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okay these are mostly for curiosity and interest. I am not really intent on breeding at the moment but would really like to know a few things in case I do decide to breed somewhere along the road.

I read a lot of topics in here so far and learned a lot. But I had a few questions.

My baby is hand fed (because I wanted something tame and sweet, this is first and foremost.) Would this prevent breeding later on in life? Like an inability to socialize with other birds? I know in horses foals who are bottle raised tend to have lots of issues with interaction. I noticed lots of places have hand raised and then breeding babies. So does this mean if its hand raised it is unlikely or difficult to breed?

Is there any deadly genes? In lots of species I know there are certain colors you can't breed together without issues, like merle to merle in Australian shepherds cause some puppies to be blind, deaf or even kill them. Its not a guarantee these issues will happen but I wouldnt want to breed with any chances of health problems.

I know they are sexually mature at about three but is that a good age to breed?

In general, parent-raised IRNs make better breeders than hand-raised pets since they have firsthand experience in being reared and weaned by their parents.

Male pets also tend to be more suitable to breeding compared to female pets. The reason I can think of is hens dictate the breeding for the most part while most of the male's role is just mating and feeding.

In ornamental birds, very few lethal traits have been identified and none so far amongst Indian Ringnecks. Examples of lethal traits found on other birds are the crest, hard feather, and dominant white traits (in passerines). Lethal traits disrupt metabolic processes so that they cause the death of the bird as early as in the embryonic stage... meaning they never hatch and are self-eliminating.

Most lethal traits are incomplete dominants meaning that to be lethal, a specimen has to have a Double Factor of the lethal gene (both parents has to carry the lethal gene).