I was told my new bird is a Jenday

[DoubleTake]

Looks like a high red Jenday to me. I don't see any yellow or red specs on the wings to indicate that it could be a sun conure or a red factor sun conure. Is there even a thing as a Red factor Sunday? since Sunday's usually have all green wings and a face more of a sun conure.

 

[MonicaMc]

A "red factor" sunday would be a RF Sun bred to a Jenday and just hope the offspring have extra red...

 

[Sunnyclover]

I have a final guess...It's a beautiful birdie and enjoy him with his cute little red face.

 

[Skittys_Daddy]

I think at this early an age its REALLY hard to make an accurate guess.

Suns are mostly green til their first molt (for protection) and don't develop their true colors til after.

IF I were to take a guess, and it would be a guess, I'd say jenday with a lot of red.

I got into an argument with a lady on FB who kept telling me my Skittles is a red factor sun conure. He is not, I found that out from the breeder herself and my vet confirmed it. Skittles just happens to have more orange than the typical sun. Some suns have more yellow than the typical sun. One thing I CAN say is if the wings stay green it is most likely a jenday.

Sun conure wings (at least my Skittles) blend from yellow at the top, to green and then to blue.

Ultimately, your best and most accurate bet would be from an avian vet.

I was just checking out red factors with google and discoverd the "blue-streaked lory". Man, those things are creepy!

 

[raj914]

So, is a red factor a crossbred or something? I was advised not to keep a breeding pair. Hoping to learn more about this.

 

[Skittys_Daddy]

You are correct in that you are not supposed to breed two red factors together. If I remember correctly, if you do they don't live very long. Most don't live past weaning.

As for what causes red factor, its a mutation created by breeding suns of certain colors together to create the 'red factor' color.

 

[Peebles24]

Poor little odin has 4 pin feathers coming in on his head. Didnt notice them yesterday.they dont seem to be bothering him.

 

[MonicaMc]

If the red factor was the result of hybridization and not a mutation, then breeding double factor reds would be fine.


Breeding red factor to red factor does not result in 100% double reds, but the double reds that are produced do tend to die by 6 months of age...