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This is one bird we are very happy to see!
The Cinnamon ( Dilute mutation ) Double Factor Pied has been a project in making for two years.
This bird was hatched on: 24-8-2008, closed rung PK 2122 Gold and is the first for us and Australia.
This particular Cinnamon DF Pied was bred by two Grey Green (Olive) Single Factor Pieds split for Dilute (Cinnamon)
that didn't sit on their eggs, therefore all eggs were fostered out to other birds.
Because of this we ended up with more eggs than would normally be the case, still it took quite some time to
breed the right bird.
There is no reason for this when looking at the genetics of this colour.
The Dilute genetic part is as follows:
The Recessive gene.
It mainly means that you need the gene on both side of the sexes to breed a coloured bird.
The Recessive splits are not a visual split, so look normal but carry the gene!
Normal X Recessive split = 50% Normal 25% Splits 25% possible Splits.
Recessive Colour X Normal = 100% Recessive Splits .
Recessive split X Recessive split = 25% normal 50% Splits 25% Colour.
Recessive split X Recessive Colour = 50% Splits 50% Colour.
Recessive Colour X Recessive Colour = 100% Recessive Colour.
The Double Factor Pied gene:
Normal X single factor = 65% single factor pied and 35% Normal.
Normal X Double factor = 100% single factor pieds.
Single factor X single factor = 65% single factor pied 25% double factor pied 10% normals.
Single factor X double factor = 50% single factor pied 50% double factor pied.
Double factor X double factor = 100% double factor pied.
This gene does show signs or colouration in Single factor form. As chicks, they get white down on the head and
neck area and good bloodlines go almost white in the single factor type. Of course in the Double factor type all
down feathers are pure white. The toe nails from the single factor stay normal colour, the double factor has white
toe nails most of the time in Green line birds and with Grey Green line they can still have some darker coloured toe
nails intermixed with white colouration. The skin pigment on the legs and feet of the Single factor birds
is a lot lighter and again sometimes very light to fleshy colour. The under wing colour on the Single factor
is intermixed with yellow and orange where the red would be. The stronger the changes the stronger the colouration
of pied will be shown as the bird matures.
With Mustard and Dilute Single factor type it is a waiting game till the first moult as these birds hatch with
white down feathers already from the Dilute gene and so we have to wait till the bird starts to display the
Single Pied head colour in the form of red streaks or flecking or red colouration through the head area as the
bird below is a classic example of.
We are now slowly breeding some of these colours like the Mustard & Dilute Single Factor birds.
The success rate of breeding the Dilute & Mustard Double Factor Pied will increase as we increase
the options for success.
At this stage we are still working with possible split Dilute DF Pieds to SF Dilute & Mustard splits.
In 2009 we hope to have the first few Dilute & Mustard Double Factor Pied birds available for sale.
We're now still waiting for the Mustard DF Pied to turn up, these colours are exciting to work with and have been worth
all the effort that went into creating these new colours.
So far, the Dilute DF Pied has conformed exactly to how it should look and gives credence to the Genetic
experts calling this colour a Dilute colour, rather than a Cinnamon colour.
When we look at this new colour we can see that the colour has been diluted from the normal colour being dark green.
It is nice to see that the only colour that has been diluted is the Green pigmentation and should make this a
part diluted form rather than a full diluted as the red and the yellow stayed as rich in colour as the normal form.
This outcome is like the Blue Fronted Rainbow being a "part Melanistic" as full Melanistic would have made the bird
black on all the green parts.
The Pied Gene is one of those colours that can be used in conjunction with most other colours to create new colours
and it will be very interesting to see what we can create from hereonin keeping in mind that we are working with
all the colours in the Rainbow. To my way of thinking, the Lorikeet world of colour mutations is only just starting
and has a very bright future ahead of it.
Above we have a " Grey Green Clearwing DF Pied" and the new " Dilute Reverse DF Pied", both the same young age 12 weeks.
All in all, we have a very exiting new colour to work with and looking forwards to showing the Mustard version soon.
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