Bec Sta 0 Posted November 8, 2007 Member ID: 3,776 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 556 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 4,660 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 20, 2008 Birthday: 10/02/1989 Share Posted November 8, 2007 I was wondering if anyone could tell me what Skittles' colouring is? I've been reading up on colouring and mutations (and have wasted most of the ink in the printer...oops ) And I've come to the conclusion that he is a YF2 clearwing, but I'm only an amateur so I may be way off the mark . Cheers Link to comment
*Nerwen* 0 Posted November 8, 2007 Member ID: 5,064 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 121 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 5,817 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 39,375 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 14/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 18, 2014 Birthday: 20/02/1982 Share Posted November 8, 2007 you did well. Yf Oplaine clearwing. Link to comment
Bec Sta 0 Posted November 9, 2007 Member ID: 3,776 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 556 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 4,660 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 20, 2008 Birthday: 10/02/1989 Author Share Posted November 9, 2007 Cheers Nerwen Link to comment
Sailorwolf 0 Posted November 9, 2007 Member ID: 1,536 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 84 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,753 Content Per Day: 0.39 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 16,870 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/09/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 21, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Does that make him a rainbow then? Link to comment
*Nerwen* 0 Posted November 9, 2007 Member ID: 5,064 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 121 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 5,817 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 39,375 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 14/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 18, 2014 Birthday: 20/02/1982 Share Posted November 9, 2007 I can never remember the mix for a rainbow but I think your right. Link to comment
Elly 0 Posted November 10, 2007 Member ID: 1,641 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 414 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 15,350 Content Per Day: 2.22 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 99,335 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/10/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 1, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2007 clearwing opaline yellowface (type1) blues - yep that is what I found when I did a search Nerwen :fear Link to comment
Bec Sta 0 Posted November 10, 2007 Member ID: 3,776 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 556 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 4,660 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 20, 2008 Birthday: 10/02/1989 Author Share Posted November 10, 2007 (edited) Is 'rainbow' an actual variety? All of the literature I've read has pretty much said that it is a broad term for particularly colourful budgies. :fear Edited November 10, 2007 by Bec Sta Link to comment
Elly 0 Posted November 10, 2007 Member ID: 1,641 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 414 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 15,350 Content Per Day: 2.22 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 99,335 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/10/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 1, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2007 (edited) your right it is not a mutation it is a combo of mutation the combo is so colorful and pretty I believe they gave it a nickname so if you were showing a "rainbow" you could example enter him in the Clearwing Group. Edited November 10, 2007 by Elly Link to comment
Norm 0 Posted November 10, 2007 Member ID: 3,235 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 76 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,965 Content Per Day: 0.32 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 12,755 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/03/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 6, 2009 Birthday: 20/08/1940 Share Posted November 10, 2007 It seems the name [Rainbow] is used a lot in Europe. Link to comment
Bec Sta 0 Posted November 11, 2007 Member ID: 3,776 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 556 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 4,660 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 20, 2008 Birthday: 10/02/1989 Author Share Posted November 11, 2007 Interesting Link to comment
*libby* 0 Posted November 11, 2007 Member ID: 3,634 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 60 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,442 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 15,475 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/08/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 9, 2011 Birthday: 10/11/1989 Share Posted November 11, 2007 i'd say it's got cinnamon or greywing also on my comp? Link to comment
Sailorwolf 0 Posted November 11, 2007 Member ID: 1,536 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 84 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,753 Content Per Day: 0.39 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 16,870 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/09/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 21, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2007 Yes I would say greywing rather than a clearwing Link to comment
Elly 0 Posted November 11, 2007 Member ID: 1,641 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 414 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 15,350 Content Per Day: 2.22 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 99,335 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/10/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 1, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2007 On my screen I don't see hardly any marking but this is why he would be a clearwing Clearwing budgies have very light or no markings on head and wings and the body color is brightened (not lightened or diluted). so even if you can see some grey and it is very light as with this bird it is still considered a clearwing. Link to comment
