Hi.

 

Is it possible to get a skyblue yellowface greywing chick? Anyone have pictures?

 

Also. If both parents are not showing greywing visually, and you get a greywing chick, that means both parents must be split greywing right?

yes this is possible as they are all different genes.

 

and yes greywing is recessive so both parents are split for the gene.

Did you look in the Yellowface and Greywing Mutation links that members posted their budgies, there may be a picture in there.

Hi.

 

Is it possible to get a skyblue yellowface greywing chick? Yes it is possible. Anyone have pictures? I remember somebody having a picture of such a bird in one of the posts awhile back.

 

Also. If both parents are not showing greywing visually, and you get a greywing chick, that means both parents must be split greywing right? Not necessrily. If the chick is indeed a Greywing one parent could be carrying Greywing and the other Dilute and you will still produce Greywings.

Ripbudgies how would I tell if either one is carrying dilute?

 

Thankyou.

Ripbudgies how would I tell if either one is carrying dilute?

 

Thankyou.

 

 

You will need to pair each bird with a dilute. Should either of the birds produce a Dilute that will then prove it is split for Dilute. Should you produce Greywings then they ae Split for same.

 

Of course this all hinges on if the chick is in fact a Greywing. Have you got pics?

Yes here

 

That is a very nice little Greywing. Now not knowing his exactly genotype (not visual) makeup he can be either carrying two Greywing genes or he could carrying one Greywing gene and one Dilute gene. Test mating the parents will give you the answer or you could wait till later on when this little cock bird is mature enough and pair him to a Dilute hen.

 

If you choose the latter option any chicks produced will be both Greywings and Dilutes if he is split Dilute. Should you produce only Greywings then he is genotypically Greywing i.e. carrying two Greywing genes.

Yeah the three dilute genes are really a pain to assess without breeding histories. All the above posts are correct about the fact that this chick could be either SF greywing SF dilute, or DF greywing. Its impossible to tell without pairing it to a dilute which is the only variety recessive to greywing. If you have 100% grewying chicks, then you know this chick is DF grewying. If it results in 50% grewying 50% dilute, then it was SF greywing SF dilute.

 

Dilute varieties can be such a headache

Yeah the three dilute genes are really a pain to assess without breeding histories. All the above posts are correct about the fact that this chick could be either SF greywing SF dilute, or DF greywing. Its impossible to tell without pairing it to a dilute which is the only variety recessive to greywing. If you have 100% grewying chicks, then you know this chick is DF grewying. If it results in 50% grewying 50% dilute, then it was SF greywing SF dilute.

 

Dilute varieties can be such a headache :emoticon112:

 

I have never found the dilute alleles to be a headache at all. I found them to be a very interesting set of alleles worthy of the time I spend on them. So worthy in fact I am gonna do it all again.

Yeah the three dilute genes are really a pain to assess without breeding histories. All the above posts are correct about the fact that this chick could be either SF greywing SF dilute, or DF greywing. Its impossible to tell without pairing it to a dilute which is the only variety recessive to greywing. If you have 100% grewying chicks, then you know this chick is DF grewying. If it results in 50% grewying 50% dilute, then it was SF greywing SF dilute.

 

Dilute varieties can be such a headache :emoticon112:

 

I have never found the dilute alleles to be a headache at all. I found them to be a very interesting set of alleles worthy of the time I spend on them. So worthy in fact I am gonna do it all again.

 

I agree that with time and records they are great. I am interested in breeding dilutes and clearwings at some point. However from where i stand, being unable to find any breeders of these birds in NZ, or any budgies of the 3 dilute varieties with a clear breeding history it is a nightmare. For me to have any luck breeding rainbows, i need some DF clearwings, but so far all i have found are questionable greywings and i cant spend generations breeding them to find out what there genetics are. So yes, from my end a nightmare. But if i were to one day get some good dilutes and clearwings, then its not a problem

Yeah the three dilute genes are really a pain to assess without breeding histories. All the above posts are correct about the fact that this chick could be either SF greywing SF dilute, or DF greywing. Its impossible to tell without pairing it to a dilute which is the only variety recessive to greywing. If you have 100% grewying chicks, then you know this chick is DF grewying. If it results in 50% grewying 50% dilute, then it was SF greywing SF dilute.

 

Dilute varieties can be such a headache :emoticon112:

 

I have never found the dilute alleles to be a headache at all. I found them to be a very interesting set of alleles worthy of the time I spend on them. So worthy in fact I am gonna do it all again.

 

 

I agree that with time and records they are great. I am interested in breeding dilutes and clearwings at some point. However from where i stand, being unable to find any breeders of these birds in NZ, or any budgies of the 3 dilute varieties with a clear breeding history it is a nightmare. For me to have any luck breeding rainbows, i need some DF clearwings, but so far all i have found are questionable greywings and i cant spend generations breeding them to find out what there genetics are. So yes, from my end a nightmare. But if i were to one day get some good dilutes and clearwings, then its not a problem

 

Dean I did not start off with birds with known histories at all. I started because I got fed up with all the misinformation around the place here and believe me it is still around. I dropped into a club meeting back in Feb I think it was. Nice Dilute on the bench and it was benched and judged as a Greywing. I also visited a breeder here and the first bird caught my eye was a hum dinger of a Dilute Grey Green and immediately tried to obtain it. I was told that he had benched the bird and at times was told it was a Greywing and other times a Dilute. Now if judges can't get it right what chance do the exhibitors have.

 

I started by obtaining birds from breeders who had got peeved off with the dilute varieties not being accuratly identified and so causing confusion come breeding time as the results did match the identification given on the show bench. So I was able to obtain these birds fairly cheaply and I could set about proving what they were. Since Dilutes are the most recessive of the three dilute alleles and cannot be split for Greywing or Clearwing you use them to figure out what the other birds are but you must keep an open mind and be able to interpret what you see. Most of the literature available is of no use to you either.

 

I am always willing to help you if you really want to get into this.

Edited April 26, 200915 yr by RIPbudgies

Hi.

 

Is it possible to get a skyblue yellowface greywing chick? Anyone have pictures?

 

Also. If both parents are not showing greywing visually, and you get a greywing chick, that means both parents must be split greywing right?

 

You asked if anyone had pictures of a Sky Blue Yellowface Greywing... yes, they are possible and here is a picture of one of mime.