FEATURE
Next morning I found them on display and reserved them. When I found time I returned to pick them up and the hen had just laid an egg, an excellent omen I thought and paid 10p extra for the egg.
In the September 2009 Parrot Society magazine Les Rance had an article and pictures of some Yellow Kakariki he had bred. I enjoyed reading it and the colour plates were excellent, they are very good aviary birds always lively and friendly which is no doubt why there are thousands in European aviaries but they are in decline in their natural habitat in New Zealand and are CITES A listed.
I was checking the overnight birds at the last June Parrot Society show when I noticed a pair of normal Kakariki. They were alert and looked a picture of health and I liked what I saw. Next morning I found them on display and reserved them. When I found time I returned to pick them up and the hen had just laid an egg, an excellent omen I thought and paid 10p extra for the egg. On returning home I housed them in a 9 x 4 foot aviary with a nestbox. In August she laid seven eggs but did not commence to sit until the sixth egg was laid. Three eggs hatched,
one did not survive the first hours, the parents have been exemplary in brooding and feeding the remaining pair of chicks. They are growing fast and I am afraid one has yellow primary wing feathers so the parents are not free of mutation genes and it’s going to take time and patience to find which one is the carrier and I am unable to sell them as normal Kakariki. Now can you see why I do not approve of mutation breeding? Cockatiels are the worst affected birds of all, so much colour breeding has resulted in it being impossible to find normal strains, I have tried and ended up with birds of all colours to show for my efforts. All I am able to do is implore any member fortunate enough to have pure birds to take good care of them and repel all mutation carriers.
I must admit it is with some trepidation that I read the donated advertisements, it is only a matter of time before I see a Lutino Hyacinth Macaw for sale.
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