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| PEPPER1960 |
I have two parakeets that are not the "regulation" blue or green...they have
been "fooled around with" color wise. One looks like a bluebird, and the other
is yellow with a green cape. Do the Cere's of these birds still turn blue or
brown like normal parakeets? My friend has a yellow Keet with red eyes and a
pink Cere so we don't know what is what, and I saw some albino ones at a pet
shop with red eyes. My husband said maybe we can look at their little organs!
Oh boy, isn't that a picture? Anyway, does anyone know bout the cere
coloration of mutated birds?
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| Professional Target |
pepper1960@aol.com (PEPPER1960) writes:
> I have two parakeets that are not the "regulation" blue or green...they have
> been "fooled around with" color wise. One looks like a bluebird, and the other
> is yellow with a green cape. Do the Cere's of these birds still turn blue or
> brown like normal parakeets? My friend has a yellow Keet with red eyes and a
> pink Cere so we don't know what is what, and I saw some albino ones at a pet
> shop with red eyes. My husband said maybe we can look at their little organs!
> Oh boy, isn't that a picture? Anyway, does anyone know bout the cere
> coloration of mutated birds?
Last I heard, there are some exceptions to the cere colour in some mutations.
I have a beautiful white/blue/grey budgie which has retained the bluish-white
cere typical in younger females. I'm fairly certain the bird *is* a female,
only because she and an older male have been "together" for some time now...
--
"Those who would sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither."
- B. Franklin
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| Just Molly |
"PEPPER1960" <pepper1960@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040711182836.12194.00001634@mb-m01.aol.com...
> I have two parakeets that are not the "regulation" blue or green...they
have
> been "fooled around with" color wise. One looks like a bluebird, and the
other
> is yellow with a green cape. Do the Cere's of these birds still turn blue
or
> brown like normal parakeets? My friend has a yellow Keet with red eyes
and a
> pink Cere so we don't know what is what, and I saw some albino ones at a
pet
> shop with red eyes. My husband said maybe we can look at their little
organs!
> Oh boy, isn't that a picture? Anyway, does anyone know bout the cere
> coloration of mutated birds?
Your blue budgie and green and yellow pied budgie should have normal
coloured ceres. I.E. dark brown for adult female and dark blue for adult
male.
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| gamin |
key wrote:
> "PEPPER1960" <pepper1960@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:20040711182836.12194.00001634@mb-m01.aol.com...
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>>I have two parakeets that are not the "regulation" blue or green...they
>
> have
>
>>been "fooled around with" color wise. One looks like a bluebird, and the
>
> other
>
>>is yellow with a green cape. Do the Cere's of these birds still turn blue
>
> or
>
>>brown like normal parakeets? My friend has a yellow Keet with red eyes
>
> and a
>
>>pink Cere so we don't know what is what, and I saw some albino ones at a
>
> pet
>
>>shop with red eyes. My husband said maybe we can look at their little
>
> organs!
>
>>Oh boy, isn't that a picture? Anyway, does anyone know bout the cere
>>coloration of mutated birds?
>
>
> Hi, all my lutino's and albino's have turned out to be hens, with beige
> colored
> cere's, (after they matured). Are there male lutino's & albino Budgies?
> Just curious. Thanks!
>
>
In the lutinos and albinos, the hens have the normal hen
colors on the ceres (whitish to beige to tan to brown). The
males have a pink/lavender colored cere.
Janet Levy
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