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by Jim
Sun Oct 26, 2008 5:11 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: Breeding Season In the States?
Replies: 1
Views: 1040

They breed based on environmental cues. One of the cues is an increasing amount of daylight so you can see breeding activity as early as January in the northern hemisphere and it can last through April.

Jim
by Jim
Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:49 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: Genetics - ???Pastel Blue sex-linked cockbird???
Replies: 9
Views: 3378

I don't think he's a pallid either. My guess is that he's a blue cinnamon and that the picture, taken in bright overhead sunlight, is making it hard to see the darker markings on his wingtips. If he were dilute, I don't see how you'd get the lighter colored baby unless the female were split for dilu...
by Jim
Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:06 am
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: Do IRN breed more than once a season
Replies: 1
Views: 1053

Double and even triple clutching in a season is possible but it usually only happens if you pull the eggs shortly after they are laid and incubate them artificially or foster them with another set of parents. In your case, another clutch from the birds you are getting is probably unlikely this seaso...
by Jim
Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:19 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: UPDATE: Please HELP... Jibs emergency and psycho Lola!
Replies: 7
Views: 2412

I'm sorry to hear things aren't going well. Eggs can sometimes hatch later than expected if the temperature was a little low or if the hen didn't start sitting on them until a couple of days after they were laid. However, if the eggs were viable it would be pretty obvious at this point when you cand...
by Jim
Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:38 am
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: Breeding Age
Replies: 2
Views: 5255

A female hatched in 2007 will probably be ready to breed in 2009. Some males are ready in 2 years but some need another year. A couple of people have told me that they've had success about half the time with a 2 year old male. That's an interesting question about birds from a second clutch. I have n...
by Jim
Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:58 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: Question about grey hen
Replies: 2
Views: 1261

Can you post a picture? A grey IRN with a black tail and some blue markings sounds pretty odd.

Jim
by Jim
Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:24 pm
Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
Topic: better nutrtion?
Replies: 5
Views: 1848

I'm sorry. I didn't fully answer your questions.

Corn is fine, either fresh or frozen.

Peppers in general are fine and I've never heard or read anything about the seeds being a problem. Apple seeds are thought to be a no-no, but not pepper seeds as far as I know.

Jim
by Jim
Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:23 pm
Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
Topic: better nutrtion?
Replies: 5
Views: 1848

A bird's feathers are very much a reflection of their diet, but the feathers themselves don't change much after they've grown in. Birds are always losing and replacing a few feathers so you'll see a little bit of the effects of a diet change shorrtly after the change occurs but where you'll really s...
by Jim
Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:56 pm
Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
Topic: better nutrtion?
Replies: 5
Views: 1848

Feeding fruits and vegetables every day is fine. Make sure you offer a variety of vegetables, as different vegetables have different nutrient profiles.

Jim
by Jim
Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:59 am
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: My New Birds
Replies: 2
Views: 2122

The outcome depends on whether the female has one or two turquoise genes. Unfortunately, there's no reliable way to tell visually. If she has two turquoise genes, all the babies will be turquoise pallids (pastel lacewing). If she only has one turquoise gene, half the babies will be turquoise pallid ...
by Jim
Sat Sep 20, 2008 7:04 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Hi to everyone! Just adopted a 4yo IRN! QUESTIONS!
Replies: 4
Views: 1709

First, a big thank you for adopting a bird. You may well have an African there. Indians tend to have very little dark coloration on the upper mandible. They are two subspecies of the same species and all of what you see on this site is equally applicable to Africans. Good luck with her. It sounds li...
by Jim
Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:20 pm
Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
Topic: Pellet problem
Replies: 8
Views: 3179

A couple of tricks for getting a reluctant bird to eat pellets... 1. Offer them pellets only (no fruits, vegetables or seeds) for a few hours first thing in the morning. 2. Spread some pellets on a small mirror on the bottom of the cage. They'll very often want to investigate it and start pecking at...
by Jim
Sun Sep 14, 2008 6:53 pm
Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
Topic: IRN Anatomy
Replies: 6
Views: 2447

Any update on this?

Jim
by Jim
Fri Sep 12, 2008 3:15 pm
Forum: IRN Breeders
Topic: Want to get into Indian Ringnecks? Australia only.
Replies: 11
Views: 4706

As if I needed any further temptation to move to Australia... :D

Good luck with those guys.

Jim
by Jim
Fri Sep 12, 2008 3:07 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: outdoors and mosquitos
Replies: 7
Views: 1684

Ah, you're a few hours south of me.

One of my kids is a herper. He's bred cornsnakes and kingsnakes and recently got his first pair of ball pythons.

Jim
by Jim
Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:26 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: Parasites - Toxoplasmosis
Replies: 6
Views: 1700

We actually asked the obstetrician about this the last time my wife was pregnant. Cats are evidently the only animals who shed the toxoplasmosis in their feces. Birds can catch it but they don't transmit it.

