Some youngsters I've kept back as breeders

More young grasskeets...

full red opaline dilute male turquoisine

young male somewhat red fronted normal scarlet chested - juvenile colors

cinnamon aqua scarlet chested hen

aqua split to ino and likely single factor violet scarlet chested male

full red front grey dilute opaline male turquoisine

full red front dilute opaline turquoisine hen

grey dilute full red front opaline turquoisine hen

full red front opaline turquoisines - dilute baby on left with grey green/dilute father on right

full red front opaline dilute and green turquoisines

rosey bourke fostered by turquoisines

single factor violet aqua male scarlet chested

Latest youngsters

full red opaline dilute turquosine on left, its father on the right

second baby turquoisine in the nest still

full red fronted opaline dilute turquosine from another pair

full red opaline green and grey green turquoisines

full red opaline dilute grey - looking rather terrible due to molt

full red fronted opaline green

full red opaline dilute

normal and lutino scarlet chested parakeet babies

cinnamon scarlet

normal scarlet with slight red belly

marked white pied chocolate societies

gouldian finch chicks

gouldian chicks on banding day

Grasskeet youngsters growing

cinnamon hen

red fronted scarlet chested parakeet babies

normal

normal

red fronted opaline turquoisine baby

red fronted opaline turquoisine babies - one green, one grey green

The power of selective breeding and mutations...

Was taking a few pictures of my birds today and caught my normal male turquoisine sitting next to my full red fronted opaline dilute (yellow) male turquoisine - same species, but looks completely different due to mutation and selective breeding to increase the amount of red.