Conure mating question,

[darkling]

This might be a really stupid question but I'm going to ask anyway.

So I know you get a Sunday conure if you mix a Sun and a Jenday but do other types of conures mix as well? Is it just specific types that will cross breed or would any conure breed with another conure regardless?

 

[darkling]

Is the question just so stupid that no one can bring themselves to reply? lol

 

[Rio Mom]

As far as I know, its just ones like the sun/jenday. But maybe somebody else knows more about this.

 

[darkling]

So how do they get pineapple conures and the like then? Is it just lucky mutations?

 

[MikeyTN]

When I used to study about Conures, they can breed with one another. Pineapple Green Cheeks is a mutation, not a mix. It is bred between a mutation of Yellow Sided Green Cheeked to a Cinnamon Green Cheeked.

Mutation colors of Green-Cheeked Conures

 

[n5drt]

So how do they get pineapple conures and the like then? Is it just lucky mutations?

pineapple is a mutation,,of green cheek

 

[darkling]

I've been thinking about getting a companion for Pi. I'd like another conure but I don't want babies. Ever. I think I would pass out if I woke up one morning to find eggs or baby birdies. lol

 

[Abzeez]

I seen a nanday/cherry headed??? conure for sale on a website the other day.

 

[Abzeez]

Cherry-head/ Nanday Cross Conure Parrot in Henning, Minnesota

Also found this Meyer's cross.
Female Half Senegal, Half Meyers Parrot in Hibbing, Minnesota

 

[darkling]

You can mix a Meyer's and a Senegal?

Who knew ...

Well, obviously whoever mixed them I guess.

I wonder if it was an accident or ...?

 

[Abzeez]

I don't know. I found it odd, and wonder if it is true, but I guess we'll never know.