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by rnsilva
Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:08 am
Forum: News
Topic: babys hatched
Replies: 9
Views: 3236

Hi. You can remove the unhatched eggs. I use to register the evolution of my birds in my blog. Check this sequence (the first 7 weeks of life) from 2008: Almost 2 weeks http://etudoquerofazer.blogspot.com/2008/05/os-meus-ringnecks.html 4 weeks http://etudoquerofazer.blogspot.com/2008/05/os-putos-com...
by rnsilva
Tue Sep 01, 2009 5:52 am
Forum: Introduce Yourself!
Topic: Hi from Portugal
Replies: 3
Views: 962

Thanks guys. I just haven't more birds because I haven't time to care of them all. I cannot imagine how it is to live in a place like Australia, where the majority of the Psitacideas we breed here in Europe came from. I know that for local farmers birds are a big problem, and the "funny" t...
by rnsilva
Mon Aug 31, 2009 3:54 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: DNA sexing?
Replies: 7
Views: 1982

I did via post mail from Portugal to Brazil, using the services of Exon. You can find more info here http://www.exon.com.br/ . It cost me about 4€ each test. They haven't an English version of the website, but you can always try to contact them via mail, to faleconosco@exon.com.br The service is rea...
by rnsilva
Mon Aug 31, 2009 3:41 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: colour throw backs
Replies: 1
Views: 764

It depends. Imagine that your male parents were: father green and mother blue. If it was the case, your male would split blue (green /blue), which means that with a blue female the babies would turn out green /blue and blue (males and females). 1.0 male 25% green /blue 25% blue 0.1 female 25% green ...
by rnsilva
Mon Aug 31, 2009 3:22 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself!
Topic: Hi from Portugal
Replies: 3
Views: 962

Hi from Portugal

Hi everyone, I'm Ricardo Mendão Silva from Portugal, I'm 25 years old and I love ringnecks :D. Professionally talking, I'm a PhD Candidate in Sciences and Information Technology at University of Coimbra, where "I've been researching" about Wireless Sensor Networks. About my ringnecks: I've...