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Smerft85

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So my cockatiels are still young, too young to breed, but do have a strong bond and the future looks very bright for them.

My male, Branch, is a whiteface, potential of split to "something" is probable but no guarantees. My female, Poppy, is a lutino pearl pied with no known splits.

If I'm thinking correctly I might have a chance at a whiteface lutino? If so, how likely is it? Reason I ask, is because if they do breed and happen to produce that particular mutation, I've already chosen my next bird, want to know if i am right or if I'd need to find a breeder with the bird I'm wanting?
 

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I was never great with remembering outcomes from breeding so I would use genetic calculators. There are two available GenCalc and VirtualBreeder which now has a phone app.

I think you may end up with pearl pied w/face and pied w/face and miss the 'inos but not knowing what or if the male has splits makes it hard. Like I said I was never great with the genetics and I haven't needed it in over a decade. Try the gencalcs and see how you go. Maybe someone will have a better idea who is current with genetics.
 
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Smerft85

Smerft85

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From the calculator I could get onto it looks like wf, wf peid, pearl, wf pearl with a slight chance of the lutino showing in any of those. Seems very slim to me but possible. Thanks for the links!
 

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Albino (aka whiteface lutino) is posibble but male has to spilt to lutino and female spilt to whiteface. Then would be chance 12,5% for albino but you don't know spilts. If male isn't spilt to lutino and/or female isn't spilt to wf, this is impossible to get albino birds. So chance is so small
 
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Smerft85

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Albino (aka whiteface lutino) is posibble but male has to spilt to lutino and female spilt to whiteface. Then would be chance 12,5% for :palbino but you don't know spilts. If male isn't spilt to lutino and/or female isn't spilt to wf, this is impossible to get albino birds. So chance is so small

This all being said I may be better off locating the particular bird than hoping to breed into it, that helps a lot and I thank you!
 

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