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Cinnamon mutation?

475 views 3 replies 3 participants last post by  gailepooh67  
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My pair had two babies hatch out recently. I just started to notice that one of them has a lighter grey than the other. I took a photo and sure enough there's a red reflection on his/her eye. Could this baby be cinnamon or maybe split to cinnamon?

The mom has the same red reflection but the dad does not.
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Oh no, I see you have the red reflections again! :D As I said last time (in the private conversation) I don't know why there is a red refection as females cannot be split to cinnamon. This baby is also not Cinnamon but is split to pied (possibly just pied, can't see wingtips/tail to be sure). I really don't know why the reflection is there, but I know cockatiel eyes do funny things, as our cinnamon girl has blue eyes.
All the same, such cute chicks! Congrats! :love: