My Kakariki's

Toine · New Member Joined: Jun 30, 2006 Posts: 2

Hello, first let me introduce myself. I am Toine and I live in The Netherlands. I am a student and I love birds very much! I've had a lot of birds for the past few years.. like chickens, woodducks, golden pheasants, quails, diamonddoves, zebra finches, Bourke's parakeets etc..
I'm very interested in Kakariki's for a while. So I bought myself two Kakariki's for my new aviary (8 m2)!!
I've searched for a lot of mutation info, but it's a all little hard for me to understand.. terms like dominant, recessive, singlefactor and so on.. (I haven't had Biology for a while Wink

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maybe someone can give me some explaining..
But to come back to my story. I have two Kakariki's. It's told me they are a male and a female. (I am not really an expert with Kakariki's. It's not all clear to me what colour mutations it are exactly.

First the female:
Born in 2003. It's all yellow with a few little green spots on her back. Her feet are pied. The nozzle is grey. (cinnamon yellow mutation?) I think it's a hybrid because her forehead is faded red, and the spot behind her eye also is.
The parents of this bird are unknown.

The man:
Born in 2006. All yellow, sharp red coloured forehead and a red spot behind his eye. His nozzle and feet are pink/skin coloured.
The father of this bird is: Yellow red fronted. The mother of this bird is: pied red fronted with 50% green and 50% yellow.
The Kakariki came out a nest of three. The other two were: pied (50%/50%), and the other one also pied only with red eyes. All the other ones have black eyes.
I don't have a picture of this bird but it will come soon!

So maybe some one can tell me what colour mutations it are and what for youngs they can get?

Peter · Foundation Member Joined: Oct 15, 2004 Posts: 599

Hello Toine and w3c

to our community.

Probably the outcome of your birds will vary in piedness between the two parents.

A verry good site where you will find an explanation of genetic inheritance. http://www.agapornis.be/nl.htm
Its a Dutch site about the Agapornis but the basics are the same for all species.
Other interesting sites are http://www.birdhobbyist.com/parrotcolour/articles.html
http://www.euronet.nl/users/hnl/

ksue · Foundation Member Joined: Apr 15, 2005 Posts: 270

Hi Toine and w3c

to the world of these beautiful little birds I am no help to you with mutations but there are many on here who are.....I am sure pictures will help though......#### Kellie