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Post by rickygonzalez on Apr 23, 2015 23:14:39 GMT -5
So I have a friend that has a large aviary. Idk how many parrots she has for sure. I know she has 2 jenday conures, two quakers, and 2 African greys. She told me today she thought the one of the quakers and one of the jendays had mated. She said, the quaker was sitting on eggs and the jenday was feeding the quaker. Is that possible? If so, what would the offspring look like? What would they be called? I'm not sure I'm posting this in the right section. Sorry guys. Thanks in advance.
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Post by easttex on Apr 24, 2015 6:26:53 GMT -5
It's highly unlikely. Conures and quakers are very different genetically. They might mate, but producing offspring is another matter. Different conures can be cross-bred, and cockatiels with cockatoos. It's the sort of thing much better left to experts, though. Commonly there are lots of health issues with cross-breeds.
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Post by aaron on Apr 24, 2015 9:39:10 GMT -5
Wow, cockatoos and cockatiels can cross-breed? I guess that makes sense to some degree but I would never have thought that. Quite an interesting looking outcome-- crazy:  |
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Post by rickygonzalez on Apr 24, 2015 9:58:31 GMT -5
Wow, thanks for the pic. Like easttex said, the genetics were my concerns. Would be kind of interesting to see who's responsible for the eggs in the nest. I hope they're fertile.
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Post by Sharyn and Mr P on Apr 24, 2015 12:00:06 GMT -5
My guess would be the Jenday and Quaker bonded and it inspired the quaker to lay eggs, but I would bet they arent fertile.
Heck, hens lay eggs for no other reason than they have too much food, too much daylight or are withing reach of a nesting box!
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Post by julianna on Apr 24, 2015 16:26:30 GMT -5
Holy smokes... is that a real picture? Amazing looking for sure. Aaron you are such a wiz on computers... I am sure you colored it... lol
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Post by aaron on Apr 24, 2015 16:55:13 GMT -5
Haha that is a real picture! No doctoring at all! There are many others like it... Just search google for cockatiel cockatoo hybrid and look at the image search results.
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Post by Sharyn and Mr P on Apr 24, 2015 17:02:41 GMT -5
Wow, I thought it was a joke and you photo shopped it!
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Post by aaron on Apr 24, 2015 20:46:01 GMT -5
If that photo is photoshopped, someone else did it! But I am pretty certain it is not.  |
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