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Originally Posted by jomeigs Okay! Thank you! She better come home soon. I just keep buying stuff for her.

She is so sweet and spoiled already, she should love that cage.

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She will be very spoiled!!!!

I went to visit my little Lutino girl today. Pretty as ever😊 They will be moving them in to cages this weekend and can probably come home next week. Can’t wait. I must admit that the blue and white one was my first choice , but he had a deposit on him. He has the most amazing little personality. He actually prefers people over his siblings. My little girl will need a little more work, but that’s okay😊 They both actually came to the front of the tank to say hello. It’s usually just him.

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That is an awesome cage! She is just gorgeous and is going to love her "Barbie Dream Cage" penthouse.

Thank you. Her cage should be delivered Friday. And more of her toys will arrive tomorrow. I am having fun shopping for her. Finally picked out a name too, but it may change, Lol! For now it will be Olivia.

I absolutely LOVE the pictures you've been posting of her. She is precious!

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Thank you for looking I love visiting and taking photos. I just keep looking back at the photos just waiting for the day she comes home. Unless the blue and white one falls through and I take him home. I doubt that would happen. Whatever it is I am extremely happy and whatever is meant to be, will happen.
So I have someone in another group, that claims to be an expert, insists that she is a he. I stated what I have learned an others with more experience than I, say definitely a girl. I also read, do not know if it is true, that if 2 non Ino parents have an Ino baby, that it is always female. Do you know that to be true?

Joyce,

The budgie is definitely female so the so-called "expert" isn't such an expert.

I am not an expert when it comes to mutations and genetics but either StarlingWings or PoukieBear will be able to answer the question with regard to Inos.

I will message them through our staff page and ask that one of them respond to you.

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Thank you! And it was a guy! And they usually take a big defense to being wrong. Lol! Sorry guys Probably never had an Ino and is going by the general rules.

Her cage came today. So excited. And I think we may have settled on a name. Darla

The "expert" clearly is not an expert

Ino is a sex linked gene. This means that males can carry two copies of the gene, and females can only carry one copy of the gene.

When a male has TWO copies of the gene, he will appear as a visual Ino. When a male carries only ONE copy of the gene, it will be "hidden" (we call this "Split" for Ino) and it will not show visually.

Since a female can only carry ONE copy of the gene, she will ALWAYS appear INO if she carries it. She can never be split for it.

So, in order to get a male baby INO budgie, mom has to be INO and dad also has to be either INO or at least split for INO. That way the chick will inherit two copies of the gene, one from mom and one from dad.

If momma bird is not an INO, then it is genetically impossible to have a male INO in the clutch. All INO's in the clutch will be female, since they will be inheriting the gene from dad who would be either INO or split for INO.

I really hope this all makes sense, sometimes it's hard for my brain to get my thoughts out in an orderly fashion.

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