Budgie gender & color?

[gpop1]

I like the link you posted mustang. One day im going to learn the generics so when im told to catch the double factor such and such I wont have to ask the wife to point to it. It would be a lot easier if they had called them basic names like "white with splotches of purple", "green with a yellow head". My rainbow males been a dog this cycle so "lots of different colors" seems be every 3rd chick which is going to make catching them even more confusing.

 

[8GeeseALaying]

I'll pipe in quickly....i apoligze, i never zoomed in on the older bird photo...and i gave you the wrong information....th older birds IS indeed a male...

No worries! I'm glad to have any help that is offered

 

[Poultrybonkers]

Ok awesome! Blue is my favorite color, that's why I picked the recessive pied

Did you ever cross the two colors that I have? I'm sure you probably did, if so do you have any pictures of the chicks?
And this is the bird that I saw on your page, actually I would love to know how to get all 3 that are in the photo.

His parents where these two

The dads parents where a sky blue normal hen and the dad was a sky blue greywing
The moms parents were a rainbow mom and a sky blue normal dad
The grandparents to the sky blue normal dad (his parents) was a sky blue normal mom and a green opaline clearflight dad

 

[8GeeseALaying]

So I couldn't just go buy those two colors and get a chick like that, I would need to know their parents colors?

 

[Poultrybonkers]

So I couldn't just go buy those two colors and get a chick like that, I would need to know their parents colors?

You could try but you would need to know whos split for what etc

 

[8GeeseALaying]

I've been researching some of the colors, most I have seen in pet stores. How hard is it to find these colors? I would love to have them as my second pair.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

I've been researching some of the colors, most I have seen in pet stores. How hard is it to find these colors? I would love to have them as my second pair.

Top pic is photo shop there are violet budgies...but not that violet bottom is an actual color which looks to be a golden face double factor dominate pied

 

[gpop1]

Top pic is photo shop there are violet budgies...but not that violet bottom is an actual color which looks to be a golden face double factor dominate pied

I have to agree that the violet looks photo shopped. From my understanding violet is to do with the way light is reflected of the plumage. Cameras do not have the ability to show this color and will show a washed out blue. So the picture may be a representation of what the person thinks the bird looks like.

This bird to me looks like it has a violet body in sun light yet the picture shows the violet as a washed out blue.



I have never seen a clean violet bird and from what I understand it would require a double factor violet which would normally be a recessive gene showing on a washed out blue bird with no other mutations. I may be totally wrong

So 8greesealaying it may be possible to find that color but its going to be rare and expensive

 

[8GeeseALaying]

I thought that may have been a fake. I do know that there are no pink or red ones. I will just pick out the unusual looking ones at the stores. Since I will get normal blues from the two I have, I won't need to buy one of them, unless it wants to come home with me lol I'm bad about that. I have seen a few rainbow spangles, sorry if that isn't the right name, was thinking that one of those should be my next purchase along with a normal green, albino or yellow, which ever one catches my eye with their personality.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

I thought that may have been a fake. I do know that there are no pink or red ones. I will just pick out the unusual looking ones at the stores. Since I will get normal blues from the two I have, I won't need to buy one of them, unless it wants to come home with me lol I'm bad about that. I have seen a few rainbow spangles, sorry if that isn't the right name, was thinking that one of those should be my next purchase along with a normal green, albino or yellow, which ever one catches my eye with their personality.

Just remember do not breed two inos together as you will only get DIS eggs as they are to weak to hatch as for spangles love them...esp spangled opalines lol I Recently bought two females ones a yellowface greywing opaline the other is a greywing green opaline to breed to my green opal male and his brother as they are my 4th Generation