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Posted by Bridget Wheeler on Thursday, July 1, 2010
As I have said in prier posts, I am setting a new goal for the aviary. I would like to breed the lacewing mutation. Lacewing Is a mix either albino or lutino and cinnamon. If you have mixed an albino and cinnamon the bird will have an all white body and light brown head and wing markings. If you mix lutino and cinnamon the bird will have yellow body color and light brown head and wing markings. In both types the cheek patches show up violet. Both also have red eyes. Male ceres don't change to blue as they mature. Female ceres do change to the normal tan as they mature. Now it is always easer to just breed two lacewings to get lacewing chicks but there simply aren't any in my area. So I'm planing on breeding Horus and Ginger to get started. Hopefully I can take one of their male chicks and breed him to get a lacewing. Wish me luck. I will be posting more information when the breeding season starts.