Cage & Aviary Birds

Problem colours

OLOUR identification and genetics: two favourite subjects which can also be so frustrating. When I was younger, I was fortunate that I had some great help with colour identification. Spotting certain features that make a variety stand out from something similar: An albino has red eyes, a clear beak and pink feet, and in cocks will have a pink cere, too. A double factor spangle will have black

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