Welcome to Schilduil

If you've got a strange breeding result, a question about genetics or just want to know what you might get from a pair:

Have a look at the case studies section
and
Submit your question here

Latests site news

December 2009: Updated the links. The biggest change is the addition of Germany.

August 2009: New software! calculate inbreeding and kinship with Schilduil Proc Inbreeding

Maart 2009: Some unepected colours from two pairs in the case studies section.

July 2008: A new case study about dominant pieds:
> Why is a dominant pied called dominant while not all the offspring are pied?

July 2007: New articles in the article section.

Goal

This site aims at giving (budgerigar) breeders the tools and knowledge they need from a genetic point of view. Although this site is focuses on budgerigar breeders, anyone looking for information on genetics will probably find something useful on this site.

Help

You want to help out with translations, writing an article, coding, ... ? Drop us a note here.

The Schilduil Team does not intend to make a profit. We feel we should share our knowledge. Nevertheless some funding would be nice in order to pay for the web hosting etc. Therefore we do accept sponsored links and banners (you probably already noticed the Google adds). For information about becoming a sponsor or having your link in the links section leave us a message here.