Jim
by Jim
Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:15 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: outdoors and mosquitos
Replies: 7
Views: 1684

You're welcome.

Where in Texas are you, if you don't mind my asking?

Jim
by Jim
Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:15 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: outdoors and mosquitos
Replies: 7
Views: 1684

Good question. Let's pull out the ever so handy avian medicine textbook and take a look...

It seems as though parrots can contract a form of heartworm, but it also seems as though it's very rare especially outside of cockatoos and even then doesn't actually seem to make them very sick.

Jim
by Jim
Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:04 am
Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
Topic: IRN Anatomy
Replies: 6
Views: 2447

Enlargement of the thyroid glands, whether due to injury or due to another cause, is not normal.

If there's some kind of swelling on your bird's throat that wasn't there previously then going to the vet is a very good idea.

Jim
by Jim
Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:49 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: balance problem???
Replies: 9
Views: 2557

It's been my experience that young IRN's can be pretty clumsy. Nothing to worry about.

Also, did your bird get it's nails trimmed at the vet? That can make them a little unsteady until they get used to their shorter nails.

Jim
by Jim
Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:46 pm
Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
Topic: IRN Anatomy
Replies: 6
Views: 2447

It sounds very much like the thyroid glands.

Jim
by Jim
Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:04 pm
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: here "she" is
Replies: 11
Views: 2557

I think you might actually have a blue pallid there. Female clearhead/cleartails usually don't lose much, if any, color on their heads. A very pretty bird no matter what it is, though.

Jim
by Jim
Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:45 am
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: colors question
Replies: 1
Views: 971

Assuming your female is not split to anything... If bred to a lutino (yellow) male, you will get lutino females and green males split to ino. The ino gene prevents the production of melanin and has the effect of turning an otherwise green bird yellow and an otherwise blue bird white. There are two f...
by Jim
Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:22 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: worried
Replies: 10
Views: 3063

When you put the torch (or flashlight as we like to say here) to the eggs, was the liquid completely uniform in color or did you notice a slightly darker spot somewhere or a dark ring around the edge of the liquid? If you saw either of those, it may have been fertile but died very early and the cold...
by Jim
Sat Sep 06, 2008 9:30 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: First time breeders
Replies: 2
Views: 1231

People seem to have the best results pulling the chicks between 3 and 4 weeks after they hatch.

You mentioned that the hen is lutino. What does the father look like?

Jim
by Jim
Sat Sep 06, 2008 9:06 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: worried
Replies: 10
Views: 3063

Are the eggs from both of your pairs infertile or just one of the pairs?

Jim
by Jim
Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:45 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: Albino Snowy IRN
Replies: 13
Views: 3237

Maybe a little off from the original topic, but the differences between aviculture in Australia and the US certainly make for an interesting discussion. $20-30 Aussie dollars is about $16-25 US dollars. It's amazing that you guys can get a green IRN for that. They go for about $200 here. On the high...
by Jim
Fri Sep 05, 2008 9:49 pm
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: Searching picture of pallid Violet green bird ...
Replies: 5
Views: 2124

Oops. My bad. Looks like there's pictures of pallid violet blues and non-pallid violet greens but no pallid violet greens.
by Jim
Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:02 pm
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: Searching picture of pallid Violet green bird ...
Replies: 5
Views: 2124

http://home.wanadoo.nl/psittaculaworld/ ... rameri.htm

About 1/3 of the way down the page.

Jim
by Jim
Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:51 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself!
Topic: Hello...
Replies: 5
Views: 1550

Hello and welcome.

Always nice to meet another herper. One of my sons breeds ball pythons.

Jim
by Jim
Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:43 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: Albino Snowy IRN
Replies: 13
Views: 3237

My impression from half the world away is that in Australia IRN's are much more popular relative to other birds than they are here, and consequently in relatively more plentiful supply and cheaper than they are here. My vet says she sees about 10 IRN's a year as compared to over 200 cockatiels.

Jim
by Jim
Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:14 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: DOM. Pied - Will they be masked by INO?
Replies: 8
Views: 2349

Hijacking the thread for a moment... You've gotten 11 straight blues from a SF turquoise to blue pairing??!! Wow. The chances of that happening are less than 1 in 2,000. (Professional math nerd here. I can't help but get excited about stuff like that.) OK. You can have the thread back now. Jim
by Jim
Fri Sep 05, 2008 6:44 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: Albino Snowy IRN
Replies: 13
Views: 3237

An albino will go for about $300-$400 in the U.S. You might be able to do a little better but if you're getting a vet visit and a large bag of food for $500 you're certainly not getting ripped off. An albino is a combination of the blue and ino genes, both of which have been around for a while and b...
by Jim
Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:23 am
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: DOM. Pied - Will they be masked by INO?
Replies: 8
Views: 2349

