Breeding colour varieties of the Bourke's Parakeet

[Shirley]

This is an amazing site for Bourke's enthusiasts who are interested in the wide variety of color mutations and the history behind them... with photos galore!

Breeding colour varieties of the Bourke's Parakeet (http://www.bourkes-parakeet.nl/pg/E-version.html)

Bourke's Parakeet (Neopsephotus Bourkii)
by Bob Fregeres, UK

[Jean]

Shirley, they are absolutely beautiful birds! I am amazed at all the info on that site.
Thanks for sharing it.

[Shirley]

Here's his
Introduction Page (http://www.bourkes-parakeet.nl/index.html)

He's been breeding Bourke's for over 30 years!
He writes his work up like a scientific paper:
Purpose - Introduction - Procedures - Results - Concusions
Pretty cool guy! And he keeps his site updated regularly - monthly!

I'm so glad I found his site yesterday! :emot-danc

[Junkzoo]

WOW ! THanks Shirley,,,never saw this site before,,,,,found myself looking over it and getting caught up in it,,so many color varieties,,,,not to mention all the other great info about them,,,,:thumbup:

[parrotgirl]

WOW that is a great site, I've not seen it before, all those different colours its certainly one I'll be visiting again, I'll have to show this to luke he'll love it. Thanks for sharing this with us.

[Jim]

:eek: That is a good site. I could read there for hours. A lot of info there.:thumbup:

[scotty]

HI Shirley what color is papa bourke i noticed yellow on his wings is he a rainbow?:shrug:
Scotty

[Shirley]

His breeder a few years ago described him as a Rosy. Some have more yellow and/or turquoise/blue on their tails and lower backs/sides than others... Kilroy has very little blue and no yellow, but her sister had some yellow. Kilroy is our mama Bourke's.

[Shirley]

Papa Bourke looks a little like the lower right baby in this photo.
http://www.bourkes-parakeet.nl/pg/fletching.html

[Shirley]

Where do you see Rainbow? I can't find it...

[scotty]

Maybe this breeder reffers to the baby in the lower right as a rain bow but the baby picture she sent me was pink with the yellow and brown ?

[Shirley]

Well, I'm sure the pinks have that coloring as well as the Rosies...

[luisa]

But Shirley, you hav one with yelow (plumas) that ¡s an other color.

[luisa]

Shirley, another thing today I saw in a pet store a bourkie like your (with yelow on the wings) Do you know if I make a cruce between than one and ancestral the color of the clutch?. I was looking for a name of your color variety and I didn't find it do you know why?

At pet store they didn't know if it was a male or female (can you believe it?) If I buy it I'm going to make they do, I think thay have to say me, because they are a very prestigious pet national store and they send all animals garanticed its name is +KOTA you can find them in internet they have a web page.

[Ratanna]

Hi, I'm new here but I did find Bob Fregeres' site and I sent him an e-mail but I got an mail back saying that the e-mail address was no good. So does any body here know how to contact him?
Thanks
Ratanna

[Shirley]

Welcome, Ratanna! No, I don't... I just read his extensive site and leave it at that... he may not update his email address on purpose... :D

[luisa]

Ratanna Yes I do, I talked (wrote) to him last week an he answered me inmidiatly to this E-mail: bob fregeres (fregeres@telfort.nl) I hope it will be usefull to everybody