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Post by bubbles on Jul 3, 2007 19:06:44 GMT 7
A guy i am handraising for purchased this quaker cock and as you can see in the pics it looks like its carrying the cinnamon gene...what do you think??   |
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Post by Helen on Jul 3, 2007 21:47:11 GMT 7
I am afraid I don't know much about birds but he is gorgeous, I love that colour!
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Post by Natenla on Jul 4, 2007 6:43:17 GMT 7
It does look cinnamon doesnt it? Maybe he hasnt coloured up yet?? I dont know about quackers and if they take time to get their colours or what?? Very cute all the same!!!
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Post by mysteryquaker on Jul 4, 2007 6:51:35 GMT 7
Hey guys thats my quaker he is kind of a weird colour... anyone with experience in quakers can you please distinguish what colour he is
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Post by Peter on Jul 4, 2007 16:52:09 GMT 7
hello, I dont know alot about quakers as they are illegal in WA. But that does look like it has blue in it's colouring???
With the cinn mutation, in any bird, it is sexlinked inherited mutation, so that said, unless the mum is showing the cinnamon colour and dad is at lease carrying it in his genes then it is impossible to produce a male baby that shows the colour. so unless the mum of this bird shows the same colouring then it is not cinnamon. also cinnamons tend to have a lighter/reder coloured eye, not as bright as in lutinos, and more visible while the bird is still young. that said, it doesnt mean it isnt another mutation that is autosomal (not sexlinked), so you could have another interesting mutation on your hands. Best bet would be to keep asking around.
good luck with it
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Post by bubbles on Jul 4, 2007 16:54:32 GMT 7
He is a mature cock bird and the parents are unknown. But he is breeding at the moment and has 6 eggs with his girl friend. The guy also breeds cinnamon quakers so maybe... We are hoping the babies will look like dad.
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Post by Peter on Jul 4, 2007 19:07:37 GMT 7
I cant wait to see what the babies look like, if he is cinnamon any of the six eggs are female, the female babies will be cinnamon. pics of the bubs would help! hope this helped. and keep us posted if any one over there with quakers can shed some light on the bird
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Post by mysteryquaker on Jul 4, 2007 19:42:15 GMT 7
Are there any quaker breeders that can help distinguish my bird please help lol
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Post by Silvercloud on Jul 4, 2007 22:13:38 GMT 7
It's hard to tell but he does look to have cinnamon shading. Don't know much about them cos as Peter said they're illegal here.  |
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Post by Peter on Jul 5, 2007 5:27:17 GMT 7
To me it looks like it has blue in it too. you may be lucky enough to have a cinnamon blue (sometimes know as a silver in other birds)
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Post by Peter on Jul 5, 2007 5:28:29 GMT 7
i have googled quaker colour mutations and have some up with some good pics. you should do it too and see if they match
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Post by bubbles on Jul 5, 2007 8:19:09 GMT 7
After googling we though yeahh a blue cinnamon or blue pallid. Fingers crossed its carried into the babies.
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Post by Peter on Jul 5, 2007 16:21:45 GMT 7
fingers crossed! cant wait to see the babies! is he paired with a green female?
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Post by mysteryquaker on Jul 5, 2007 16:59:53 GMT 7
hey she is on 6 eggs at the moment the mate is blue
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Post by Peter on Jul 5, 2007 17:14:41 GMT 7
Excellent, I was hoping you would say she was blue. If the male is cinn blue, then all his female offspring will be cinn blue and all the males would be blue split cinn.
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