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WattaBird! Unlocking the Palette: Breeding African Lovebirds for Mesmerizing Mutations!

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WattaBird! Unlocking the Palette: Breeding African Lovebirds for Mesmerizing Mutations! Breeding African Lovebirds to create new mutations can be an exciting and rewarding endeavor for aviculturists. Here are some potential breeding combinations to produce new African Lovebird mutations: Lutino x Lutino: Breeding two lutino African Lovebirds can result in offspring with a higher chance of being lutino, which is a beautiful all-yellow mutation. Lutino x Pied: Crossing a lutino with a pied Lovebird can produce visually striking pied lutinos with patches of yellow and other colors. Turquoise x Blue: Pairing a turquoise Lovebird with a blue one can produce visually appealing turquoise blues, which have a combination of turquoise and blue feathers. Violet x Blue: Breeding a violet Lovebird with a blue Lovebird can result in visually striking violet blues, combining the violet and blue colorations. Opaline x Normal: Crossing an opaline Lovebird with a normal one can produce opaline offspring...
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WattaBird Gallery! Pied Factor African LoveBirds

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WattaBird Gallery! Pied Factor African LoveBirds The Pied LoveBirds are one of the most popular mutations. This factor produces an irregular lack of melanin, which causes the bird to have irregular pieds. Simply put, these birds have color patterns depending on color concentration and the characteristics manifest differently. The Pied Factor causes a dilution of the ground color and gives a snowy shading to the rose-pink color or the forehead and throat. Pieds are very strong birds and can be used to increase the genetic vigor of other mutations through combinations. Young Pieds can already be easily identified while still in the nest. The first growth in the feather follicles will already give an overall pied look to the skin. The beak on the other hand is either white or light golden-yellow or light yellow brown color, which has barely a trace of black on the base. Pied Factor African LoveBirds This is a Pied Apple Green LoveBird (Cock). This is a Pied Yellow Love...
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WattaBird GALLERY! Peach-Face African LoveBirds

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WattaBird GALLERY! Peach-Face African LoveBirds Peach-Face African LoveBirds Peach-Face LoveBirds Peach-Face SeaGreen LoveBird Pied Apple Green LoveBird Pied Yellow LoveBird This is a Peach-Face SeaGreen LoveBird .  This variety is not very distinct from ordinary Pastel. This is a Pied Apple Green LoveBird. This is a Pied Yellow LoveBird. "The main objective of wattabird.com is to promote African LoveBirds Breeding as a hobby, share breeding experiences, tips, techniques, best practices, and most importantly, to promote camaraderie among LoveBirds Breeders." - WattaBird.com
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WattaBird GALLERY! Peach-Face African LoveBirds

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  Peach-Face African LoveBirds These are just a few of the Peach-Face mutation LoveBirds. Peach-Face Green LoveBird PeachHood Green Opaline This is a PeachHood Green Opaline split to White-Face LoveBird . This carries a White-Face mutation. This is a RedHood Green split to WhiteHood Opaline LoveBird (Cock). This is an offspring of the following: Cock: Orange-Face split to RoseMask / Cinnamon / Opaline Hen: WhiteHood Dutch Blue split Violet Opaline This is a mature cock Peach-Face Green LoveBird . The face coloring is darker on a mature LoveBird. This is a young Peach-Face Green LoveBird . The young Peach-Face LoveBird usually have black coloring traces on its beak, but these traces fades away as the bird matures.  Notice also that the face coloring is lighter than that of a matured LoveBird.  “The main objective of WattaBird.com is to promote African LoveBirds Breeding as a hobby, share breeding experiences, tips, techniques, best practices, and most importantly, to...
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WattaBird! Breeding Violet Fischer African LoveBirds

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WattaBird! Breeding Violet Fischer African LoveBirds The objective of this breeding project is simply to produce Violet Fischer series Lovebirds. For this breeding project, both the Cock and the Hen are Violet Fischers . This type of pairing will generally produce Violet Fischers, Blue Fischers, Medium Blue (Cobalt) Fischers, Dark Blue (Mauve) Fischers. Violet Fischer African LoveBird Gallery Here's my Violet Fischer Breeder. This pair is a back to back Violet Fischer LoverBird. The Cock is on the right. LoveBird Cocks are normally smaller than the Hen. Fischer LoveBirds are not sexually dimorphic. This means that there is no way to tell just by looking at them. Both look the same.  This is the Cock. This is the Hen. “The main objective of WattaBird.com is to promote African Loverbirds Breeding as a hobby, share breeding experiences, tips, techniques, best practices, and most importantly, to promote camaraderie among LoveBirds Breeders.” -  WattaBird.com
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WattaBird! Breeding RoseHood Opaline African Lovebirds

