icebear
07-21-2005, 09:53 AM
I started out with an oledr pair of tiels of unknown origin and they decided to breed. But i cannot figure out their gene banks here. Not that i'm any good at this genetics thing. i have read screens and screens of online tiel genetics articles, but i can't put it together in my head.
Maybe i can get some help here? :)
My female, Athena is a whiteface. I am guessing pied as well, because she has one blotch of white behind her crest in an odd shape. Her color is a medium gray. The male, Pollen is a real mystery. He is a pale gray color with a yellow brown wash, (which is why i named him Pollen, cause it looks like he was painted with yellow pine pollen) his feet are grayish pink and beak is pink, his eyes are a lighter brown than Athena's. His head yellow goes down to his shoulders and is somewhat pastel.
They have had three clutches together, all resulting in only one chick each.
The first baby is Happy, and she is a light gray, with a pale yellow head that fades out to her shoulders. She does not have the yellowish "wash" that her dad has. On her left shoulder she has this patch of pearling which hasn't molted out. Her feet are pink and her beak is too.
Next baby is Brody, and he is very pied. his beak is pink and one foot has dark nails and the other foot, they are all white.
Third is Biskit Bird, i am suspecting this bird to be female possibly. Medium gray with a yellowish cast to the white on the wing edges, lemony colored head which fades to the shoulders and some mottling of gray above the beak. Small solid yellow feathers at the base of the tail... pink feet and beak. Eyes are a dark gray slate color and pick up red quite easily, slight bald patch under the crest.
any ideas?
i am having a hard time distinguishing the differences in sliver, fallow, cinnamon, and olive. going by online pictures isn't making it easy since many of those different shades of color are taken by different people, different cameras and different light levels.....
help :help:
Maybe i can get some help here? :)
My female, Athena is a whiteface. I am guessing pied as well, because she has one blotch of white behind her crest in an odd shape. Her color is a medium gray. The male, Pollen is a real mystery. He is a pale gray color with a yellow brown wash, (which is why i named him Pollen, cause it looks like he was painted with yellow pine pollen) his feet are grayish pink and beak is pink, his eyes are a lighter brown than Athena's. His head yellow goes down to his shoulders and is somewhat pastel.
They have had three clutches together, all resulting in only one chick each.
The first baby is Happy, and she is a light gray, with a pale yellow head that fades out to her shoulders. She does not have the yellowish "wash" that her dad has. On her left shoulder she has this patch of pearling which hasn't molted out. Her feet are pink and her beak is too.
Next baby is Brody, and he is very pied. his beak is pink and one foot has dark nails and the other foot, they are all white.
Third is Biskit Bird, i am suspecting this bird to be female possibly. Medium gray with a yellowish cast to the white on the wing edges, lemony colored head which fades to the shoulders and some mottling of gray above the beak. Small solid yellow feathers at the base of the tail... pink feet and beak. Eyes are a dark gray slate color and pick up red quite easily, slight bald patch under the crest.
any ideas?
i am having a hard time distinguishing the differences in sliver, fallow, cinnamon, and olive. going by online pictures isn't making it easy since many of those different shades of color are taken by different people, different cameras and different light levels.....
help :help: