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Post by bubbles on Jul 9, 2006 12:36:35 GMT 7
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Post by Matt on Jul 9, 2006 13:13:25 GMT 7
Bubbles he is a smart looking bird! Is he a Barraband/Princess hybrid? Very cute.
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Post by bubbles on Jul 9, 2006 13:21:27 GMT 7
yep he is, I had never seen one before in the flesh. His tail was longer but got broken in the cage on the way home  |
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Post by Mark on Jul 9, 2006 13:37:02 GMT 7
He is adorable Bubbles we have a Eastern Rosella cock paired to a Pale headed hen i cant wait to see wot colour they produce
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Post by Silvercloud on Jul 9, 2006 17:56:34 GMT 7
Oh he is adorable Bubbles.
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Post by Natenla on Jul 10, 2006 7:32:50 GMT 7
Wow he is great!! I thought he was a swift parrot at first!! Looks pretty similar! LOL
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Post by USAJustin on Jul 10, 2006 15:49:39 GMT 7
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Post by Peter on Jul 10, 2006 15:57:59 GMT 7
He is very cute! I went to a mans house once, he bred hundreds of hybrids from kings, princes, crimson wings, and barabands. They were all fasinating. Another man had every possible combination of galah, major mitchelle, corella and sulphur crest hybrids. They were stunning some of them. especial the sulphur/galah etc. Although I am personally agains the deliberate hybridising of birds (especially ones that are fertile and go on to breed, like alex/ringneck and most lorries to develope colour mutations) they are stunning birds.
Good one bubbles! I am sure he'll make a good pet
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Post by USAJustin on Jul 10, 2006 16:05:38 GMT 7
people over here Peter will deliberately breed a Lutino Ringneck to a Alexandrine and sell them off as Pure Lutino Alex's for $6000 - total F&(&^(*(*&(* rip off if you ask me.
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Post by Amanda on Jul 10, 2006 17:00:43 GMT 7
Very different and very unusual!
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Post by Peter on Jul 11, 2006 6:26:00 GMT 7
people over here Peter will deliberately breed a Lutino Ringneck to a Alexandrine and sell them off as Pure Lutino Alex's for $6000 - total F&(&^(*(*&(* rip off if you ask me. I agree Justin! No matter how many times you breed it back to an alex, it will still be an impure bird. And the thing that makes me more angry, is that people are doing this for the $$$$. You see mutation "red collard" lorries advertised all the time, which clearly are a first cross between rainbows. |
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Post by USAJustin on Jul 11, 2006 14:05:08 GMT 7
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I agree Justin! No matter how many times you breed it back to an alex, it will still be an impure bird. And the thing that makes me more angry, is that people are doing this for the $$$$. You see mutation "red collard" lorries advertised all the time, which clearly are a first cross between rainbows. [/quote]
You know Pete, they do it over here so much. They're are people that are deliberately breeding Blue & Gold's to Scarlet Macaws & Greenwings to Militarie's & Yes They do breed Hyacinth's to Militaries and others. I'm against' the deliberate breeding of two different species as I believe here in an America we're going to be facing a problem in the next 20 years or so. Alot of the breeding stock that are breeding now are are going to be to old to breed or would have died. With so many handfed parrots out there as pets it's going to be extremely difficult to find parent raised birds suitable for breeding.
Anyhow back to the hybridizing.... If there is an already existing pair of hybrid macaws like the Shamrocks or Catalina's then I'm more partial to breeding a Catalina to a Catalina, but when people diliberately take a pure B & G and mix to an Scarlet or Greenwing etc then I get a little irritated.
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Post by Peter on Jul 12, 2006 6:17:57 GMT 7
That is a concern for me aswell. With animals that are already in low numbers, when you hybridise them it is the offspring that can pollute the purity of the genes, and limit the number of the actual species. The fact that it is done by people deliberately in these species, for a profit, is even worse.......... I cant believe the hyacinth's!!!!
Although some hybrids do occur in the wild, they are very rare, and often don't live long or breed well, so don't impact the species.
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Post by USAJustin on Jul 13, 2006 0:33:05 GMT 7
and in the case of Macaws Peter, I'm sure you've seen that a Catalina Macaw is capable of throwing out Blue & Gold as well as Scarlet Macaw babies - although they appear to be pure you and I know there not and this is another issue that I have with people doing it. Although the look pure they're definately not and breeders do willingly & Knowingly sell them as pure blood so unsuspecting people purchase them thinking they're getting a pure bloodline, breed it and it ends up tainting the gene pool.
I'm it could be the same down there with Lories & Rosella's etc.
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