green parents...blue baby???

[tmpshrty96]

so my two parrotlets tht i thought were just green parrotlets laid 5 eggs and two hatched but only one of those two survived. and he is turning out to be a blue male parrotlet so i was surprised when i saw the blue feathers coming in but also happy cuz i have a blue female parrotlet...so any ways im thinking that my male parrotlet is a green split to blue cuz my female is still solid green??
ps:im positive tht this is a blue parrotlet baby

[enborgle]

You can't visually see when a bird is "split to" something - in your case, both parents have to be split to blue (even though they are visually green). All of your babies from this pairing would either be blue mutation or visually green but split to blue, like the parents, unless there are other unknown splits in the parents genetic histories.

*Edited to add, congratulations on your new baby! I noticed you referred to it as both male and female in your post above - remember, males have dark cobalt markings while females are a nice even sky-blue colour.

[Jinx n Noodle]

Congratz on the new baby, sorry to hear about losing the others. I would just second what enborgle stated: both parents are visually green but split to blue (meaning they carry the blue gene) so 3 out of 4 babies should be visually green and 1 out of 4 babies would visually be blue.

[tmpshrty96]

itsa male and now im having some issues with it and its mother...SHES TRYING TO KILL HIM!!!!!!!! she attacked him and he started screamin(or what ever you call it) and i grabbed her and got him away from her and she bit a place in his chest so i took him away and i have food and water in a jar lid in the bottom of his new cage along with the box he was hatched and raised in and a few toys...he is about a month and 1 week old(he was hatched january 9) and i need to know if he is old enough to start eating on his own...hes been with his parents since he was born but ive been getting him out and playing with him.

[tmpshrty96]

sorry i forgot to mention this before but she also started trying to hurt the male father bird she bit his toe and it was bleeding but i think its starting to heal but what do i need to do with her or is this just somethin shes goin through cuz shes been a great parent until now...:(

[Jinx n Noodle]

I'm sorry to hear about your problems. I'm not a breeder, but I know there are some on here, so hopefully they'll answer you soon.

[Evelyn]

I am not a breeder, but I would say you are going to have to hand feed the baby , he is not old enough to eat on his own..

[tmpshrty96]

he eating on his own now a

[kimberly]

Hi, if the baby is eating on his own then you should take him out now, the mother probably doesn't want him in the cage anymore. but make sure you see him eating and drinking water when you separate him from the parents. Good luck!

[aprilluv2]

Parrotlet Moms do Not do well with a Single Baby
You said he has been a good Mom up until now yet you did not mention pulling this baby and placing in a brooder or handfeeding etc

Have you bred her in the past? Have you handfed in the past?

As i said they do not do well with one baby and if ever a baby dies or you have two healthy ones and one is ready to be pulled and handfed you should wait and pull together This is what happens when you have just one baby in a box

That said if she is really acting out of sorts personally I would wait a good long time to breed again If I bred her at all. Personally I would be nervous breeding her because of the issues with the Father. that is just me though

Hope things worked out

[parrotletbirds]

so my two parrotlets tht i thought were just green parrotlets laid 5 eggs and two hatched but only one of those two survived. and he is turning out to be a blue male parrotlet so i was surprised when i saw the blue feathers coming in but also happy cuz i have a blue female parrotlet...so any ways im thinking that my male parrotlet is a green split to blue cuz my female is still solid green??
ps:im positive tht this is a blue parrotlet baby


If your Green pair produced Blue babies, then the pair is Green Split Blue (both parents)..

Green Split Blue paired w/ Green Split Blue = Blue and Green Babies http://www.talkparrotlets.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[AngelicAviary]

Your Green Parrotlets pair have "green split to blue gene".

[parrotletbirds]

so my two parrotlets tht i thought were just green parrotlets laid 5 eggs and two hatched but only one of those two survived. and he is turning out to be a blue male parrotlet so i was surprised when i saw the blue feathers coming in but also happy cuz i have a blue female parrotlet...so any ways im thinking that my male parrotlet is a green split to blue cuz my female is still solid green??
ps:im positive tht this is a blue parrotlet baby


...If you have a breeding pair in which both male and female are visual greens and they produced blue babies ... Then both parents are Green Split Blue.. You will also get green babies from this pairing

Sorta off topic... If you had a green pair and the offsprings were yellow and green babies... Then both parents are visual green split yellow..

Another type of "wow factor..why did they give me this color?" ...If you had a green pair and the offsprings were green, blue, yellow and white babies... Then both parents are visual green split blue & yellow

Hope this helps http://www.talkparrotlets.com/images/icons/icon7.gif. Parrotletbirds http://www.talkparrotlets.com/images/icons/icon14.gif

[sprite13]

You should try and find Callie on this forum. She's probably one of the most knoweledgable people in the forum on this subject.

[Cheryl's Fids R Gr8]

You need to pull the baby and place him in his own cage. I would keep perches enough so that he will be safe while learning all about climbing, etc.

You should get a scale and weigh him daily to make sure he is eating enough. I would hand feed him in the morning, afternoon and again before bed.

As far as the female harming the male, I've had this happen to me. I had a male and female caged together for 7 years with no problems. Unexpectedly, they mated and she laid 5 eggs, all fertile, all hatched, all healthy.I began pulling them at 14 days, but left the last 2 in with the pair. When the bigger of the two was big enough, I pulled him. The last baby was still really small, so I wanted her to remain with the parents longer. I did take her out once for a few minutes just to be sure that she was being fed, and her crop was almost empty. I watched them for the next hour, non stop and the female never went in to feed the remaining baby, so I had no choice but to pull her. She was extremely tiny, but ate well for me and grew up big and strong, with her other sister and her brothers. I kept them in a "brooder" I made from those plastic enclosures that are made for small pets and kept half of it on a heating pad. I also kept a small container of water in with them, for humidity.

The female started beating up on the male and so I got him his own cage for his safety.