Red Eyed Canary....Lutino ?

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Red Eyed Canary....Lutino ?

Post by Cath1068 » Sun Apr 15, 2012 9:56 am

This morning Lilly laid an egg and I was watching her in the nest. I noticed that she has red eyes.... not black like normal canaries. She looks identical too yellow lipochrome lutino canaries but I cant find any info on them. Does anyone here know anything about it ? Lilly looks just like the bird on left (in the URL link below) so that would make her a non intensive lutino ?

http://colourcanary.forumotion.net/t136 ... lipochrome
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Re: Red Eyed Canary....Lutino ?

Post by DanteD716 » Sun Apr 15, 2012 10:59 am

Not sure, interesting! I will wait for the outcome from other answers
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Post by debbie276 » Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:17 pm

Absolutely beautiful!
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Post by L in Ontario » Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:38 pm

Very nice indeed!

Is that a photo you took? If not can you please provide the URL link instead? We cannot copy/paste photos from other people's website... unless you have written permission. :)
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Post by CandoAviary » Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:50 pm

The lutino is a class in the colorbred division of show canaries...
Perhaps you could contact the club and get acess to other lutino breeders. also contact the breeder you got this bird from and see what she can tell you.
http://nationalcolorbred.com/Show_Classifications.html

There are many sites, especially in Europe that discuss this mutation... just google lutino canary :D
Very pretty, is she sensitive to sunlight? From what I have read this form of albinism is sexlinked and can come with eye sensitivity.
I don't know how scientific you want to get in understanding this but here is a link you may find helpful :D
http://www.euronet.nl/users/hnl/canalbin.htm

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Post by DanteD716 » Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:52 pm

Liz, I believe it is a borrowed pic, she said her bird looks like that one
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Post by L in Ontario » Sun Apr 15, 2012 1:06 pm

DanteD716 wrote:Liz, I believe it is a borrowed pic, she said her bird looks like that one
Yes, I realize that Dante - thank you. That's why I posted my statement/question.
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Post by DanteD716 » Sun Apr 15, 2012 1:15 pm

L in Ontario wrote:
DanteD716 wrote:Liz, I believe it is a borrowed pic, she said her bird looks like that one
Yes, I realize that Dante - thank you. That's why I posted my statement/question.
Oh, okay. I got confused when I read your question
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Re: Red Eyed Canary....Lutino ?

Post by Cath1068 » Sun Apr 15, 2012 7:28 pm

Ooooops sorry for not posting the link.....here it is
http://colourcanary.forumotion.net/t136 ... lipochrome

I shined a light into Mj's eyes and they are black but Lillies are definetly red. She laid me an egg today and I pulled it and gave her a dummy so we will see if any are fertile and if any chicks have red eyes. I am gonna read those sites you guys gave me and thank you for the sweet compliments. I am gonna try and get a pic of her soon. I am not sure about light sensitivity as my birds are on artificial lights and they dont seem too bothered by it specially her, but then again I never catch her looking into it like the others do.....LOL.

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Post by tt101 » Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:13 pm

why would you pull the egg from her and not let her hatch it by herself? unless you plan to put them back after? :?

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Post by Cath1068 » Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:16 am

I am gonna put the eggs back after she is done laying so all have the same hatch date...... :D Even just one day makes a huge difference in size.... :D

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Post by tt101 » Tue Apr 17, 2012 1:11 pm

Cath1068 wrote:I am gonna put the eggs back after she is done laying so all have the same hatch date...... :D Even just one day makes a huge difference in size.... :D

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oh ok that makes sense lol, i have seen people try and pull egg to feed themselves......enough said loool. and i agree, especially with canaries.
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