SJW

okay now...... After reading up on sexing baby budgies, I'm happy to go with the cobalt normal being male, but what is everyone's opinions on the white bird?? To me now, that looks female, judging by the white (very slighty bluish) rings around the nostrils....? Would love to know what everyone thinks! SJW

Hi there everyone, Is someone able to explain what I'm looking for in determining the sex of young budgies? I've tried to follow it in other posts where people are 'guessing' the sex, but I don't know if I'm missing something or not, but I generally can't see the difference!! Are there some general rules somewhere that I can read up on? Thanks SJW

Well here are the pics! Would love everyone's opinion on whether you think DEC or DFS (definitely no red eyes there) and sex as I have no idea!! Also picked up this one while I was there.... Cobalt normal, male...??? Thanks for your help, I look forward to your replies.

Well I've bought it! I can't tell if it is male or female, so will post some pics when I pick up on Wednesday! Thanks for your replies! SJW

Hi All, Just wondering if there is a way to tell the difference between the above mutations in a young bird? I know ultimately the DF Spangle with develop iris rings. I've located a young pure white bird that doesn't have red eyes and would be very interested if it is a DF Spangle!! Thanks for your help. SJW

I didn't see anything specific in there about tail differences, and the pictures all looked similar to me. I know the melanistic spangle has a light coloured tail, and all the pictures I could see of normal spangles all seemed to have light coloured tails as well, so I guess I'm just getting a little confused....

Hi All, It's been a while since my last post, but be assured that I have been keeping up to date with all the goings on...!! I was just wondering if it was possible to tell the difference between a normal and melanistic spangle in an adult bird? I have checked out all the pictures I can find, but it wasn't really clear. Thanks for your help. SJW

That's great, thanks Elly (and everyone else). Have decided not to breed them this year, will see what happens next spring !!

So.... assuming a very light iris ring in one eye, that would make Uh-Oh 'dominant' pied......?

Does that mean though that if Uh-oh does have an iris ring that she would be dominant rather than recessive pied??

Hi all,I was wondering this morning whether Uh Oh (green) could have a very light iris ring in just one eye? You can't see it in any of the photos, and she's not tame enough to get a close up photo - will keep trying though! Is this possible, and would this make her a dominant pied as well?Also, Bah definitely has a violet colouring on his shoulders, so I think I can settle on violet. However, one of his cheek patches is half white...? Does this mean anything significant, or is it just a bit of genetic weirdness? SJW

Hi Everyone, I was thinking about what has been said previously about Bah's mutation, and after reading some more forums was wondering why it is that he has the very strong yellow colouring through his body, but it hasn't had any affect on his blue feathers ie turning them green....? I got the impression that with blue based yf2 birds (see, I'm already getting into the acronyms!) there would be some 'greening' of the blue feathers...? Here's another picture.. Thanks.

Hi all, Does anyone know where I can get a decent nest box from in Adelaide...?

Thanks for all your replies everyone, it's much appreciated! As to the potential inter-breeding of dominant to recessive pied, if their behaviour over the last 2 weeks that they've been together is any indication, there's not much chance of that happening any time soon! They're certainly no cuddlier !!! Again, thanks for your help. SJW

Thank you for the welcome. Unfortunately I'm even more confused now !! You're saying they are both female?? I thought the top one in my original post would have been male....certainly has a reasonably dark blue cere....? Do I have any advance on the current genetics and/or sex.....? I can see that I still have an awful lot to read and learn :book: !!! I appreciate the responses, please keep them coming!

Thanks Feathers, I am a little confused now though ....skyblue? There are a couple of similar birds in the 'Members' Recessive Pieds' post (Pixel and Buzz), and they are described as green recessive pied.......?

Thanks for that! Another question now, I understand there is occasionally some confusion in sexing the recessive pied birds, what would everyone's opinion on this one be...?

Hi all! I'd like to introduce the new members of our family.... This is Bah... ...and this is Uh Oh..... Our 1 year old son has named them, and now he was wondering about the particular mutations in their breeding. I was able to tell him that they were 'pied', but that's about as far as I can get! If anyone could help me out that would be great! By the way I love the forum, and have spent many an hour perusing the different posts!!