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
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- Sun Oct 26, 2008 5:11 pm
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: Breeding Season In the States?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1040
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:38 am
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: Breeding Age
- Replies: 2
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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...
- Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:58 pm
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: Question about grey hen
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1261
- Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:24 pm
- Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
- Topic: better nutrtion?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1848
- 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...
- Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:56 pm
- Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
- Topic: better nutrtion?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1848
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- Sun Sep 14, 2008 6:53 pm
- Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
- Topic: IRN Anatomy
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2447
- Fri Sep 12, 2008 3:15 pm
- Forum: IRN Breeders
- Topic: Want to get into Indian Ringnecks? Australia only.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4706
- Fri Sep 12, 2008 3:07 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: outdoors and mosquitos
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1684
- Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:26 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: Parasites - Toxoplasmosis
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1700
- Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:15 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: outdoors and mosquitos
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1684
- Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:15 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: outdoors and mosquitos
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1684
- Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:04 am
- Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
- Topic: IRN Anatomy
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2447
- Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:49 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: balance problem???
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2557
- Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:46 pm
- Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
- Topic: IRN Anatomy
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2447
- Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:04 pm
- Forum: IRN Photo Forum
- Topic: here "she" is
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2557
- 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...
- 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...
- Sat Sep 06, 2008 9:30 pm
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: First time breeders
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1231
- Sat Sep 06, 2008 9:06 pm
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: worried
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3063
- 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...
- Fri Sep 05, 2008 9:49 pm
- Forum: IRN Photo Forum
- Topic: Searching picture of pallid Violet green bird ...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2124
- Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:02 pm
- Forum: IRN Photo Forum
- Topic: Searching picture of pallid Violet green bird ...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2124
- Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:51 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: Hello...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1550
- Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:43 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: Albino Snowy IRN
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3237
- Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:14 pm
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: DOM. Pied - Will they be masked by INO?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2349
- 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...
- 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...
- 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
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
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:40 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Understanding how your Parrot thinks
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1163
- Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:18 am
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: How does it 'happen'?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1014
- Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:34 pm
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: Will they all be blue?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1579
- Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:06 pm
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: Will they all be blue?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1579
- 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...
- Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:51 pm
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: Just curious
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1286
- Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:55 am
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: goldolive cock to lutino hen ?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1295
- 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...
- Mon Aug 18, 2008 4:17 pm
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: Just curious
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1286
- Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:30 am
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: Is it okay to breed different color IRNs?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1076