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I saw a Sunday

I've heard of them, hybrid of Jenday and Sun, but I never saw one until the other week.  I was in Petco getting food for the "farm" that my house has become (the 2 birds, 2 puppies, 1 ferret, 1 aquarium; I think that's all), and went by the birds.  Even though I'd never seen one, there was no mistaking it.  I was sure it had to be a Sunday.  

It was beautiful (but not as pretty as my Rio, of course).  It's entire head and front was almost the same deep reddish orange that a Jenday's mask is, and the wings were predominately green with only some speckles of yellow.  

I happened to be talking to one of the employees about the group of Jendays and Suns they had recently.  She said that was the last Sun.  I said "Uh no, that's a Sunday" and I told her why.

This is why places like Petco... oh nevermind.  Disgust


Ή ταν ή επί τας - "Come back with your shield, or on it". Traditional Spartan farewell before going to battle: victory or death; never surrender, never flee.

Mολών Λάβε - "Come and take them". Leonidas to Xerxes, on the former being told to surrender his weapons.
09-18-2009 04:19 PM
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just so you know sun conures look like that when they are under a year old they dont start getting the yellow in until age 2 and then its a life long process of getting yellower as they molt , so its possible that was a sun conure not a sunday/ i asked the same questions when i bought honey my sun because she sure didnt look like it but both sunny and honey are pure sun conures thier colors are more now then when they were babies


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09-18-2009 05:49 PM
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I'm thinking it was a Sunday, because the picture I  posted is of a Sunday, according to the site I got it from.  The bird at Petco looked almost exactly like this one.  It was the almost completely orange front that was striking.  I've never seen that on any of the baby Suns or Jendays.  

Here's another one the owner says is a Sunday...

Now here's something interesting, which may prove your point...

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The problem is the sunday conure (jenday x sun) hybrid. Although, personally, there are some hybrids that I approve of, I think the sunday is one that should be discontinued. Whenever a hybrid looks similar enough to either of the original parent species as to cause possible confusion between it and a purebred specimen, it should be placed in a situation where it can never be bred. The sunday looks almost identical to the black-eyed jenday in body coloration. Even though most of the aviculturists that produce this hybrid sell them to be used as pet stock only, many of these birds recirculate into breeding collections. The pet owner may get tired of his bird and sell it to a pet shop that does not know the history of the bird. They in turn may sell or trade the bird to a breeder as a mature jenday. The unknowing aviculturist pairs it with one of his jendays to produce offspring that can be used to introduce new blood into his flock. Unfortunately, the offspring will be 25-percent sun conure. This is no way to increase your gene pool.

http://www.voren.com/articles/the-gold-c...n-conures/


Who knows what these birds are that are being sold, beautiful as they are!?


Ή ταν ή επί τας - "Come back with your shield, or on it". Traditional Spartan farewell before going to battle: victory or death; never surrender, never flee.

Mολών Λάβε - "Come and take them". Leonidas to Xerxes, on the former being told to surrender his weapons.
09-18-2009 09:17 PM
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