Sun Conure Color Varieties- Normal, Pied, Red Factor, Double Factor, and Blue Sun Conures

5 Color Variations of Sun Conures
The 6th may be coming very soon! :)

Enjoy!
#1 Normal Sun Conure
#2 Pied Sun Conure
#3 Red Factor Sun Conure (Single Factor Sun Conure)
#4 Double Factor Sun Conure
#5 Turquoise Sun Conure (Blue Sun Conure)

Normal coloration is displayed with orange / red color around eyes, yellow down back and on chest, with green and blue on wings and tail.

Pied Sun Conures display the same orange / red around eyes, yellow body, but lack green and blue on wings.

Red Factor Sun Conures have orange / red all over head and chest, followed by yellow, and normal blue and green coloration on wings and tail.

Double Factor Sun Conures display deep red on head, chest and down back which turns into a 'bronze' coloration. (Which appears dark red/green) No adult Suns are known at this time with this coloration.

Turquoise Sun Conures display red around eyes, blue on head and down back with some green on wings. No adult Suns are known at this time with this coloration.

(A big thank you to Darlene and the Red Factor Sun Conure Education, Genetics and other mutations Group for photos of some very amazing Sun Conures!) 

Single factor sun conures- Happy New Year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Flight Photos

Though not very easily attained, here are a few photos of our red factor sun conures in flight :) enjoy!

Our little bat bird lol

Red Factor Sun Conure Siblings

Hello everyone,

I have just around 7 weeks before our little daughter is born and I was looking for some advice on raising a human baby with parrots. I know parrots, especially sun conures, can be very loud and somewhat possessive. So if any one has had some experience in this area please let me know any tips, thanks!

My red factor sun conures are both 2 years old. The male is easy going but my female is a bit more bonded to me and a little possessive.

Christmas Time

Sunkiss and Pyro enjoying new Christmas toys. Merry Christmas everyone! :)

Happy Birthday Jesus

Father's Day Special

Happy Father's day to all! I'm dedicating this post to my wonderful husband, who is a great Bird Dad. I Love You Honey!
You know you've found a wonderful man when he can be biten, pooped on, and still marry you - and love both you and the birds. I'm so thankful and blessed to have Aaron in my life to help me through all the challenges and adventures life brings. He's my best friend, soul mate, and Love of my life. I enjoy growing closer to him each and every day. I am so proud of him for all of the work that he does everyday. His disign work that is out of this world (http://www.vancegraphics.com/ ), his compasion for his work at the children's special needs facility, and especially for his Spanish preaching :) . His passion to tell others about Jesus Christ is so sexy (am I able to say that on here? since I'm married to him it should be alright). I'm just so thankful that he is mine, my one and only forever!



Happy Father's Day to the Dad that I grew up relying on more and more, God. I didn't have much of an earthly father when I was young, (...I guess I should send my mother a father's day card too, lol), but the Lord God our creator took care of me. I relized that I wasn't perfect and made lots of mistakes when I was around four years old. I understood that I had sinned and needed to ask God for forgiveness of my sins in order to go to Heaven when I died. I knew that Jesus died on the cross and rose again 3 days later and his blood covered my sins. So, I asked Jesus to save my soul and be my Lord. Since then He has been my great help and guide throughout my life. Thank you Lord for being with me always, Happy Father's Day! I Love YOU

More Bird Talk:

The 1st egg should hatch on father's day or the next couple days after. We really can't wait for them to come, I can here Pyro now still celebrating over the eggs (ha, he's screaming his head off). We still have 3 eggs, and they are doing fine. I did not candle them to see if they were fertile, I thought it could benefit my patience skills if I waited- ha, not really- I just didn't want to touch the eggs or bother Sunkiss and Pyro.

SUN CONURE BREEDING

Single Factor (red factor) Sun Conures expecting parents (Sunkiss behind Pyro in pict)

Proud soon to be parents :) Sunkiss and Pyro have their 1st egg as of yesterday morning! Thursday May 28 :) whoohoo

Sunkiss' bottom is still bulging so we are expecting another egg real soon. First egg should hatch June 22-24

The day before she laid her egg

As both parents being Single Factor sun conures they have the ability to produce a Double Factor sun conure which has red covering about all of its body. One out of four babies should display this color mutation (25%).

Currently feeding my breeding pair: leafy greens, steamed vegetables- corn, peas, grean beans, carrots, roudybush pellets, grapes, blue berries, apples, bananas, boiled eggs mashed, beans, rainbow pasta, and quiko egg food(in separate treat dish- don't seem to be eating it)

>plenty of fresh water, vitamin block, two cuttle bones, added calcium vitamin to their water

My pair are using a stainless steal boot box, with aspen pine shavings as bedding in their nest box.

Potty Training Parrots

Sunkiss' good potty training example,

Ask if you have any specific questions :)

Few Training Tips

1. Start in the morning, before your parrot has done its 'big' potty

2. Take your parrot to the desired location you want in to go potty

3. Tell your parrot to 'go potty' or 'tinkle' or whatever command you want your bird to go potty to, I use the made up word 'brons'

4. It shouldn't take your bird very long to go potty so keep your bird there until it goes

5. Praise your bird tons, make it feel like he/she has done the best thing in the world!

6. Repeat this every morning, and when you have it out of the cage try to take it to the potty location every 15 minutes or so... or just watch for it to do its potty dance and take it to the desired location. If you pay close attention you will soon be able to recognize when your parrot is ready to go, and if you notice fast enough you can hold your birds tail down and take it to the potty location before it goes and repeat steps 2-5

have fun, your bird should get some grasp on this within 72 hours or less, and become a pro in a couple weeks.

My girl flies to her potty location when she has to go potty, so now I don't have to even take her there.