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Post by parrotpotential on May 9, 2005 13:46:56 GMT 10
Our pet whiteface cinnamon pearl, Tizzy, lost her pearls in her recent moult. Just wondering if anyone knows why a hen would lose her pearls?
Thanks
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Post by hillcresttiels on May 9, 2005 14:56:36 GMT 10
Hi Kim well it's stumped me!  The next thing you have to ask yourself is "Is it a Hen" Hmmm  Frank |
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Post by parrotpotential on May 9, 2005 15:09:54 GMT 10
Yep Frank she is a hen, she still has the barring on her tail feathers, hasn't ever whistled etc and is about 3 or 4 years old. Her parents are a whiteface pearl hen and a whiteface reverse pied/cinnamon cock. I'm wondering if being indoors has something to do with it? Lack of sunlight?
It throws us now because we also have a whiteface cinnamon hen pet and they both look so similar now.
By the way, the baby fledged a couple of days ago from the bird we bought from you.
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Post by hillcresttiels on May 9, 2005 17:23:34 GMT 10
Lack of sunlight can be a factor,but that normally leaves a spangling moulted effect ! ???The parentage doesn't help either as mum is a pearl meaning both sexes born can be pearls? ;D Great to hear the young Wf Pied has fledged any chance of a photo  cheers Frank |
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Post by billspets on May 9, 2005 18:50:01 GMT 10
hello parrotpotential
i to have a norpal cinnamon pearl fe,ale and she is 3 now and she is losing her pearling as well i just thought it was something that happens when they get older
regards
bill
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Post by hillcresttiels on May 9, 2005 19:43:05 GMT 10
Hi Bill actually my experiences tell me the reverse is the normal as hens intensify their pearls and color tones as they mature!Was just wondering if the 2 birds in question have completed going thru a moult? Frank |
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Post by parrotpotential on May 9, 2005 20:36:54 GMT 10
Lack of sunlight can be a factor,but that normally leaves a spangling moulted effect ! ???The parentage doesn't help either as mum is a pearl meaning both sexes born can be pearls? ;D Great to hear the young Wf Pied has fledged any chance of a photo cheers Frank
Ok, but Dad being a whiteface reverse pied/cinn means he'd pass his cinnamon down to his daughters? So she'd have to be a hen? I think I've got that right.
I'll try and get some photos tomorrow for you of the whiteface reverse pied fledgliing.
Kim
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Post by hillcresttiels on May 10, 2005 18:07:59 GMT 10
Thanks Kim I overlooked the Split factor so the breeding indeed suggests she is a hen look forward to the photos  cheers Frank |
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Post by parrotpotential on May 11, 2005 14:37:15 GMT 10
Thanks Frank, genetics isn't my strongest point but I thought I had that one right.
Photo of the whiteface pied is in the photo sections now.
Kim
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Post by Jacksprat on Jun 25, 2005 21:08:42 GMT 10
I have a WF-Cin-Prl-Pd that changed her pearls after a moult or two too!
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The next thing you have to ask yourself is "Is it a Hen" Hmmm 
cheers