Well as many of you have seen on here i have my tame boy Honey...

Honey is now 2 years old and there is STILL no sign of iris rings? all my other ino's have iris rings? Has anyone ever heard of this happening before? or why it happens?

His parents were an Albino hen and a Lutino cock

Photo of Honey as he looks today:

I wonder if he is a recessive pied under all that ino?? Parents could have been recessive pieds, or split to it.

Not to my knowledge

Ino can mask all other varieties, so he might be masking something too. can you try breeding him to a normal hen and see what pops out in the cocks??

But if recessive pied, which he'd need to be to have no iris rings wouldn't a pairing to a normal show no results?

then pair to a split recessive pied Otherwise some of the cocks will show the split to recessive spot on the head

Edited August 4, 200915 yr by **Liv**

Excellent Will do when we find a good mate for him :rofl:

He is a lutino to all intents and purposes..that seems obvious........... if he was recessive pied his eyes wouldnt be red.

I mean he is masking recessive pied Kaz... He is a full recessive pied that is being masked by the lutino gene. Same as they can mask opaline, cinnamon, spangle, dominant pied etc etc etc. when you get an albino, lutino you have no real idea of what genetics the bird has, other than the ino gene.

Edited August 4, 200915 yr by **Liv**

I mean he is masking recessive pied Kaz... He is a full recessive pied that is being masked by the lutino gene.

 

 

I totally understand what you mean now. I once had a chick with bright red eyes, yellow body and wings, green on rump and light cinnamon markings. Turned out to be a fallow who was also carying recessive pied and affected by spangle as well :happy-dancing:

 

http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index....l=mystery+chick

Edited August 4, 200915 yr by KAZ

The lutino i bred from a light green normal cock x cinnamon cobalt hen, also has no iris ring. well that i can see anyway?(hard to see as she has two green opaline chicks in nestbox and always hides in there when she sees me)