Cinnamon Quakers: A New Mutation

Abstract

I believe that my wife and I are the
first people to breed a new mutation
of Quaker Parakeets. They are cinnamon
in coloration and are definitely
different in color from normal
Quakers. The few people that I have
shown them to also agree that they
are very beautiful birds.
My wife and I have been breeding
Quaker Parakeets for about five
years. I became interested in them
after talking to Mike Underwood of
Avi-Sci pelleted diets. Mike said that
Quakers are easy to breed, make
good parents and the babies are
exceptionally tame when hand-fed.
We purchased a few pairs of Quakers
from a bird farm in Florida and set
them up in a breeding situation.
We had fairly good success and
were pleased with the birds and the
babies, which indeed were very tame
and made affectionate pets.
In April 1988, I noticed a different
looking chick in one of our nest
boxes. It had light yellow down, 

whereas the others had the normal
grayish-green down at hatching to a
few weeks old.

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