Hybrids and Mutations

[2birds]

Thought I would share this link to some photos of some very interesting and beautiful hybrids and mutations. Hope you enjoy.

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[Turquoise]

Very interesting crosses & mutations! I like that aviary, Windsong. They sell my two favorite species. Parrots & Poodles!! LOL

I have seen some of these before, but not all of them. Some really beautiful colors on them, especially the Cockatoo crosses, Indian Ringnecks & Macaws. Thanks for sharing these here. :)

[2birds]

I love poodles also, extremely intelligent and beautiful. I have a standard named Miss Kitty. She is seven yrs. old.
The macaws are beautiful and the cockatoo hybrids are so unique. Actually, they are all pretty cool.

[Honesty]

Very nice :) I love the Amazon and Macaw mutations. :thanks4sharingthumb.

[Turquoise]

Oh Super Awesome on Miss Kitty the Spoo! (Standard Poodle for you non curly haired dog lovin' folks) I love her name! I have 3 female standard poodle sisters. Two are full sisters from the same litter, Cheyenne my champagne blonde, and Mikkwa my red apricot. They are both 5 1/2 yrs old. Then I have their older half sister, Nakia. She is black and turned 6 yrs old this past March.

Plus I have two male toy poodles. Jonnikki is a phantom color and his half nephew Jen Jen is black with the white stripe down his chest which technically makes him a parti color. And he strangely resembles a doxidoodle instead of full poodle although he is registered. LOL They are both 6 yrs old. And if that wasn't enough I have two shih tzus, Chow Yun, he's 11 yrs old & Shaolin, he's 6 yrs old.

And of all things I have a sheepadoodle, yep an Old English Sheepdog/standard poodle cross named Ozzie Doodle. He is huge, 29"at the shoulders and I suspect weighs 100lbs & is 2 yrs old! He is no kin to my girls, I was trying to get a 3 yr old female parti colored standard poodle from craiglist. The guy I was in contact with did not tell me the dog was a chicken killer. I went to see her and his wife told me about her fetish of hating birds. I didn't want to bring her home to my parrots and they had two sheepadoodle pups that needed a home as well, so Ozzie came home with me. :) He's a mess, but lovable. So, yeah I have 5 poodle and 8 dogs in all~~Phewww!!

[2birds]

Wow De'Andrea, I thought I had the zoo. Two 75 gal. fish tanks. One is set up like the amazon with four angels, two blue rams, and a legion of cardinal tetras. The other has two oranda goldfish who are getting big. And then, there is Joe the lab chow mix. I found him and his brother on the street. The plan was to find both of them a home but Joe wormed his way into my life. That was 12 yrs. ago. Lexi the Malinois Shepherd, she's 11. I used to have a black Standard Poodle Pooka who was my first poodle and my love but she passed in 06' And of course Miss Kitty (she's white, grrr). And then the horses. Bella is a 23 yr. old saddlebred mare, Laela is a 7 yr. old friesian/saddlebred cross (she will be bred in the next month or two to a friesian stud) and Star an appendix mare who is 6 or 7. And of course Clover, Kilo and Lilliputs who you know. I almost left someone out Mean Kitten Hamsterboy. A beautiful longhair tabby and white cat with deformed eyes. Maybe this is what keeps me young. I'm always doing something. LOL. Sometimes I wonder how I manage it all but I'm good at multi-tasking. Everyone has been fed for the morning, the poodle got clipped and time to relax with coffee.

[Turquoise]

Too funny Lori! You sound just like me & my house at various times in my life. I used to keep aquariums, even had a 100 gal. salt water one set up in the 90s. I had a 200 gal. fancy goldfish aquarium and a 150 gal. community aquarium and Angel fish were one of my favorites along with goldfish & Koi. My hubby's favorite were always the Neon Tetras, but some sneaky fish was always making a meal of them. LOL This was all back in the early to mid 90s. I just don't have the time to keep an aquarium anymore.

I did have 6 snakes left from my collection I sold a couple of years ago. I recently gave them and my two tortoises to a friend, former coworker whom she & her hubby keep several other snakes & tortoises. They are raising their two young nephews and the kids love animals. They gave me two bird cages for the kindness I wasn't expecting that was the lady inherited from her Dad who had an African Grey at one time. The cages are small, but just alike except for color so I will put them together & make one nice size cage.

I had 3 horses many many yrs ago back in the mid 70s and they all lived to old age. I kept them til the end, the last one died in 1999. They weren't any special kinds, except one was a paint. I did love my horses, but I can't ride anymore. The last time I tried riding one in the 90s my back was one big spasm-ing nightmare. I knew then my riding days was over. Too much damage and age creeping in to it. :(

You will have to add photos of all your other critters on here. I'd love to see them! :)

[Mare]

Thanks for that, Lori! Some beautiful and interesting mutations and crosses. You and De'Andrea have me beat with your zoos :). We do have six quarter horses, still, some are getting real close to 30yrs. old, the rest are in their late teens. I don't ride much anymore, not after a bad fall I took a few years ago. My daughter still rides, though.

[2birds]

And what a beautiful part of the country for your daughter to ride Mare. Does she trail ride only? or show as well? I grew up out your way, a little south of you. I left in 80. Worked my way across the country and now trying to find a way back. When I retire or something (or Win the lotto maybe?) I'll post pics of the rest of my beloved fur family De'Andrea..

[Rita]

WOW Lori,

Thanks for sharing this link with information and photo's of amazing hybrids!

Greetings from the Netherlands,
Rita