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Quaker Colours & Mutations We have so many wonderful colours available in Australia, with even more available overseas additionally. Here is an overview to help you identify your own quaker, someone else's, or choose your next family member. The following photographs are our own property unless otherwise indicated. Note: We do not have "grey green" quakers in Australia currently, they are properly called Dark Green (SF Dark Factor) and Olive (DF Dark Factor). DO NOT screenshot, save or republish any copyrighted photographs from this website without expressed permission by the owner. This is a copyright infringement and punishable by law. We are also working on cataloguing side-by-side comparisons of the different mutations, feel free to check them out here. Jump to: Green Variants Dark Green Variants Olive Variants Ino Variants Blue Variants Turquoise Variants Cobalt Variants Mauve Variants Green Green Pallid Green Pallidino Green Opaline Dark Green Dark Green Pallid dark green pallidINO Images coming soon. dark green OPALINE Images coming soon. OLIVE OLIVE PALLID Images coming soon. Olive Opaline LUTINO ALBINO BLUE BLUE PALLID BLUE PALLIDINO Images coming soon. BLUE OPALINE TURQUOISE TURQUOISE PALLID TURQUOISE OPALINE Cobalt Turquoise Images coming soon. Cobalt Turquoise Pallid Images coming soon. Cobalt Turquoise Opaline Images coming soon. COBALT COBALT PALLID COBALT PALLIDINO COBALT OPALINE MAUVE MAUVE PALLID MAUVE Opaline Images coming soon. Additional mutations include: (Commonly referred to as "Crossovers") Green Opaline Pallid Dark Green Opaline Pallid Olive Opaline Pallid Blue Opaline Pallid Cobalt Opaline Pallid Mauve Opaline Pallid Turquoise Opaline Pallid Cobalt Turquoise Opaline Pallid Mauve Turquoise Opaline Pallid Cremino Turquoise Pallidino Cobalt Turquoise Pallidino OIive Pallidino Mauve Pallidino Mauve Turquoise Mauve Turquoise Pallid Mauve Turquoise Pallidino Mauve Turquoise Opaline

quaker colour combination COMPARISONS With the vast amount of mutations and available in Australia, it can be difficult to find professional and concise comparisons between each colour. It is tricky for the untrained eye to see difference between the different mutations and what the effect is on the structural colour if you are unsure what you're looking for. Here are some comparison photographs to help distinguish them. DO NOT screenshot, save or republish any copyrighted photographs from this website without expressed permission by the owner. This is a copyright infringement and punishable by law. For the comprehensive colour chart, click here. GROUP SHOTS L-R: Turquoise, Blue Opaline, Blue, Blue Pallid, Cobalt Pallid, Cobalt Opaline, Cobalt L-R: Dark Green Opaline, Dark Green, Green, Green Pallid, Green Pallidino GREEN PALLID VS GREEN PALLIDINO VS LUTINO L-R: Green Pallidino, Green Pallid, Lutino L-R: Lutino, Green Pallidino, Green Pallid L-R: Green Pallid, Green Pallidino Cobalt vs Cobalt Opaline vs Cobalt pallid L-R: Cobalt Pallid, Cobalt, Cobalt Opaline L-R: Cobalt Opaline, Cobalt, Cobalt Pallid Dark Green vs Olive L-R: Olive, Dark Green L-R: Dark Green, Olive L-R: Dark Green, Olive Turquoise vs Blue L-R: Blue, Turquoise (Parblue-Blue) L-R: Turquoise (Parblue-Blue), Blue Cobalt Pallid vs Mauve Pallid Cobalt Pallid L-R: Mauve Pallid, Cobalt Pallid Mauve Pallid L-R: Cobalt Pallid, Mauve Pallid Green opaline vs dark green opaline vs olive opaline L-R: Dark Green Opaline, Green Opaline, Olive Opaline L-R: Green Opaline, Olive Opaline L-R: Dark Green Opaline, Green Opaline, Olive Opaline Dark Green Opaline Olive Opaline

ABOUT MARANATHA AVIARIES Welcome! I'm Camille, a companion parrot breeder located in the heart of the gorgeous Lockyer Valley. I keep, breed and handraise beautifully natured green-cheeked conures and quakers in colours that are a little different to the rest! READ MORE WHY BUY YOUR NEXT BIRD FROM US? We know how important it is that your new family member is a perfect fit. Here's why: Tame & Friendly Each of our babies are handled every day, get plenty of snuggles and are doted on by our two kids. Matched To You We allow as much time as you need at your appointment, ensuring you find one that matches best to you. Play, snuggle and play some more. Social & Well-Mannered We believe being raised with a family enables our babies to integrate seamlessly from our home to yours. They learn etiquette with children and other flock members, step up commands and begin recall training. lifetime support We include a comprehensive care brochure, samples of food they are used to and some safe toys when you take your baby home, but the support doesn't stop there. You can contact us whenever you like, for as long as you like. Confident & PLAYFUL Our bird room a la "birdy penthouse" has a massive play stand to explore and interact with. We provide them with plenty of safe toys to chew and destroy. DNA Tested We DNA test and leg ring each one of our birds to guarantee you can choose the most compatible gender to add to your family; oh and pick the perfect name of course. View our available birds COLOURS OF THE RAINBOW Different colours, same exceptional quality. We breed a variety of colours in green, turquoise and violet. VIEW OUR COLOURS A CUT ABOVE THE REST Fancy a quaker that's a little different to the others? You've come to the right place: we have plenty of 'fancy' to choose from. VIEW OUR COLOURS

