Which varieties do I breed             

The Agapornis roseicollis, is according the books, in many ways an easy bird to breed.
Still I find it difficult to find a good breeding couple.
I mean, a couple capable to feed their young ones who don't pluck, and most important a couple who doesn't let the young ones die.

The best thing about breeding the agapornis is in my opinion the variety of collours and collorcombinaties you are able to breed.
Especialy the various kinds of inheritage are interesting to breed with, in other to get the right collors.
A lot of people don't know anything of inheritage.
I think thats a shame. We should put a little bit more afford in breeding the birds.

At the beginning of may I started to sell some of the breedingcouples.
This wasn't easy, because Ihad to give up a mutation.
I Always breeded some of the same mutation in orther to sell young birds who weren't relatid to eachother.
I decided to sell the edged dilute in the following mutations: Aqua, Turquiose, green and green orangeface.

Because I bought new LB en half LB birds I was able to breed them with the breedingbirds of my own.
I did this to guarantee the tallnes of the birds.

Other mutations I breed are:



 

It is now January 2008
Last year was a good year all turn different colors farmed. Especially new opalines grown in red and orange mask.
In the summer I bought young opalines from Wesley Kok from Amsterdam, these birds do well, they start to come good in color.
For the new breeding season I have in mind for more different opalines to breed and of course a number of 1 / 2 LB and LB breeding birds.
I have some green split orange mask farmed for TT not so beautiful in color but good breeding birds will be.

Some different colors I Breed


Lutino and Lutino orange mask
Lutino opaline orange mask
Turquiose and in D and DD
Cinnamon and in orange mask
Cinnamon opaline and in orange mask
Pallid and opaline birds

Lang and half langbevederd in Green and Aqua

  
 





Beautiful Aqua from the cages of Yne Peter Terpstra with an offspring of my own,aqua split opaline






 

Beautiful bird from Yne Peter Terpstra
DD Green / Opaline / Aqua and Orange Mask chance split Opaline

own culture D / Aqua already

12 young of this torque stick, but unfortunately no opaline

aqua in D and DD (4x)
green in D and DD ( 8)

As a test I have 2 pare pale fallow or split

pale fallow / opaline  with violet factor x opaline  split pale fallow
split pale fallow orange mask x pale fallow D with violetfacor

now August

2x Green / pale fallow /orange face
2x Green D / pale fallow /orange mask
1x Opaline / pale fallow

expected this year of the first kopple: pale fallow / opaline x opaline  / pale fallow
in the first nest were 2 fallows but after 1 day , unfortunately dead

now 4 couples in Turquiose series

Turquiose DV / Ino x Turquiose DV
Turquiose / Opaline x DV Green / Turquiose
Tuquiose DV x Green DV / Turquiose
Turquiose V DD x Turquiose DV

I Have 3 turquiose  and 3 split birds in the aviaries to fly.