Dominant refers only to it's mode of inheritance with respect to wild type genes. It's not necessarily dominant over all other mutations. I believe that dominant pied will be masked in an ino bird, just like the violet is masked in your albino hen. Both pied and ino work by shutting off melanin prod...
by Jim
Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:37 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: IRN buyed in very bad condition need urgent help with photos
Replies: 20
Views: 4280

Hi Serkan,

If you want to try pellets, there are a couple of places in Germany and Italy that might be able to ship to you.

www.avifood.com
www.pappagallostore.it

Jim
by Jim
Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:58 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: Genetics Help!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 4
Views: 1108

You're very welcome. The trick with gencalc is figuring how to describe your bird's genes in gencalc's nomenclature. It takes some practice. Again, that is a fantastic pairing you have there. I am EXTREMELY envious that you have a chance to hatch out a turquoise violet male. It's my very favorite IR...
by Jim
Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:39 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: IRN buyed in very bad condition need urgent help with photos
Replies: 20
Views: 4280

Go ahead and leave the feathers in. They're not hurting anything by staying there and, as you point out, you might make him mad if you attempted to pull them out. They'll fall out naturally when he moults. As far as the cage goes, ideally there should be at least enough room for him to spread his wi...
by Jim
Thu Aug 28, 2008 11:20 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: IRN buyed in very bad condition need urgent help with photos
Replies: 20
Views: 4280

Hi Serkan, That guy's lucky you found him. His dark, stringy feathers are a pretty good example of what a bird looks like that hasn't been fed properly. Fruits are fine but are much less dense in nutrients than vegetables. See if you can get him to eat dark green vegetables like broccoli and green p...
by Jim
Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:34 am
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: Genetics Help!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 4
Views: 1108

Hi Melissa, I'm going to assume that by pastelblue lacewing you're referring to a turquoiseblue pallid and that the violet hen is a single factor violet blue. That will give you the following: Males: 25% blue split for pallid 25% turquoiseblue split for pallid 25% single factor violet blue split for...
by Jim
Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:16 am
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: mating question - plz help
Replies: 5
Views: 1774

Compared to a lot of other species of parrots, IRN's are not usually thought of as a species that forms strong pair bonds. You may not see much pair bond behavior outside of the breeding season. Where are you located? IRN's tend to show breeding behavior in response to environmental cues, especially...
by Jim
Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:40 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Understanding how your Parrot thinks
Replies: 2
Views: 1163

That's a very insightful article. Thanks for posting it.

Jim
by Jim
Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:18 am
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: How does it 'happen'?
Replies: 2
Views: 1014

Males of some species of birds have what I will delicately refer to as "male bird junk", but parrots are not among those species. Male parrots are able to slightly evert their cloaca in order to facilitate fertilization but, yes, the cloacae essentially need to be rubbed together for ferti...
by Jim
Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:34 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: Will they all be blue?
Replies: 5
Views: 1579

You're probably going to end up with all silvers from that pair unless both of them are single factor for the grey gene, in which case 1 in 4 birds will be a blue cinnamon.

Jim
by Jim
Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:06 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: Will they all be blue?
Replies: 5
Views: 1579

Sounds like your birds listen about as well as mine...

If your hen had listened and chose the silver (grey cinnamon) you'd have quite a few more possibilities. At least you still have a shot at a blue pallid.

Jim
by Jim
Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:50 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: Will they all be blue?
Replies: 5
Views: 1579

Hi Stacy, It's not clear from your post whether the male is a visual pallid (lacewing) or is split for pallid. No problem, though. We can figure it out for both combinations. Blue pallid male x blue female: Males: 100% Blue split for pallid Females: 100% Blue pallid Blue male split for pallid x blue...
by Jim
Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:51 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: Just curious
Replies: 3
Views: 1286

A normal green male bred to a pallid (lacewing) green female will produce normal green females and normal green males. All of the males will be split for pallid.

Jim
by Jim
Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:55 am
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: goldolive cock to lutino hen ?
Replies: 3
Views: 1295

One other thing worth noting...the babies that are visually cinnamon (all the females in this case) will have lighter toenails than the ones that aren't so you can tell who's who even before their feathers come in.

Jim
by Jim
Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:36 am
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: goldolive cock to lutino hen ?
Replies: 3
Views: 1295

By gold olive I'm assuming that the male is, in what is as close as there is to a standard parlance, a greygreen cinnamon. Grey is a dominant gene and therefore your bird will look the same whether he has one copy of the grey gene or two copies. There's no way to tell just by looking at him. It does...
by Jim
Mon Aug 18, 2008 4:17 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: Just curious
Replies: 3
Views: 1286

What does Nibbler look like? Is he a normal green or something else?

Jim
by Jim
Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:30 am
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: Is it okay to breed different color IRNs?
Replies: 2
Views: 1076

It's fine to breed birds of different colors together. If your birds are not split for any mutations all of the offspring from this pairing will be visually green but split for blue. By "split", I mean that they will carry a recessive gene that does not show up on the bird visually but can...