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Is there an accepted pairing within RH and the seagreen parrot finches?

RF parrot finch cock x seagreen pied parrot finch hen
What colours would the chicks be?

Mmm pretty sure I read something about parrotfinch pairing recently ... I'll have a look when I get home

This is from the april edition of finch news QLD finch society.

Red Face Parrot Finch Crossings
by Peter Holley

SG cock x Normal Hen = 50% SG hens : 50% Split cocks
SG cock x SG Hen = 50% SG cocks : 50% SG hens
Normal cock x SG hen = 50%Normal hens : 50% split cocks
Split cock x SG hen = 25% SG cocks : 25% split cocks : 25% SG hens : 25% Normal Hens
Split cock x Normal hen= 25% normal cocks : 25% split cocks : 25% normal hens : 25% SG hens

i have been told that, if you put a split for sea green cock to sea green hen( the uglier the better) u get the better sea green looking birds......pete

poitta wrote:have been told that, if you put a split for sea green cock to sea green hen( the uglier the better) u get the better sea green looking birds......pete

All MY birds are beautiful

Huw.D wrote:SG cock x Normal Hen = 50% SG hens : 50% Split cocks
SG cock x SG Hen = 50% SG cocks : 50% SG hens
Normal cock x SG hen = 50%Normal hens : 50% split cocks
Split cock x SG hen = 25% SG cocks : 25% split cocks : 25% SG hens : 25% Normal Hens
Split cock x Normal hen= 25% normal cocks : 25% split cocks : 25% normal hens : 25% SG hens

Thanks Huw
When it says 50% normal hens is that referring to the clutch as a whole or half of the hens produced in the clutch?

i think it means you have 50% chance of producing hens (which can only be normal)

My reading of this is that Sea green is sex linked. So if cock is normal red then daughters will be the same. Didn't know this before. Anyone in W.A. who is interested in red heads and sea greens their are quite a few going to be sold at the Birdworld Auction on 23-5-10 would go and look first mind. Wish I was not working as there are a couple of pairs of St. Helena's including fawns and an odd one. Anyone heard of yellow St. Helenas?
LML

Huw.D wrote:This is from the april edition of finch news QLD finch society.

Red Face Parrot Finch Crossings
by Peter Holley

SG cock x Normal Hen = 50% SG hens : 50% Split cocks
SG cock x SG Hen = 50% SG cocks : 50% SG hens
Normal cock x SG hen = 50%Normal hens : 50% split cocks
Split cock x SG hen = 25% SG cocks : 25% split cocks : 25% SG hens : 25% Normal Hens
Split cock x Normal hen= 25% normal cocks : 25% split cocks : 25% normal hens : 25% SG hens

thats the article lol

haha knew i had read it somewhere as well drag_junkie

poitta wrote:i have been told that, if you put a split for sea green cock to sea green hen( the uglier the better) u get the better sea green looking birds......pete

Wonder what the logic is behind that one. I have a pretty ugly sea green hen that has produced well for me but I can't say that any of her young are special.