Mutation Help needed! Breeding Results of my pair

[simon_bird_77]

Hello. I recently purchased a pair of turquoise parrots. The male is a red fronted yellow opaline and the female is a red fronted opaline. I am wondering what color the young will be.... is it a case of all young males will be same as the father and females will be same as mother?? Or a mix.... sorry im new to mutations and i dont quite get it.... thanks for any help!!

[Wolf]

I really don't know either, some of the color mutations are sex linked and some are not. I am not advanced enough in avian genetics to know how to predict what colors are which.
The primary reason for my reply to this was to welcome you to the forum as I did not recognize the name. So welcome to the forum.

[simon_bird_77]

Cheers. I hope someone can find someone to help. Im so confused with the whole sex linked... recessive.... dominant..... ahhhhh!! Haha

[Wolf]

Congratulations on your pair of Turquoise parrots. I am rather curious as to why you want to breed parrots. I don't know how much experience you have with parrots especially in this area of parrot husbandry, but it is not a thing that can be learned from books, it takes a certain degree of hands on experience to not end up with dead birds. So I was hoping that you would tell me something about your parrot experience as well as why you want to breed them.

[simon_bird_77]

Ive had over 20 years experience breeding parrots but im just confused as to what this pairing will result in having never bred opalines and never a yellow crossed with a normal. Hope someone smarter than me can explain. Cheers

[simon_bird_77]

From what i understand the daughters will be yellow and sons normal.....of coarse both will be opaline and red fronted..... im confused... maybe im wrong haha