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Today I shouted myself a pair of gorgeous Lutinos - sorry I dont have any pics yet. I will endeavour to get some tomorrow for you all! I bought them from a breeder who has had to move and is therefore selling them all. There was a heap more I would have loved to buy but my poor wallet was empty after buying these two..:(
 
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Oh wow, they're beautiful 'tiels, I have wanted a lutino for so long.

I can't wait to see the pics of them. :D Do you know the sex/age of them?
 
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elijahfan said:
i have wanted a lutino too, they are very sweet but then i want a pearled too lol (i believe its pearled anyway)

i dont even know what mine is yet :$
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The pearls are beautiful, I have one myself, and I'm so glad I got her. :D

I think I have seen a pic of your one, I'll go have a look and see though and try guess the mutation.

Edit: She looks like my 'tiel Dipsy, who is Grey split pied, so I'd say that's what she might be.

You could make a thread and see, but I reckon she's the same mutation as my Dipsy.

jenene283 said:
They are a boy and girl and are about 2 years old!!
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Awe, that's awesome. Well I'm looking forward to seeing photos of them! ;)
 
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Very welcome elijahfan. Hope you find out what she is soon.

And where abouts are you in Australia jenene? :p
 
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I am hoping they will breed soon!!
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Sorry to be a wet blanket, but the National Cockatiel Society at http://www.cockatiels.org/articles/breeding/breed3.html recommends not breeding any two lutinos to each other. There were some major problems with inbreeding when the lutino strain was first developed, and breeding two lutinos still has an extra risk of genetic problems. The most common one is purely cosmetic - a bald spot. There are people who breed lutinos together anyway, but the quality of the parent birds is probably extra-important in this case.

It's OK to breed a lutino female to a male that's split lutino, and get baby-boy lutinos that way. For baby-girl lutinos a lutino parent isn't really required at all because a dad who's split lutino can produce them.
 
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im near Newcastle!!! we could have a tiel convention!!! lol....well i say near newcastle cause i feel more like a Newcastle girl than anything else...im actually closer to Singleton and Maitland than Newcastle
 
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