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What color is this?

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 9:31 pm
by Rueae
I've found some ringnecks near me that I am considering buying. This one has caught my eye, but I'm not entirely sure what it is. It's still young, hatched this year and it's siblings seem to be blue pallids.
Not sure yet on the mutations of the parents.

Anyone know what mutation this is?

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I would say turquoise, but I was under the impression babies of that mutation started off pretty much all blue and then the green came later?
Also there seems to be an odd pattern to the flights, but I can't really tell.

Re: What color is this?

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 7:45 am
by Molossus2
You are right it is a turquoise. The volume of green or blue varies. Birds with a specific phenotype bred together will produce true to type in this mutation. It's the random pairing which causes mixed results.

Re: What color is this?

Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 4:48 pm
by Rueae
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Got a picture of it's flights.
I've been looking up some turqs, and the feathers seem...lighter?
I'm not sure. Is this just because it's a baby? Is this definitely a turquoise, still?

Re: What color is this?

Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 5:39 pm
by kamerynn
Why does it look so splotchy?

Re: What color is this?

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 8:31 am
by Molossus2
Yep it's still a turq. And a beauty too.

Re: What color is this?

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 9:31 am
by Rueae
He is, but would stay around the same or is this just baby-plumage?

Do all turq. birds end up about about like this:
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I could then expect him to look this way in 2 or 3 years?

Re: What color is this?

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:04 pm
by LadyCalypso
I Love the turquoise color here is a pick of Ringo he was my first IRN He is a turquoise but the pick makes him green :)

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Re: What color is this?

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 2:41 am
by evaleen
that irn is a beauty! and as for ringo, it seems as if he's a shade meter! :lol: from green to turquoises as he goes down!
"~preetty birdiee~"! lol