I am under the impression that lutinos can be a little hard to sex, does anyone have any hints?

As stated in your topic re fallows...if its a hen the cere goes browny red in breeding condition ...so if it doesnt its a boy

Edited April 16, 200817 yr by KAZ

I did a topic on this some where???

 

Cock birds have pink ceres with red eyes and pink feet.

Hen birds have tan to chocolate ceres, red eyes and pink feet.

Both are yellow with a white tail and white flights.

When they are young you would sex them very similar to a recessive pied, and Daz I think that is under the show standard section that you posted all the standards?.?

The male cere is 1 colour you will notice that there is 1 shade lighter in the top half of the cere in the female ..... Know this only my studing the pics ...... this rule also applies in the babies, Inos and rec pied

okay, well maybe one of each then for my fallows which I'm told is the same and hopefully my lutino is a female. There is that distinct paleness around the nostrils and the shading from top to bottom which was why I grabbed her as a female originally so hopefully my instincts were correct.If I breed her to a white based bird is there a chance I may get albinos?

Both are yellow with a white tail and white flights.

Daz she is basically pure yellow, there is barely any paleness in her flights/tail is that normal?

okay, well maybe one of each then for my fallows which I'm told is the same and hopefully my lutino is a female. There is that distinct paleness around the nostrils and the shading from top to bottom which was why I grabbed her as a female originally so hopefully my instincts were correct.If I breed her to a white based bird is there a chance I may get albinos?

Both are yellow with a white tail and white flights.

Daz she is basically pure yellow, there is barely any paleness in her flights/tail is that normal?

 

Most lutinos are females it is rare to get a male because of being that the male needs to carry 2 lutino genes to express it visually.

 

Lutino female will give the lutino gene to her males making them split

The albino male will give the ino gene to his female offspring so you would have ino

A point to remember with all varieties is that a lot of birds don't strictly stick to the discription. In the show world it is called a fault. eg a double factor spangle with out iris rings.

Hey all I read that a Albino MALE is hard to find this surly can't be true???

In humans males have the XY chromosome which means that sex linked conditions(which are carried on the X chromosome) like colourblindness show up in males more. The opposite is true in budgies. Because a female budgie has the XY configuration they only require a single copy of the X chromosome for a condition to show up. Male budgies are XX so they need two copies. You get one copy fromn each parent so the male chick must get an albino carrying X chromosome from both parents whereas a female only needs to get one.