are you getting a male or female friend for Stretch

 

here are some unisex names.

Pearl Names
Spot, Speckles, Pearl, Pearly, Spotty, Shiney, Tiny, Pumpkin..

Pied Names
Pye, Splotches, Paint, Little One, Cheeky, Blotchy, Splotch, Splotchy, Patch, Patchy, Patches..

 

If you are getting him a girl friend mabey you should get a pearl since they stay that way. Or get a pied if you are going to get him a guy friend. Spike is a pied

 

How about Puzzle for a pied?

 

I like that one!

I think Spike means that the pearl males lose their markings, and females keep theirs.

If Allen gets a pearl male it'll just turn into a normal grey anyway.

 

Pearls are sex linked so you should be able to tell what they are by the parents not all Pearls are female and not all Pieds are male

 

I just said guy for a pied because a male pearl would lose his pearling. Do you know what percent of pieds are males. I never heard that alot of pieds are male I thought pieds were not sex linked

 

nope your right pieds are not sex linked and not sure what percent of pieds are male I was just saying if he gets a pied there is no guarantee its a male it could be either or but a pearl he would know what it was if he is looking for a female friend or a male friend for Stretch

 

That is true it would mean he would not have to pay extra for a dna test

 

Names....hmmm....I think I'd have to see what she's like to give you suggestions...

 

I can never effectively think of names until i've seen the bird. Everytime, before i get a new bird, i have a big list of names, and it usually ends up that i use one that wasn't even there.

 

the mother of the chicks is a pearl i,m holding off on a pearl last clutch 4 out of 5 eggs hatched

 

Pearls are very pretty.

 

if anyone lives in my area of canada my breeder has a common grey hand reared and is tame she only wants $45.00 reason so cheap she wants it gone so it will not loose it,s tame ness she has 2 tiels with clutches stretches parents with 4 and the other with 2 out of 5 so far
area is sarnia ontario

 

I don't know that area. Is it up North? I'm in Southern ON

 

i,m 1 hour from london ontario here is the reply i got from my breeder tonight


Hi Allen, Please don't ask me about the mutations..: ) I am really lost in that department.. Mom is Pearl and Dad is Grey. From the last clutch last Christmas I got 1 Grey and 2 Pearls. I think the Pearls were female. They were really heavy pearled and the last time I heard from the person who got them they kept all their pearls.

Lori

 

Another breeder lost in the mutations department...
Either way you'll have another couple of months before you can bring them home.

 

Here is another breeder in southern ontairo http://www.exoticwings.com/birds/parrots/handfed/species/Australian/Cockatiel/index.htm and their location http://www.exoticwings.com/information/hours.html Hope this helps

 

I know the guy who runs that shop, he lectures at my bird club

 

i,m sorry but in my area the most a breeder charges for pearls is $60.00 while stretch only cost me $50.00

 

i,m 1 hour from london ontario

 

here is her link and she does ship within canada and yes she does dna to but costs $25.00 more

 

http://www.freewebs.com/crazy4birdsaviary/index.htm

 

i no my breeder has a common grey for 45 dollars as she has 2 hens with eggs hatching
she wants to sell it so it will not loose the tameness as she hand feeds them from 2-3 weeks of age

 

here is her site

http://www.freewebs.com/crazy4birdsaviary/index.htm

 

Hey

i looked at her site and one of her breeding birds is one from one of the rescues I work with. She isn't breeding it is just a pet. It is Kanga the goffins at the bottum.

Cute site!

 

no if you look closer that one and the one above is just visiting

 

Kanga was adopted like a year ago..I wonder why she is visiting..