I have a male cinnamon cockatiel that has paired up with a female platinum pearl, which is a mutation only found in Australia at this stage.
If anyone could help with what colour the offspring would be that would be great. I am tipping normal grey, but just want to make sure!
Some pics of the platinum pearl attached if anyone is curious, they're a stunning mutation, will take some better ones soon!
Cheers, Tim.
Ah... my Cockateil genetics is a little rusty... but asuming your boy is just a regular cinnamon, no splits, and your girl is a visual platinum visual pearl, nothing else...
Females from the clutch should all just be Cinnamon regulars. And the Males should all be visually normal, but split opaline, cinnamon and platinum.
Hope that helps a bit. Wouldnt mind input from someone else... never been into cockateils I admit, more a side interest in the genetics.
Thanks Fah, definitely helps. Unsure of the splits on each.
That's why I asked on this forum, because someone will always come back with an answer, or at least try to help. I have sent emails to cockatiel breeders, but never got a response. The number of cockatiel mutations around makes it confusing, and I find Ringneck mutations confusing enough, so I will wait and see what comes out of the nest. Cheers.
yeah, I have never bred them personally.. but I do know its almost impossible, if not impossible to get pure birds anymore.
Everything is either split cinnamon or of some mutation, so the only real way that I would guess to know for sure whats in your birds, is to record EVERYTHING that they produce over the years.
No help here in your tiel geneteics either. Still trying to get my head around the ringies lol
They are lovely birds, a credit to you.
I have 2 girls here. A whiteface Platnium and a whiteface pearl. Lovely personalities about them. They are such sweethearts, but I have not been able to spend as much time with them as I should be due to all the babies that I had looked after.
Brilliant Fah, thanks so much, at least it's a start. Will definitely follow up.
Cheers PinkDevil, I always seem to have at least a pair of cockatiels, they are great personalities, and lots of fun, and were probably my first succesful breeding bird. My Platinum Pearl hen is a parent raised bird, but is very tame, which is her personality I think. It's their first crack at breeding.
Don't blame you for having no time, I have seen how busy you've been!! Aint it worth it though!
Cheers
Tim
The 4 babies are a couple of weeks old, and it looks like I have 3 cinnamon, and one normal. So Fah, looks like you were correct! At least I got something this season, even if my Ringies were unsuccessful.
Thanks guys, I agree Fah, I wouldn't have cared if they were all normal grey.
I did tell a lie though, that wasn't the only offspring produced, my baby daughter was born on Christmas Eve, 9 weeks early. Very little, but doing fine. Not a bad Christmas present! I think she wanted to be here for Christmas! Just had to share that with you all.
