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Hi , we have had our first clutch of babies, but here is the thing, the parents are dark eyed dad is cremino and mom is autr cinn, the babies are cremino with red eyes. Are red eye birds more rare? Thanks Roy

I would post that question on this forum. It specialized in lovebirds. http://www.lovebirdsplus.com

if the dad is a creamino and has dark eyes, it is not a creamino. Does he have a blue rump? Creaminos are pastel versions of lutino. They are ino, which means they lack all of the melanin pigment, but they also lack some of the rubino. The father must be split to ino and is able to produce creamino and/or lutino.
How many babies did they hatch? If they had more than 2 creamino babies, that is rather rare. With genetics statistics, there are not usually more than 2 babies of the exact same color with a combination of parents that you have. I have a pair that consists of a green pied male and a Australian cinnamon violet female. The male is split ino and australian cinnamon, so the babies I get range from lutino, creamino, different kinds of aus. cinns and cinnamon violets and cinnamon violet pieds and green pieds. They have only had 4 clutches since I got them but I know they can have a few more different kinds of babies yet.
Good luck with your birds and your babies!

Rcope wrote:Hi , we have had our first clutch of babies, but here is the thing, the parents are dark eyed dad is cremino and mom is autr cinn, the babies are cremino with red eyes. Are red eye birds more rare? Thanks Roy

If Dad has dark eyes, and produced red eyed babies he could be a splitcinnamino. This is a bird carrying the Ino and Aussie gene. He will appear to be a Aussie with a blue rump, but can produce Aussies, and Ino's. If he is with this pairing you would produce Aussie males, and females, Ino females, and splitcinnaminos. Do you have any pictures of him to share?