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Post by AussieBirds on May 24, 2009 12:58:42 GMT 10
;You might remember my post in this section about my new lovebirds and how I had a ring in, cross peach face Fischer, well as was suspected he turned out to be a mule, six eggs all clear, so I managed to source some fresh birds that turned out to be pied in various mutations and this morning I took the mule back to the place I purchased it from and offered it back to them.
As it turned out he had just got a whole lot of new Lovebirds in so I suggested he do a swap and boy did I do a good deal, there was a very nice Olive bird in among them which I said i would like to swap it for my mule lovie, after some serious bartering he agreed to do a swap so I came home with a nice new Olive Peach face ;D, I'm having a good weekend so far OH and he said he would buy my found Correla from me if I decided to sell it.
John
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Post by robert on May 24, 2009 13:06:33 GMT 10
Lovely you got your peachies,John.I do hope that the mule Lovie finds a good home. I have no idea why people breed peachies with the eye-rings. It doesn't even begin to make sense.Still hopefully this mule will find a good home.Just hope he/she is not put to sleep.
from Robert and Precious
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Post by clara on May 24, 2009 20:31:41 GMT 10
Congrats John  , but what is 'mule' ? Amicalement. |
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Post by linda040899 on May 24, 2009 21:31:39 GMT 10
The term "mule" refers to a lovebird (in this case) that is not capable of breeding. Offspring from Peachfaced species x Eye-ring species are sterile. If you recall, horse x donkey = mule and mules cannot reproduce themselves.
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Post by linda040899 on May 24, 2009 21:33:29 GMT 10
Congrats on the new Olive Peachie, John!
You got yourself a nice trade. The breeder originally sold you a bird to be used for a purpose of which it was not capable.
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Post by AussieBirds on May 25, 2009 12:07:22 GMT 10
Congrats on the new Olive Peachie, John! You got yourself a nice trade. The breeder originally sold you a bird to be used for a purpose of which it was not capable. Thanks Linda I think I got a pretty good deal, it looks like he has paired up with one of the pied birds, I'm not too sure how old he is but if he pairs up then I am prepared to wait, not that I have any option ;D, which brings me to another question do Lovebirds only have one partner or will they pair up with another Lovebird? the reason I ask this is because the hen that had paired up with the mule bird took another partner before I took him out of the aviary he seemed to accept this without a fuss. John |
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Post by linda040899 on May 25, 2009 19:57:46 GMT 10
Hi John,
Normally, a well bonded pair will remain together, regardless of other lovebirds that are in the cage or flight. The fact that the hen took another partner meant that there was not a good bond between them and they may not have been good parents even if the mule had been capable of breeding.
In my breeding career, I've found that pairs that can't seem to produce their own fertile eggs are not necessarily "useless." I usually let them go through their breeding cycle and I've had times where I've needed to foster eggs or chicks because the original parents either abandoned fertile eggs or there were too many babies in a nest. In situations like that, a non-live chick producing pair can be worth their weight in gold!
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, but what is 'mule' ?