Can she be white, without being albino?

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kerioke
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Can she be white, without being albino?

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One of my hens is pure white with pale pink skin, but her eyes are completely normal... I know with budgies this would be referred to as 'dark eyed clear' so I wondered how it is with ringnecks. Is she still albino? Or is she simply white? :)
Molossus2
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Re: Can she be white, without being albino?

Post by Molossus2 »

You may have an extremely pale dilute or similar type. I had a black eyed yellow that bred two lacewing or pallids with black eyes. I still have one of these birds now paired to a blue cock out of interest in the offspring outcome. You should enquire on the parentage and also pair this bird to a green / blue partner to breed the yellow variant before moving to other mutations to evaluate it's inheritance type.
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