Abbey actually laid me a clutch of four eggs recently! Early considering she is only a year old. They were infertile (to be expected with a young bird and first clutch)...but it shows she is anxious to become a mommy! Next time around, we should have a nice clutch from this pair!
Well, the time has come and on Feb. 25, 2008, we welcomed our new female pineapple hen "Abagail", into our small aviary. She is now paired up with our green-cheeked conure, Jack. They will make beautiful split babies together!!
Just as a side note: Abagail's name is of Hebrew origin and means "Gives Joy." Jak..short for Jakson...means "God has been gracious: has shown favor," based on John or Jacques and has a scottish origin. Could there be a better blessed union of birdies???
Here they are together...at last. Aren't they the sweetest little couple???
Here is the latest picture of Abby and Jak! (May 5, 2008) Now you can see the color in her!
A bit about Pinapple Conures
The Pineapple Conure is the combination of both the Yellowsided and Cinnamon mutations in one bird. The reds and yellows are vibrant and the head is a cinnamon colour. They are still "green-cheeked" conures, just their colors are mutated. So you can expect the same lively, comical personality that you find in a regular conure.
This is Jack...our male green-cheeked conure and our new pinapple hen's mate! He seems to be very pleased with his new leading lady!
We look forward to their beautiful babies!
We will keep you updated on their breeding status!
Here is how their babies will come out:
Normal Green-cheeked (Male)/Pinapple (female)
Males will be normal green with a pineapple/cinnimon split gene
Females will be normal green
Their babies, paired with appropriate mutations (i.e. pineapple/cinnimon) will further produce the mutated species.