A Guide to Cockatiels and Their Mutations

Written by two of Australia's foremost Cockatiel breeders, this title features beautiful colour photography, including all known mutations.

Easy-to-read information covers the care, management, housing and breeding of these popular birds. Contents include history, acquiring stock, housing - conventional and suspended aviaries, feeding, breeding/sexing, compatibility, nestboxes and mating, egg laying and incubation, hatching, artificial incubation, chick development, handrearing, weaning, pet Cockatiels, pet cages, colour breeding and mutations, colour breeding, accurate record keeping, an understanding of genetics, mutations: Pied, Lutino, Pearl, Cinnamon, Fallow, Silver, Platinum, Silver Spangle, Whiteface, Yellowface.