I have read that halfsiders are actually a pair of seperate sets of chromosomes - the sides are just as likely to be opposite sexes as different colours! This could make breeding very difficult.

 

Halfsiders are also not genetic mutations, they are a deformity really.. and would have no greater chance of having halfsider babies than a normal bird.

 

Oh, wow look at this! A halfsider - one half is featherduster, the other is normal!

http://www.geocities.com/premierepets/2bug4.JPG

http://www.geocities.com/premierepets/mutation.html

Edited May 28, 200718 yr by ellulah

so if you breed a half-sider to a half-sider you will just get normals?

More than likely, Marlon. That's what I was saying in another post about feather dusters, they are more of an abhoration than a breedable mutation.

 

 

Feathers.

Yes even if they breed, which is probably doubtful, you wouldn’t get half siders I would think, as it’s two separate eggs fused together. Thanks for that site Ellulah, some very interesting pics, I wonder if that half sider, feather duster would live a longer time, as half of it would seem to function properly.

Edited May 27, 200718 yr by Norm

WOW that half sider featherduster is amazing.

It’s great how we can help each other on this site…Singly we couldn’t spend so much time on the net, searching, but there is so much out there & with us pooling our knowledge, we help each other to see so much…such interesting things…great stuff!!!

It's a Great site isn't it Comments like that always make me grin.

Hey if anyone wants to help me out (Laughing out loud) this could be a good for the FAQ section once it is all worked out (Nerwen, Aly..hint hint )

 

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Gee, sorry Elly, did we miss something? Do you want a FAQ on half siders or on rare mutations in general?

 

 

Feathers.

 

p. I was a good girl and added info to the Black Eyed Self post that you requested

well how about how it is shown in the first post with a general description it doesn' t have to be as detailed at the BES which you did a WONDERFUL job on

okay, but as you pointed out with the BES post, it is helpful to have all the information in one post, so putting in full descriptions isn't a problem. I'll get to work in the next day or two.

 

 

Feathers.

THANK YOU ALY, your the BEST

okay, I was looking through some older topics and tried to figure out what a melanistic spangle is, bla bla bla....

 

And then I found a topic where Kaz said that some budgie looked like a "Dusk Budgie" - and she had an article about them and send it to some people..

 

Kaz, I hope you remember.. You said its a new type that has been bred in newcastle.

 

Do you still have the article or have a picture of it??? I looked on google but notthing.

I remember the Dusk Budgies. Was there a reason we couldn't put the picture and information on the site?

 

polydactylil - I found an answer to this one. It give extra toes to the bird.

extra toes? wow.

okay, I was looking through some older topics and tried to figure out what a melanistic spangle is, bla bla bla....

 

And then I found a topic where Kaz said that some budgie looked like a "Dusk Budgie" - and she had an article about them and send it to some people..

 

Kaz, I hope you remember.. You said its a new type that has been bred in newcastle.

 

Do you still have the article or have a picture of it??? I looked on google but notthing.

 

Yes, if you send me your email address I can forward the article to you.

Also as I am not the author of the article and someone else is....we should not be allowed to publish it without permission.

okay thanks Kaz, ill pm you my email adress.

I think I have a Laurel Budgie... Well...shes an olive green, does that count???

Scottish Fallow ?…There are a few Follows, that’s just one of them…there is also the German Follow…they are slightly different I think in some ways, but I don’t know the details.

Fallows : Most common are the English and German Fallows. English Fallows are supposed to have an iris ring with no white so the eye seems to be red. In fact, there is an iris ring but it is deep pink in color. German Fallows on the other hand have a white iris ring, and between the two mutations there is not mutch difference in body color.

 

Paring German and English Fallows together is not a good practice because the youngsters are all "black eyed" and split for German and Englisch Fallow. The Fallow mutation is recessive

 

Do not use Cinnamon because it does not improve the Fallow mutation.

Edited March 14, 200817 yr by Neat

So, my girl friend just got a pair of Budgies from here dad. He's had them for a few years. They are a sucessful breeding pair.

 

Now, I've never seen a pair like this ever before. Does anyone have any clue as to what type they may be? I know there were bred by a breeder in Florida.

 

 

Can anyone help me with this? I'm sorry for the quality of the images but they were taken with a cellphone camera. Thank's in advance.

 

Pete

those are not budgies

 

They look like very pretty burke's parrots to me

Edited June 9, 200817 yr by **Liv**

I agree, definatly not budgies

I agree, definatly not budgies

 

 

Mhhh, My bad it would appear. The birds aren't mine. I made the assumption that all parakeets were budgies. I guess not. Thanks. I am unable to find a Bourkes Parakeet with this coloration.

That is a common mistake with the wide title of parakeets for budgies but there is a long list of parakeet birds. They are not burkes the tails are not long enough. (unless young ones have short tails like Budgies?)

 

if you could i would check with the breeder for more info. a short tail might mean they are part of the parrotlet group as the title parakeet means 'long tail'

Edited June 10, 200817 yr by Nerwen