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Cockatiel Foundation, Inc.
Color Mutations & Genetics Center
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| POPULAR COCKATIELS by Bird Talk Magazine, page 100 includes a 10-page article, "The Colorful Side of Cockatiels: Meet the popular, the fancy and the rare" by Linda S. Rubin BirdChannel.com's Cockatiel Expert Columnist & the Cockatiel Foundation's Genetics Consultant with photos by Foundation members Nancy E. Johnson & Laurie Bethea |
| "Cockatiel color mutations have been on the rise the past two decades, with aviculturists producing an increasing myriad of color combinations. Whether you are drawn to the bold and flashy appeal of a whiteface dominant silver or to the more subtle attraction of a subdued cinnamon pied, ’tiels today are more colorful than ever..." |
I. SPLITS & TICK MARKINGS
Tick Markings & Split Pied - Q&A
Normal Splits and Pearl Males - Q&A
Producing Mutations From Normal Grey Splits - Q&A
Splits and Genetics Testing - Q&A
White Spots on Cinnamon's Wings - Q&A
Sexing, Splits, & Tick Markings on Whiteface Pearls and Pieds -Q&A
II. GENDER SEXING
Sexing Cockatiels by Color and Behavior
Determining Age & Gender in Young Normal Greys
Gender Identification of Pieds - Q&A
Description and Gender Identification of Cinnamons
Sex-linked Inheritance on Gender Identification - Q&A
Visually Sexing More Difficult (Dimorphic) Color Mutations
III. PRIMARY MUTATIONS & THEIR CROSSES
Normal Grey & Lutino Chicks plus Pearl Splits - Q&A
Pied Varieties
Lutino and Cinnamon - Q&A
Description and Gender Identification of Cinnamons
What is a Cinnamon and How to Produce It - Q&A
Mating a Cinnamon Pied male to a Cinnamon Female - Q&A
Sex-linked Recessive Pearls
Cinnamon Pearls - Q&A
IV. WHITEFACE & WHITEFACE CROSSES
Whiteface Cockatiels Explained
Improving Whiteface Bloodlines
Breeding Lutinos and Whiteface Lutinos ("Albinos")
Whiteface Lutino ("Albino") and Whiteface Lutino Pied - Q&A
Breeding and Showing Whiteface Lutino Cinnamon Pearls &
Other Whiteface Lutino Crosses
Whiteface Silver and Whiteface Cinnamon
V. GENETIC FEATURES
Sex-linked Recessive Inheritance: Do Cockatiel Genes Work the
Same as in Humans?
Computer Programs and the Reality of Crossover and Real Life
Complex Pairings
Understanding Crossover Genetics in Multiple Mutations - Q&A
Color Depigmentation in Cockatiels
VI. RARE COLOR VARIETIES & MUTATIONS
Breeding Dominant Yellowcheek to Whiteface - Q&A
Crossover in a Sex-linked Yellowcheek Cinnamon Pearl-Pied Hen
More!
Tick Markings & Split Pied - Q&A
Normal Splits and Pearl Males - Q&A
Producing Mutations From Normal Grey Splits - Q&A
Splits and Genetics Testing - Q&A
White Spots on Cinnamon's Wings - Q&A
Sexing, Splits, & Tick Markings on Whiteface Pearls and Pieds -Q&A
II. GENDER SEXING
Sexing Cockatiels by Color and Behavior
Determining Age & Gender in Young Normal Greys
Gender Identification of Pieds - Q&A
Description and Gender Identification of Cinnamons
Sex-linked Inheritance on Gender Identification - Q&A
Visually Sexing More Difficult (Dimorphic) Color Mutations
III. PRIMARY MUTATIONS & THEIR CROSSES
Normal Grey & Lutino Chicks plus Pearl Splits - Q&A
Pied Varieties
Lutino and Cinnamon - Q&A
Description and Gender Identification of Cinnamons
What is a Cinnamon and How to Produce It - Q&A
Mating a Cinnamon Pied male to a Cinnamon Female - Q&A
Sex-linked Recessive Pearls
Cinnamon Pearls - Q&A
IV. WHITEFACE & WHITEFACE CROSSES
Whiteface Cockatiels Explained
Improving Whiteface Bloodlines
Breeding Lutinos and Whiteface Lutinos ("Albinos")
Whiteface Lutino ("Albino") and Whiteface Lutino Pied - Q&A
Breeding and Showing Whiteface Lutino Cinnamon Pearls &
Other Whiteface Lutino Crosses
Whiteface Silver and Whiteface Cinnamon
V. GENETIC FEATURES
Sex-linked Recessive Inheritance: Do Cockatiel Genes Work the
Same as in Humans?
Computer Programs and the Reality of Crossover and Real Life
Complex Pairings
Understanding Crossover Genetics in Multiple Mutations - Q&A
Color Depigmentation in Cockatiels
VI. RARE COLOR VARIETIES & MUTATIONS
Breeding Dominant Yellowcheek to Whiteface - Q&A
Crossover in a Sex-linked Yellowcheek Cinnamon Pearl-Pied Hen
More!
Copyright 2007 Cockatiel Foundation, Inc.
photo c.2006 Alane Grieshaber
c. 2006 Nancy E. Johnson
c. 2006 Nancy E. Johnson
c. 2006 Nancy E. Johnson
c. 2005 Linda S. Rubin
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c. 2006 Nancy E. Johnson
photo c.2006 Alane Grieshaber
c.2006 Herschel & Elsie Burgin
c. 2006 Sandra Trottier
c.2006 Herschel & Elsie Burgin
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