Mutations of the Red Faced Parrot Finch

[MariusStegmann]

This is something that Diane, the Forum Admin on the Aussiefinchforum got and put together on RFPF mutations.

Pied = This is dominant mutation.
This is where only one bird has to have the gene for it to be reproduced.
You will have 50% of your young visually show the mutation.
Some young in a nest of pied birds will show broad splashes of yellow feather some have a few and some have none.
Birds with a Pied father and a Normal mother may leave the nest with no pied marking until after 2 or 3 moults.
The Pied Red Faced Parrot Finch is an unstable Pied Pattern which changes and increases with age. This type of behaviour is known by the term "Progressive Pied."
An accepted indicator of pied is a yellow beak or mandible in nestlings.
Others state that the colour of the toes can be an indicator - the lighter the toes the greater the chance of the youngster being pied.
You can breed heavy pieds from two light pied, and it does not necessarily follow that two heavy pieds mated together would give you a full nest of heavy pieds. In other words, mate any two pieds together and be prepared for anything, sit back and hope for the best.

SEA GREEN = This is a Sex-linked mutation
Which means it can be carried by a cock that is split = has one Dominant gene for normal colour and one for Recessive gene for Sea green.
A hen can be either Sea green or normal.
There is also a darker form of the Sea green that some call "Par Blue" where the body colour is a deeper blue.
In a sex-linked mutation a cock split to the mutation will breed coloured hens when bred over a normal hen.
A coloured hen and a split cock will breed coloured cocks and hens and split cocks.
Only cocks can be split to a sex-linked mutation.

SEA GREEN PIED = This is a sex-linked and Dominant mutation
Sex -linked carried on the sex. Dominant on the body
Both cock and hen will show the pied trait, but only the cocks can be split for sea green.
Hens produced are either Sea green pied or pied.

SEA GREEN COCK X PIED HEN
Sea green hens and sea green pied hens
Split cocks (sea green)
Split cocks pied (only if pied is showing)

SEA GREEN PIED COCK X PIED HEN OR NORMAL HEN
Sea green pied hens and sea green hens
Split cocks (sea green)
Split cocks pied (only if pied is showing)

SPLIT SEA GREEN COCK X SEA GREEN PIED HEN
PIED SPLIT SEA GREEN COCK X SEA GREEN HEN
PIED SPLIT SEA GREEN COCK X SEA GREEN PIED HEN
Sea green cocks and sea green pied cocks
Split sea green cocks and pied split sea green cocks
Sea green hens and sea green pied hens
Normal hens and pied hens

SEA GREEN COCK X NORMAL HEN
Hens sea green
Cocks split sea green
Sexable by colour

SPLIT COCK X NORMAL HEN
Normal hens
Sea green hens
Split cocks
Sea green cocks

PIEDS
PIED COCK X NORMAL HEN
NORMAL COCK TO PIED HEN
PIED COCK TO PIED HEN
All combinations throw pieds and normals. A percentage of pieds will vary in any of the above combinations. The author believes there is no such bird as a split pied. The bird either is pied or not. MUST SHOW COLOUR IN FEATHER, BEAK, OR TOE NAILS

PIED COCK X SEA GREEN HEN
Split sea green cocks
Pied split sea green cocks
Pied hens
Normal hens

[finchmix22]

Yes, there are many combinations to pair up if you want those mutations. My last clutch was a RT/SG cock with a SG hen. They produced three SG's and one RT. The RT and 2 SG's are hens and there is one SG cock. I thought there were two SG cocks, but I separated them and only one is singing.

[MariusStegmann]

finchmix22 Debbie, please email me one of your seagreen cocks.
I wish! My one pair RFP has started another brood a few days ago. I put my finger in there and lightly felt inside. I just touched an egg and it broke. Hopefully it was an infertile one. There are now 3 eggs left. I started the birds on Calcibird (calsium, Vit D2 and magnesium. Maybe the new eggs will be harder. Maybe I am just used to smaller eggs, pf eggs are quite big. I also powdered up some eggshells and I mix a teaspoon of that with a little bit of scrambled eggs, that I put a bit of vitamin powder in.