Buying Green Cheek Conure mutations.

[loxo]

Probably a stupid question but I'm not sure of the answer so I thought I might ask. I'm looking at buying a pair at the moment and wanted to know how I could be sure of the splits in the mutations. For example, I have found a pair advertised as a yellowsided cock bird split to cinnamon, paired with a cinnamon hen. According to my chart these would produce yellowsided and pineapple hen chicks, with Cinnamon/YS and Normal/YS/cinnamon cock chicks.

My question is how can I be sure the Yellowsided/Cinn cock bird advertised is actually split to cinnamon? If it isn't and the cock bird is just yellowsided then obviosly the offspring will be a lot different.

Hope this make sense

[avinet]

Nov 6, 2011 10:29:35 GMT 10 loxo said:

My question is how can I be sure the Yellow-sided/Cinn cock bird advertised is actually split to cinnamon? If it isn't and the cock bird is just yellow-sided then obviosly the offspring will be a lot different.

Hope this make sense

You can't tell - you have to take the seller's word on this. Unfortunately not all sellers are trustworthy, although the majority are. If the seller seems knowledgeable about the genetics of the Green-cheeks, and if he is a good sized breeder then perhaps he is more likely to know what he is talking about. And if he bred the birds and has the parents in his aviaries for you to see then that can also be reassuring.

Ultimately you won't know for sure you have bought what you hope you have bought until babies appear.

cheers,

Mike

[loxo]

Thanks Mike, I feared that may have been the answer. I guess the best course of action is to make sure I find a reputable breeder. Thanks again Mike for your help.