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Bought 2 new cock red faced parrot finches yesterday, 1 is normal coloured and this is 2nd



He's supposed to be split for lutino which i can't find much info on the genetics of, possibly sex linked if like the red eyed lutino blue faced

This is hen i'm pairing him to



Also took a quick photo of a nest of chicks from another pair, i'm not sure exactly how many chicks are in nest but fairly sure i counted 5 heads when i did nest check about 2 weeks ago

Parents


Chicks


Almost have my first parent reared fledglings

Congrats! They look good. The Lutino mutation is sex linked recessive.

Gosh I love the colours of the Lutino's! Just gorgeous

Good luck with your new fledglings!

Beautiful birds! Whow I'm jealous!!! Keep us posted with lots of photos. Congrats!!!

Lovely, colorful birds. Congrats

Finally your first parent raised. They look great!!! Your new birds are really pretty- best of luck with them.

Thanks for the comments, i'm thrilled that the red faced parrot finches are finaly parent rearing with chicks very close to 'on the perch', the breeding cock is soo flighty and he also has the hen the same since they were paired up. The addition of the 2 new cocks means i've gone from 1 breedable pair, 3 hens and a cock firing blanks to possibly 3 breeding pairs.

To get lutino red faced chicks would be amazing and was extremely lucky to get a split bird as they are so rare being a brand new mutation. If they are sex linked the're should be hens amongst any chicks, if the're like the black eye'd lutino BF then it would take at least 2 generations. I did try asking a guy in the UK who breeds the lutino RF but he wasn't very forthwith with info and was more interested about where and how i got the bird and cost.

For the moment i'm very happy with any coloured fledglings and hopeful of more in the future