to your baby's left foot?
I once had a Quaker missing 3 toes, 2 on one foot and 1 on the other.

 

[webchirp]

Hey, Chandra what happened to your baby's left foot?
I once had a Quaker missing 3 toes, 2 on one foot and 1 on the other.

Both Rocco and Maui have a missing toe from a quaker bite in their previous home. Julip has a missing toe from an unknown injury.

 

[Idefix21]

The shoulders on a green cheek means that the bird carries a specific gene, which is very practical for breeding purposes. My turquoise green cheek has yellow shoulders, and he carries the gene for yellow-sided (the breeder told me). I have just rescued a normal green cheek with reddish shoulders, and I can assume that it could be related to a red factor gene.

Anyways, I know the post was old, but the information wasn't really out there other than being normal or not to worry about.

 

[Monica]

The shoulders on a green cheek means that the bird carries a specific gene, which is very practical for breeding purposes. My turquoise green cheek has yellow shoulders, and he carries the gene for yellow-sided (the breeder told me). I have just rescued a normal green cheek with reddish shoulders, and I can assume that it could be related to a red factor gene.

Anyways, I know the post was old, but the information wasn't really out there other than being normal or not to worry about.

I've heard this information isn't reliable... there have been breeders that have bred for red shoulders without mutations.

 

[FiatLux]

Looks like the beginning of a yellow side gcc - I have a girl Loki who has yellow on her shoulders and across her stomach along with red.

Hi. I know this is an old post. I’m new and your girl is so pretty! Pitchounette is also a YS GCC. Hatch date 2-15-21

 

[∙ Cinnamon]

Hi! My Cinnamon Turquoise GCC has the same thing! When I adopted her she had yellow shoulders. But they were much fuller then. Since she got on a healthy pellet diet her yellow has changed a lot. I’ve had Cinnamon for about 2 years now. Her yellow is quite abundant.

 

[Cjthorsos]

My baby boy Jasper is about six months old and he is just at the tail end of his first molt. And these yellow patches appeared on his shoulder as well when he's a turquoise green cheek conure. I was worried at first too that's how I stumbled across this site though is googling about the shoulder patches. (Yay)
So I'm new to the community glad to be here. Thank you guys for your the post and the information and hopefully I can contribute as well.

 

[Monica]

@Cjthorsos welcome to the forum! I would say those patches are nothing to be concerned about, but if he keeps them, it makes him a bit more unique!

 

[Cjthorsos]

@Cjthorsos welcome to the forum! I would say those patches are nothing to be concerned about, but if he keeps them, it makes him a bit more unique!

Thank you and i'm glad to be here. Yeah he is definitely a little unique himself. Speaking up a storm and that's unique from what i've read with green cheek conures as well. And thank you for the peace of mind as well

 

[AmandaDorn]

Our turquoise boy has yellow shoulders parents are both splits

I don't have any green cheeks with yellow shoulders, but it is pretty neat!

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