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Hi Jess! I was looking into a pair of lutino ringnecks that had already had one clutch of eggs, however when I went to the shop to speak to the breeder about them I became quite smitten with a certain hand-reared Rainbow Lorikeet. The breeder told me a little about them and I have been doing a lot o...

Thanks Johan, I am looking forward to learning about breeding colours. I didn't realise how many colours you could get!

How adorable! My boy used to steal all of the marbles and pretend they were his eggs or something they certainly have playful personalities!

What a beautiful bird!!! I only found out a few days ago how many colours there are in IRNs!!!

Johan S wrote:Meg, you will really enjoy discovering how genetics work. It is truely a very fascinating hobby!

Do you suggest any particular websites that could help?

ellieelectrons wrote:Hi Meg

Everyone has to start somewhere! Happy studying.



Ellie.

Thanks!

Meg.E, you are 100% correct when you say you will need to learn these things. There isn't a single, reputable breeder out there that doesn't understand at least the basics of mutation inheritance. And every breeder wants to be reputable, right? :) Yes, you are right. It's all so confusing but I'll ...

Thank you for your help! I will look into getting him DNA tested but for the moment I will look at some of the smaller details you have mentioned.

I bought a green IRN a few months ago, not exactly sure how old he (which is just what I call him because I'm not sure whether he is a boy or girl) is. At the moment he has some slightly brighter and lighter feathers on the back of his neck, and slightly darker feathers around the front of his neck ...

WOW! These toys are amazing! I have a couple of ring necks and at the moment only really buy store toys, however I'm hopefully getting another couple of ring necks soon and this thread has inspired me to try making some of my own toys! Keep posting!

Hi Meg I think split means it will visually look like one colour but will carry the genes for another. Eg. If you have a green split to blue, then that means your bird will look green (it won't have anything on it that looks blue) but if you breed it with the right partner you could possibly get bl...

Thanks so much for your help, and I am sorry I'm so new to this, but what does it mean when a colour is split to another colour? Is that when their wings, tail and head is one colour and the rest is a different colour? Or something along those lines?

Beautiful little babies! I used to breed budgies but it just wasn't for me but soon I will be looking for a female to breed with a blue male of mine. Looking at these photos are making me impatient!!

I have a blue male indian ringneck and a green indian ringneck who I'm not sure whether is a girl or boy yet as he (as I just call it) has slightly darker green feathers around the bottom of his neck and slightly lighter green feathers on the top, but this could just be the female colouring. If he t...

Hi there, I have had a blue male Indian Ringneck for about a year and a half now, and he is about 2 years old. When we got him I also had a yellow female Indian Ringneck, but unfortunately she passed away about a 8 months ago, which my male (Cookie) didn't take very well. After about 6 months of hav...