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WattaBird! Breeding RoseHood Opaline African Lovebirds The objective of this breeding project is to produce RoseHood Opaline Lovebirds . For this breeding project, the Cock is a RedHood Green Opaline  LoveBird  while the Hen is a  RoseMasked Green Edge LoveBird . The RedHood of the Cock and the RoseMasked of the Hen are the characteristics that I'm trying to combine to produce RoseHood Opaline Lovebirds. The Cock being an Opaline, while the Hen being Non-Opaline will result in the following projections. Breeder: Cock: Opaline LoveBird x Hen: Non-Opaline LoveBird Projected Offspring: All Sons are split to Opaline LoveBirds All Daughters are visual Opaline  LoveBirds ACTUAL Offspring: Coming Soon! Breeder has started mating already. Breeding RoseHood Opaline LoveBird Gallery Above is a picture of my Breeder. On top is the Cock (Robin) which is a RedHood Green Opaline LoveBird . Just below is the Hen (Rossy) which is a ...
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WattaBird GALLERY! Fischer African LoveBirds

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Fischer African LoveBirds Here's a group of Fischer LoveBirds . Albino Fischer Olive Fischer Mauve Fischer Here's a bonded pair. On top is an Albino Fischer . Below it is an Olive Fischer . Here's another bonded pair. On the left is a Green Fischer . On the right is a Lutino Fischer . Here's a photo of a Green Fischer . "The main objective of wattabird.com is to promote African LoveBirds Breeding as a hobby, share breeding experiences, tips, techniques, best practices, and most importantly, to promote camaraderie among LoveBirds Breeders." - WattaBird.com  
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WattaBird! Breeding WhiteHood Opaline African LoveBirds (Pair 1)

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WattaBird! Breeding WhiteHood Opaline African LoveBirds (Pair 1) The objective of this breeding project is to produce WhiteHood Opaline Lovebirds . For this breeding project, the Cock is a White-Face Turquoise Split to WhiteHood Opaline while the Hen is a PeachHood Opaline Split to White-Face . The Split to WhiteFace and the Split to WhiteHood is the common denominator used so we can produce a WhiteHood Opaline LoveBirds . The Hen being an Opaline, while the Cock being Split to Opaline will result in the following projections. Breeder: Cock: Split Opaline LoveBird x Hen: Opaline LoveBirds Projected Offspring: 50% Sons are visual Opaline 50% Sons are Split to Opaline 50% Daughters are Visual Opaline 50% Daughters are Normal ACTUAL Offspring: Coming Soon! Hen started laying eggs already.  Breeding WhiteHood Opaline LoveBirds Gallery Meet Turq and Peachy Left: Peachy: A PeachHood Opaline Split to WhiteFace...
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WattaBird! Breeding White-Face African Lovebirds

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WattaBird! Breeding White-Face African Lovebirds The objective of this breeding project is to produce White-Face Lovebirds . For this breeding project, the Cock is a PeachFace Lutino (split to Fallow and split to White-Face) while the Hen is a Creamino . Creamino (Pastel Ino) Roseicollis . A combination of the Pastel and the Ino Factors. PeachFace Lutino . This is a golden yellow bird, with white primaries and rump. The feet, claws and beak are pink salmon, and the eyes are red. Projected Offsprings: White-Face Pallid (Australian Cinnamon) Creamino Lutino Breeding White-Face Lovebirds Gallery Meet Mina and Lut. Mina the Hen (Left), is a Creamino while Lut the Cock (Right) is  PeachFace Lutino (split to Fallow and split to White Face) This is Mina (Hen). She is a lovely Creamino. A Creamino is a combination of the Pastel and the Ino Factors. Mina the Hen is a Creamino. Isn't she Beautiful? This is Lut (Cock).  He is a PeachFace Lutino, that is split...
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WattaBird! Orange-Face American Lutino LoveBirds

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WattaBird! Orange-Face American Lutino LoveBirds An Orange-Face American Lutino , is a golden yellow lovebird, with  white primaries and rump.  The feet, claws and beak are pink salmon, and the eyes are red. The Ino factor is recessive and sex-linked, which means that it is impossible for female birds to be split for Ino. If a female possesses an Ino factor, it is a Lutino. There are not many combinations involving the American Ino factor that can be recommended.  It is "epistatic" to the majority of the other mutations, which is therefore not visible in combinations. What I have in my aviary is an Orange-Face American Lutino. Orange-Face American Lutino The Orange-Face American Lutino is a golden yellow lovebird. The primaries and rump of an Orange-Face American Lutino are white. Orange-Face American Lutino. The feet, claws and beak are pink salmon, and the eyes are red.
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WattaBird GALLERY! Baby Fischer African LoveBirds

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WattaBird GALLERY! Baby Fischer African LoveBirds Mauve Fischer This is a result of two Dark factors. By pairing two dark factors (back-to-back Violet Fischer), this pairing has resulted to a Gray color (Mauve). ALBS2: African Lovebird (Eye-Ring)  This is an offspring of my African Lovebird Breeder. Cock: Violet Fischer x Hen: Violet Fischer **************** Albino Fischer ALBS2: African LoveBird (Eye-Ring)  This is an exact duplicate of the Father except for the Red-Eye. This offspring has completely White feathers and Red eyes. This is an offspring of my African Lovebird Breeder. Cock: Bulls White x Hen: Bulls Yellow Note: If the eyes are black, this becomes a Bulls White Fisher. **************** Lutino Fischer ALBS2: African LoveBird (Eye-Ring) This is an exact duplicate of the mother except for the Red-Eye. Note the Reddish Orange covering the entire head and the upper breast  to the upper abdomen. This is the coloration of a pure Lutino. ...
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