Rare IRN??

06-22-2007, 10:43 AM

So I'm looking thru the local ads - for a cage this time ... & i see this IRN

Rare indian ringneck - Toronto Birds for Sale - Kijiji Toronto

06-22-2007, 10:46 AM

Very unusual mutation. It will sell for LOTS of money to a collector.

06-22-2007, 10:46 AM

I don't know anything about Ringnecks, but he sure is gorgeous!

06-22-2007, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by svolk

I don't know anything about Ringnecks, but he sure is gorgeous!

Ditto, I agree with bootie shaker!

06-22-2007, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by mamalovesrico

Ditto, I agree with bootie shaker!

You know you're jealous!!

06-22-2007, 03:31 PM

Sorry guys but I think that is a scam. I have the original of that picture without the yellow/green side

their's

I think they have just photo shopped it. And while it would be worth alot (if it was actually a real bird and not a phoney pic) I don't think breeders would buy it anyways -Anthony Olszewski says in a paper on Avian Genetics :
Though of a genetic origin, half siders can not be intentionally bred. Half siders are the result of cytological accidents and are the inverse of twins. The half sider phenotype is not inheritable. A strain of half siders can not be developed.

So breeders don't bother trying to buy them because it can't be reproduced in the birds offspring.

The origional picture is a beautiful bird, waay expensive over here. I would love him to come and live with me

06-22-2007, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Kateykat

Sorry guys but I think that is a scam. I have the original of that picture without the yellow/green side <snip>

Great job, thanks for the heads-up!

Appreciate your knowledgeable eye!

06-22-2007, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Kateykat

Sorry guys but I think that is a scam. I have the original of that picture without the yellow/green side

their's

I think they have just photo shopped it. And while it would be worth alot (if it was actually a real bird and not a phoney pic) I don't think breeders would buy it anyways -Anthony Olszewski says in a paper on Avian Genetics :
Though of a genetic origin, half siders can not be intentionally bred. Half siders are the result of cytological accidents and are the inverse of twins. The half sider phenotype is not inheritable. A strain of half siders can not be developed.

So breeders don't bother trying to buy them because it can't be reproduced in the birds offspring.

The origional picture is a beautiful bird, waay expensive over here. I would love him to come and live with me

Thanks a lot! - thought the green on the wings looked 'fuzzy'.

06-22-2007, 04:57 PM

I also reported the ad as a fraud - thanks again.

06-22-2007, 07:18 PM

Good catch!