caique genetics
- Denozo
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I'm not sure if anybody can help me. Mutations isn't my strong point and I don't know if it's the same in hookbills and finchs but here we go. A friend of mine is buying an albino caique. Has anybody heard of this mutation in caiques? I know the blue mutation exists so my understanding is an albino is possible. Is that correct? Also what would an albino x normal produce? 100% splits?
- firetail555
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there will also need to be a lutino caique to produce an albino. But if it is a true albino, the resultant chicks will depend on whether is is a cock or a hen and what he pairs it to (normal or blue or lutino etc)
If you look at a genetic s chart of the Indian Ringneck or budgerigar or quaker etc it will work the same way
If you look at a genetic s chart of the Indian Ringneck or budgerigar or quaker etc it will work the same way
- arthur
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An albino would be a combination of a blue and a lutino
Haven't heard of lutinos in Oz but that does not mean that they are not here
One of what was described as the first (hatch date Dec '12) and thus the only blue (Blackheaded) Caiques in Oz was put up for auction early this year . . . reserve price $35K
Given that caiques do not mature for 4 or 5 years, and, if these birds were indeed 'firsts', it would be hard to imagine an albino being available . . But stranger things have happened at sea
And if a 'blue' = $35K and a 'lutino' = $X K . . . A combination would be $ K ,if it is a hen and $ K if it is a boy (and the 'lutino' is sex linked in transmission)
Has your friend seen this bird
Haven't heard of lutinos in Oz but that does not mean that they are not here
One of what was described as the first (hatch date Dec '12) and thus the only blue (Blackheaded) Caiques in Oz was put up for auction early this year . . . reserve price $35K
Given that caiques do not mature for 4 or 5 years, and, if these birds were indeed 'firsts', it would be hard to imagine an albino being available . . But stranger things have happened at sea
And if a 'blue' = $35K and a 'lutino' = $X K . . . A combination would be $ K ,if it is a hen and $ K if it is a boy (and the 'lutino' is sex linked in transmission)
Has your friend seen this bird
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Assuming it's sex-linked:
If a cockbird is albino (blue-lutino) and it is paired with a normal hen it will produce:
normal split blue-ino cockbirds and Lutino split blue hens
If a cockbird is normal and it is paired with an albino hen it will produce:
normal split blue-ino cockbirds and normal split blue hens
If a cockbird is normal split blue split ino and it is paired with an albino hen it will produce:
25% albino cockbirds and 25% albino hens
If a cockbird is Lutino split blue and it is paired with an albino hen it will produce:
50% albino cockbirds and hens, 50% lutino/blue cockbirds and hens
If a cockbird is albino (blue-lutino) and it is paired with a normal hen it will produce:
normal split blue-ino cockbirds and Lutino split blue hens
If a cockbird is normal and it is paired with an albino hen it will produce:
normal split blue-ino cockbirds and normal split blue hens
If a cockbird is normal split blue split ino and it is paired with an albino hen it will produce:
25% albino cockbirds and 25% albino hens
If a cockbird is Lutino split blue and it is paired with an albino hen it will produce:
50% albino cockbirds and hens, 50% lutino/blue cockbirds and hens
- Myzomela
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Hi Denozo
Are you sure your friend isn't buying an albino quaker rather than a caique?
If they haven't yet really established the blue, and the lutino is almost unheard of, then it is very unlikely to be an albino caique.
The genetics of either is as stated by Firetail and The Hammer (sounds like a wrestler's name ;)
Cheers
Myzo
Are you sure your friend isn't buying an albino quaker rather than a caique?
If they haven't yet really established the blue, and the lutino is almost unheard of, then it is very unlikely to be an albino caique.
The genetics of either is as stated by Firetail and The Hammer (sounds like a wrestler's name ;)
Cheers
Myzo
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Why does everyone keep forgetting about the origin of mutations? Spontanious mutation. So this bird could exist. Highly unlikely. But so is winning lotto and it happens. Would like to see a pic. Particularly if I was the guy considering buying the bird, but then I would want to see a dozen different pics.
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If it’s a Spontaneous mutation as you call it, I think it could be a more risky venture as it might only be a “sport”. I would rather see what it was bred from and some kind of lineage as then I would know the mutation wasn't a one-off!
Pictures wouldn't be adequate for me if I had that amount of money to spend on a bird.
Pictures wouldn't be adequate for me if I had that amount of money to spend on a bird.