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Way to tell chick colors as chicks?
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 1:47 pm
by Crayon Parrots
Dad is blue, mom is grey, and there are only 2 babies. Is there a way to tell the colors apart at around 2 weeks old? I will probably buy them both but wanted to know if there was a way to tell them apart incase I didnt. I want a blue one pretty bad. If I only buy 1 of the 2 I will get a lutino from another clutch.
Re: Way to tell chick colors as chicks?
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:52 pm
by sheyd
I know waiting is hard lol, but you'll have to wait until their pin feathers unfurl
Re: Way to tell chick colors as chicks?
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 7:57 pm
by Crayon Parrots
I cant wait lol The longer I wait the more their price goes up. Hopefully I will have them this weekend
Re: Way to tell chick colors as chicks?
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 11:23 pm
by Johan S
Of course, there are some exceptions where we can ID chicks if the parents genetic history is known and they carry specific genes. Red eyes, skin tone differences, etc. can indicate certain mutations before we see feathers. Fallows, ino, cinnamon, pallid etc.
Re: Way to tell chick colors as chicks?
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 12:32 am
by Ring0Neck
At 2 weeks if you must choose a blue there is not much between grey and blue, all i can say is look for anything that's lighter : nails, skin pigment, pin feathers if there is a distinction and one is lighter then the other, take the light colored 1 as that is more likely to be a blue, assuming male is not split to anything.
Of course, if nails are white/light red eyes etc it can be that male is split to s-thing like Pallid, Ino, Fallow etc etc <as Johan mentioned above>
Re: Way to tell chick colors as chicks?
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 5:01 am
by Johan S
I didn't read everything...
Re: Way to tell chick colors as chicks?
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 5:17 am
by Ring0Neck
It was obvious from ur post
PS Johan (or any1) do you have a pic of a pied Cleartail ????
Re: Way to tell chick colors as chicks?
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 5:32 am
by madas
Ring0Neck wrote:It was obvious from ur post
PS Johan (or any1) do you have a pic of a pied Cleartail ????
Try to ask the van Belle s. They had breed one last year or the year before.
madas
Re: Way to tell chick colors as chicks?
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 5:34 am
by Johan S
Ring0Neck wrote:It was obvious from ur post
PS Johan (or any1) do you have a pic of a pied Cleartail ????
I only know of breeders that have successfully combined them, but I am not in contact with them. Unfortunately, I also don't have any pics of that specific combination. Maybe the legendary Madas can assist.
Re: Way to tell chick colors as chicks?
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 5:44 am
by Ring0Neck
Thanks Madas. - (check email)
No probs, Johan, Thanks
Re: Way to tell chick colors as chicks?
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 10:51 pm
by madas
Johan S wrote:
Maybe the legendary Madas can assist.
Unfortunately i can't. I have requested the pics two or three times but i never got them. And for my knowledge they have given up to breed ringnecks.
madas