Hey everyone! It’s been a hot minute since I’ve updated the blog, I’m so sorry! WOW it is breeding season again! Feels like I haven’t even really had much of a break to be honest, but the birdies certainly feel quite differently. Lots of hormones going on with the nest boxes going in over the last few weeks. Bring on spring! KEMPSEY AUCTION IN NSW We are proud to announce we will be attending the first Mid North Coast Avicultural Society’s ‘Fly into Spring’ Bird Auction on Sunday the 24th of September, 2023 in Kempsey NSW. This is a great opportunity to get your hands on some awesome breeding pairs, save on freight costs and have a chat. We will have a fair few of our past season babies up for sale, so if you are interested in wetting your feet with mutation quaker breeding and want to have access to genetic support, please come and say hi! The auction will operate under the ‘bid card’ system, and you will be able to walk through and view all the birds before the auction starts at 10:30am. To see what quakers we are taking with us, click here: https://www.maranathaaviaries.com/aviary-for-sale NEW SPECIES ALERT: BOURKE’S PARROTS We are thrilled to have the chance to handraise some gorgeous little Bourke’s parrots this season, in two colours Rosa (opaline) and Cream (fallow). Bourke’s make such great, placid companion parrots in such gorgeous pinks and yellow hues. Their page on the website is in progress! Stay tuned 😁 COLOURS WE HAVE PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR Since we specialise in the less common mutations in both the conures and quakers, it is going to be an exciting season seeing what mutations end up being produced this year. In the green cheeks, we will of course still have our gorgeous single and double factor violets in turquoise combinations (straight, opaline, cinnamon and pineapple), plus the high red pineapples. In the quakers, we are able to produce a whopping 38 different colour combos this season! Of course, there is no guarantee to produce all of them but it certainly makes for a fun wait for those feathers to pop through 😁. There should be plenty of colours to choose from out of our normals, opalines, pallids, pallidinos and inos. Check out our comprehensive colour charts for each species by clicking the buttons below: THINKING OF A NEW FAMILY MEMBER THIS YEAR? Getting a new bird can be a really daunting but exciting experience, and you might be wondering if it is the right time or decision to purchase one. And that’s okay! Take a few minutes to read this article about the realities of owning a parrot. Deposits are now open also to secure your spot for a particular colour you had your eye on, you can flick me an email or give me a call on 0423 470 041. We require a $100 non-refundable deposit to hold a bub for you until it is ready, and will send a receipt confirming your payment has been received. You will be updated at every stage and get plenty of baby pictures while they grow so we can work out the best fit for you and your family. To find out more about buying a bird from us and what is included with your new feathered family member, you can read about it here. AVAILABLE HANDRAISED QUAKERS As of 15/9/23, we have just a few playful quakers left from last season, if you were looking for a bub. Here’s what we have left: 🦜Cobalt Pallid girl 🦜Mauve boy 🦜Blue Pallid boy https://www.maranathaaviaries.com/handraised-for-sale We have some more exciting updates coming shortly, watch this space! Until next time,

As the weather starts to cool off after a pretty mild Queensland summer, I'm looking forward to a few short months respite following the chaotic hubbub of another breeding season. It's always a joy to raise these gorgeous little feathered faces, and meet so many new clients and wonderful people to take care of them. The last few clutches are being raised now, so if you were still wanting to add a new family member we have just a handful left: (as of 22/2/22) Green Cheeks: Green Pineapple Hen (higher red) Green Single Factor Violet Turquoise Opaline (yellowsided) - awaiting DNA results Turquoise Opaline (yellowsided) - awaiting DNA results Double Factor Violet Green Opaline Cock Quakers: Blue hens Thank you to everyone I've met over the past 6 months, its been such a pleasure to get to know so many new families and match birds to you. Until next time,

Happy Spooky Season! 👻👻👻👻 I hope you are well and enjoying this wonderful rain we've been blessed with the last few days. I know my young kids have appreciated the muddy puddles more than I appreciated the mess to clean up! It has been another busy month here, with two clutches of green cheeks, a couple of bourkes parrots and a gorgeous baby quaker baby which weighed a whopping 3.5g at hatch. In the incubator we have a few clutches of quaker eggs developing well; we even got to see the heartbeat in one and the umbilical cord in another! VIOLET & TURQUOISE GREEN CHEEKS Our first clutch of green cheeked conures for 2020/21 ended up with three sf violet turquoise pineapples, three turquoise pineapples and one sf violet turquoise. As of 26/10, all are sold except one violet. GREEN PINEAPPLES We now have a clutch of four high red green pineapples, with a gorgeous amount of orange and red from the belly all the way to the cheeks. They are growing well and are roughly 3-4 weeks old. (26/10: Three available) COMING UP Out in the nests, we have one pair on a clutch of four pineapple babies, and another two on eggs, which will give us our violets and non-violets in green and turquoise pineapple again. If you would like to be placed on our waiting list, send us a message and we will be more than happy to chat to you :) OUR LATEST ARTICLE Thinking of getting a new family member, and not sure if a parrot would be suited to your family? Check out our new article: Is A Parrot The Right Pet For You? For daily updates and pictures head on over to our Facebook Page! Until next time,