Fischeri Lutino - Almost all Agapornis hobbyists, of course, are oriented toward the show bird. You can participate whether in the Normal Green class or in the mutation category in each type of species provided by the show association.
How to start selecting young birds in your aviary and choosing the best one to participate in your first local show.
Some hobbyists with enough money can easily buy a bird selection from a famous breeder with a champion bloodline.
But for some people or young hobbyists, starting from the bottom of their first bird it needs to be clarified the bloodline is shared.
Of course, you should also look at references such as seeing champion birds in your association.
By seeing and visiting the show, you will increasingly understand what the judges and associations are asking for.
I will give some descriptions as a guide for breeding selection Agapornis Mutation Lutino Fischeri. Later on, I will add many articles about other mutations.
Agapornis Lutino Fischeri Breeding Selection Guide For those who need to know where the Lutino comes from, it is highly recommended to start all this by Crossing Lutino x Normal Green Fischeri, which is correct. You think it is close to your association's standards.
Moreover, the melanin mutation group is highly recommended to work from split birds. You will be working on F1 from the cross result above.
Of these couples, 100% of the chicks are green/NSLino. With the expectation in F1, you get Green/NSLino with a definite bloodline first.
Breeding tests should be done on F1 x F1, Green/NSLino x Green/NSLino; when you find the couple's lutino phenotype chicks, you should pay attention to this.
Some important aspects when selective breeding of fischeri lutino
Crown of Lutino Fischeri
Choose Lutino Fischeri chicks with a minimum of red-orange traces on the crown
of the back of the head.
The Agapornis fischeri
Crown is formed from an orange Psittacine, yellow Psittacine, and melamine
combination.
If the mutation of lutino melanin is completely gone, only red and yellow
Psittacine should be present in the crown of lutino fischeri.
But
the dominance of yellow Psittacine will have a fire effect on the crown of
Lutino Fischeri, and this is what you should choose.
Choosing
Lutino with a minimum trace of red Psittacine is the best option. This will make it easier for breeding selection at the next stage.
Masked of Lutino Fischeri
Choose Lutino Fischeri chicks with deep orange gradient masks to crop with
fire shades.
The transition here should be gentle and not be too
strong a boundary between chest and mask feathers.
Some local show judges prefer a washing zone between the orange and
green borders for the wild type.
But in Lutino's mutation, it
cannot be seen. The selection of Lutino with a gradient mask up to the crop is
the right choice.
Instead of choosing a mask with the dominance of
the yellow Psittacine in the crop area, it's closer to the hybrid between
Personatus Lutino. Or traces of transmutation from Lutino Lilianae Nyasa.
Beak shape in Lutino Fischeri
Choose Lutino Fischeri chicks with the slimmest beak shape. Regulation of show
birds always leads to harmonization. The shape of the beak can support the
harmonization of appearance.
Champion Birds at BVA. or A.E.C.Shows
always with a sleek beak and curves leading to crop.
The shape of
the upper beak that directly leads to the crop or neck is your goal. It's not too
thick for the outer half.
While the inner beak chooses one that is
mainly covered by chin feathers. The most important thing is that both halves
are perfectly covered.
Choose a Lutino Fischeri chick with a rather prominent forehead shape that looks
wide from the front; this can affect the angle of view for the head to look
large and full.
Also, it harmonizes with the outer beak to make it
look slimmer.
The forehead will always be related to the shape of the overall head, as the
back of the head must also be considered.
Do not let the state of
the back of the head damage the harmonization of the forehead. That is already
good.
The head shape of Lutino Fischeri
Choose a Lutino Fischeri chick with a coin round head shape from the forehead to the back, forming a perfect curve.
Avoid the shape of the head with a slight protruding on the back, and greatly avoid the shape with the crest on the back.
Body Size Choose Lutino Fischeri chicks with a size of at least 15cm from the
head to the tip of the tail. Longer and larger would be nice, which obviously
avoids breeding birds too small for Fischeri species.
The standard
approved by the BVA. is 14.5cm - 15.5cm, possibly different from other
association regulations.
The following job when you have got chicks lutino fischeri with the above criteria is to re-marry with normal green from other lineages that, potentially in the future, will greatly help your next job.
Or it could be cross-back with the normal green grandfather of the first bloodline if you don't have enough money to buy a new bloodline for normal green. Of course, considering there will be progress in the next generation.
But you need to note that too often, cross-back or inbreeding will increase
gradually at the quality of both sizes and health, and the most fatal is a
disability.
For hobbyists who already have Lutino Fischeri
mutations with good quality, of course, your aviary work will be easier.
You need to know that the regulations in each association can be slightly
different; you must know very well how your association provides
regulation.
But the above criteria have become a good base for you
to start a bloodline in the aviary.