Bec Sta 0 Posted November 12, 2007 Member ID: 3,776 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 556 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 4,660 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 20, 2008 Birthday: 10/02/1989 Author Share Posted November 12, 2007 (edited) Skittles doesn't have any grey markings, (even though it does look like it in the picture) he does, if you look very closely, have cinnamon-ish coloured markings but they are extremely light. And I didn't think he was classed as 'cinnamon' because that dilutes body colour(???) Edited November 12, 2007 by Bec Sta Link to comment
Elly 0 Posted November 12, 2007 Member ID: 1,641 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 414 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 15,350 Content Per Day: 2.22 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 99,335 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/10/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 1, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2007 since has brown marking he is a cinnamon but he can still be a clearwing too cinnamon can dilute the body but his body doesn't look that diluted at all Link to comment
Bec Sta 0 Posted November 12, 2007 Member ID: 3,776 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 556 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 4,660 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 20, 2008 Birthday: 10/02/1989 Author Share Posted November 12, 2007 No, (Laughing out loud), he is quite the opposite, his body colour is very bright, he stands out like a sore thumb against my other guys, which is why I originally thought of 'clearwing'. Link to comment
Elly 0 Posted November 12, 2007 Member ID: 1,641 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 414 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 15,350 Content Per Day: 2.22 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 99,335 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/10/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 1, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2007 yep I still agree with clearwing and just add cinnamon in there too Link to comment
Bec Sta 0 Posted November 13, 2007 Member ID: 3,776 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 556 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 4,660 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 20, 2008 Birthday: 10/02/1989 Author Share Posted November 13, 2007 So I can put Skittles down as a 'YF2 cinnamon opaline clearwing'...wow that's a mouthful (Laughing out loud) Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted November 13, 2007 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Those markings look grey to me not cinnamon. An easy mistake to make. But remember if cinnamon the colours on this bird would be diluted and they are not ........a photo of the wings spread out please and a photo of the tail colour...which looks grey too. Link to comment
Bec Sta 0 Posted November 13, 2007 Member ID: 3,776 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 556 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 4,660 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 20, 2008 Birthday: 10/02/1989 Author Share Posted November 13, 2007 Will get some more pictures, well I'll try to anyway, Skittles isn't very big on doing what he's told and he'd rather 'eat' the camera than sit still for it (Laughing out loud). Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted November 13, 2007 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Will get some more pictures, well I'll try to anyway, Skittles isn't very big on doing what he's told and he'd rather 'eat' the camera than sit still for it lol. I was just trying to get photos of my hand reared princess parrots and they were sitting in the front of my camera Link to comment
Bec Sta 0 Posted November 13, 2007 Member ID: 3,776 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 556 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 4,660 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 20, 2008 Birthday: 10/02/1989 Author Share Posted November 13, 2007 (Laughing out loud) (I hope we get to see some of those pictures ) Ours is a little bit small for Skittles to sit on with ease, not that that stops him from trying. The little bozo is attracted to anything shiny and/or that makes 'funny' noises. You can't help but laugh. Link to comment
Elly 0 Posted November 13, 2007 Member ID: 1,641 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 414 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 15,350 Content Per Day: 2.22 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 99,335 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/10/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 1, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Will get some more pictures, well I'll try to anyway, Skittles isn't very big on doing what he's told and he'd rather 'eat' the camera than sit still for it (Laughing out loud). (Laughing out loud) I know that feeling Merlin does the exact same thing he always flies on the camera when I am pointing it at him Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted November 14, 2007 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted November 14, 2007 He's gotta be greywing...........doesnt he ? Link to comment
Bec Sta 0 Posted November 14, 2007 Member ID: 3,776 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 556 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 4,660 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 20, 2008 Birthday: 10/02/1989 Author Share Posted November 14, 2007 That photo was taken with a flash, so his colouring is a bit off. But I took some more pics of his wings and tail today without the flash, now I just have to wait for the camera batteries to charge so I can get them onto the laptop. I don't know if this will help without photos, but Skittles has aqua/blue and dark blue tail feathers (the flash really lightened them in that photo) And he has a blue-tinted grey (it really is a weird colour (Laughing out loud)) on his primary feathers. Going of topic for a sec, what is the difference between a Goldenface and a YF? I've only seen Goldenface pop up a few times in my research and I'd like to add it to my "Budgie Files" for future reference . :grbud: Link to comment
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