Red Eyed Crested Society

[CandoAviary]

Here is my new little crested society I picked up in Milton at the bird fair. I got to talk to the breeder, Gammy's was selling her for a dear customer . The lady/Breeder was there checking on her. I met this same lady at the Pensacola fair back in February and she and I talked gouldians for a long while.
Anyway, she has a few societies she uses for fosters sometimes....they are clean I fell in love with her and I know the lady was thrilled that I wanted her. I set her up with 2 of my boys that are split to crested...thought I would give her ...her pick.
She likes both and all 3 were in the nest this evening snug as bugs.
Her name is Ruby


With Flash


And with Golden Boy


And she was sizing them up And just couldn't make her mind up.

[lovemyfinch]

Ruby is such a pretty little thing

[monotwine]

Now that is a sweet looking girl. I like your boys too.

[Summer Bird]

I didn't know it was possible for a society to be split to crested. Isn't the crested gene co-dominant, which means a finch either is crested or doesn't have the gene at all?

[carmena]

Oh I really like Golden Boy...those babies are gonna be cute!

[CandoAviary]

I didn't know it was possible for a society to be split to crested. Isn't the crested gene co-dominant, which means a finch either is crested or doesn't have the gene at all?

Oops. I guess he isn't actually split. His mom was crested his dad, normal head. You are correct that they are either crested or not.
I was thinking that the crest was a recessive gene.
Guess I have gouldian genetics on the brain

[CandoAviary]

I have been doing some reading and have I believe Ruby is an Ino society. Thanks for the compliments on this pretty girl, I will pass them on to her

http://www.zebrafinch.com/SocietyFinch/Ino.html

[Vargur]

Oh, she is a pretty girl

[Summer Bird]

Oops. I guess he isn't actually split. His mom was crested his dad, normal head. You are correct that they are either crested or not.
I was thinking that the crest was a recessive gene.
Guess I have gouldian genetics on the brain

That's okay! I just got a little confused there. Anyway, Ruby is very pretty, and I love her little crest!

[Jenholt]

beautiful girl!

I agree she looks to be a cream ino

To get ino babies you will need to pair her with a male that is split to ino.

[CandoAviary]

I would love to find a ino or split to ino mate for her.... nobody in this area keeps any pure breeds...much less records on societies. This one was from a little lady that I see at the fairs all the time as she is always shopping at them. I saw this girl with with a normal chocolate pied and snatched her up...even though she was $20.00. High for this area.
She came over and sauid you are buying one of my babies. We talked and she said that the parents had had many clutches and this was the first red eyed they ever had. That was all she knew about them. I guess both of the parents were splits. I will keep my eye out for more. Can you breed 2 ino together?

[nixity]

I'm assuming she would be considered a crested albino?
Or is she just a Red-Eyed White?
It appears they are two different types of mutations.. I wonder how you'd know the difference?

In any case - this same site says two albinos should not be bred together:
http://www.zebrafinch.com/SocietyFinch/ ... ciety.html

[Jenholt]

I believe she looks like a creamino.. due to the cream colouring I can see around her neck in the photo.

creamino is a sexlinked recessive gene. From what I have read online a creamino is usually a chocolate where the dark is washed out.

Normally a male ino would be bred to a chocolate female- this would give all male babies being chocolate splits, and all inos would be female.
A ino female to a split male gives reg choc females, split males, ino males, female inos.

Inos can also be from fawns, chestnuts etc.

I have an ino male- when I got him he was with a fawn pied female. They had 5 babies- 3 male chocolates, 1 male fawn, 2 female inos.
I have him with a new mate now- a chocolate female- they have 2 young in the nest, an ino female and a chocolate male.

[CandoAviary]

Thanks, I too have read that the best inos come from the chocolate. She had his brother with her...the chocolate varigated one. I am sure this is an ino and not albino. This lady has chocolates and chocolate varigated. I paired here with the fawn varigated males before I researched... but I do have chocolate varigated with and without crest. What would you recommend I pair her with? I love her soft cream color with the faint hint of color around her neck.

Tiffany, I think an albino would be all white. She also has great eyesight. I am totally new to these societies. I had some to just foster gouldians if needed. But she was so darn cute I just had to have her.... even though I, nor the breeder had any idea what she was.
I will be selling this lady 2 gouldians at the Mobile fair....she has her order in already. I hope to get a few more societies from her

[Jenholt]

For pairing her.. it would depend 1 on what her parentage was..I'm guessing chocolate as you said the lady had many of those. 2nd is what you'd like for babies. As the ino gene is passed thru the father, breeding her to a male that doesn't carry the gene you will have all normal babies. So unless you have a split male around other than what colours you may prefer you can pick as you like
Breeding her to a fawn may give you some chocolate babies, depending on her genes, or you could get all fawns.