Blue Solomon Island Eclectus is a recessive mutation and what this means is that both males and females carry the gene. When both parents carry the gene, and each parent passes one blue gene to a baby then this results in a blue baby. If only one parent passes the gene to a baby, the baby looks like a normal coloured eclectus but carries the blue gene and is called a split.
The combinations below show what percentage of babies can be produced depending on the pairing. Blue x Blue = 100% Blue babies (males and females)
Blue x Split = 50 % Blue + 50% Splits (males and females)
Blue x Normal = 100% Splits (males and females)
Split x Split = 50% Splits + 25% Blue + 25% Normal (males and females)
Split x Normal = 50% Splits + 50% Normal (males and females)
So, with the first three combinations you can only produce blue and split babies. With the 4th combination you can produce 1 in 4 blues, and with both the 4th and 5th combinations you also produce Normals with no way of knowing if they are splits unless you breed from them or sell them as possible splits.
