My Bourkes

[Courtzrocks]

Yeah if they bred it would be rosy's but if she got another split or normal we could get some normals. But yeah, she isn't breeding them but i told her if she wanted to let them have a clutch, i would raise the babies for her. Does it matter what sex is what? Does that make a difference? The male is the split and the female is the rosy.

[Monica]

Normal Split Rosy x Rosy
50% Rosies
50% Normals

Rosy/Opaline is a sex linked mutation. Since the mother is a rosy, you're aunt would get normals and rosies of both sexes. The normal male offsprings will be split rosy. The normal female offspring will not.

[Courtzrocks]

Awesome!...Hopefully one day she'll let them have a clutch for me, I wouldnt mind a bourke or 2.

[huntress]

see, I learned something new too

[The Boy With The Birds]

hahahaha in Australia, it is sooooooooo much easier to find normal bourkes parrots, at my bird club, every raffle, the prize is a pair of normal bourkes, i have kept them, but now my pair consists of a rosa split cream hen and a rosa split pink male
budgie bands work great 4 me :)

Zac

[PenelopeGem]

The Normal Bourkes are my favorite, and they are sexually dimorphic (males and females can be visually sexed). Good luck in your search - you've probably found some by now! lol.

[prettypenguin]

Are Bourkes pet birds, or are they more for aviary type situations?

[geier-004]

Hello prettypenguin,

I have 4 Bourkeparrots - and 2 Elegantparrots - as pets in a aviary in my livingroom.

Grassparrots don't can live in a cage, they must have a aviary and many free flight.

Look it this underforum, there are threads with photos from my birds.

When you have more questions, then question us ...

[Krazy Karen]

If you handraise a Bourke they can make a good house pet and be kept in a cockatiel sized cage - of course they still require out of cage flight time.
I like Rosa Bourke's Parrots, but my favourite is still the wild type.

[geier-004]

Hello,

here in Germany is the recommended minimum size for a cage or a room aviary for parrots in size from grass parrots:

length: 1m
height: 0,5m
deep: 0,5m

The most cages for cockatiels was smaller, unfortunately. My room aviary is bigger.

My favorite by Bourkes are the wild type, too.