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Congrats Feathers

how cute, I like the one cuddling up to her face

is he an opaline too with the coloring through the wings?

that is good to hear Kerrie that your efforts have been rewarded

how sweet

OMG how horrible. I would have done the same exact thing Kerrie. Please keep us updated.

I think it is incredible how much the YF2 gene changes the coloring of the bird. They are gorgeous Shawna

Oh that is great and Pretty started to talk to the video

Shawna same weather here and I keep mine at the same temp and they are okay. It is the drafts and the quick increase up and down temps that are more harmful

updated pics?

Good point Karen, since we are not hot (Laughing out loud) I didn't even think about that. You know I live in Ohio and my birds do well without anything extra it may be something you want to consider. We keep our home about 60 in the night and 65-68 during the day, because the gas prices are so high. We deal with the same exact weather in fact we give it to you after we had it :grbud:. So maybe a heater is not essential for them.

:grbud: poor thing she is going to have to go to birdie counseler like my Merlin :ausb:

excellent advice Turbs and I do hope you follow the advice as budgies are fragile and you may be lucky and she may really be okay but if she is not that will be something you may have to struggle with "I could have done something".

Welcome Aboard you received some great name suggestions :grbud:

being that mauve is just 2 dark factors would it not make the bird slate or a very dark grey in a blue bird Hurdy?

Wheezing as in sneezing? Or wheezing has when they are breathing?

Well all this is interesting and my head is spinning and they are not even my birds but I can't wait to see the results

Per Karen aka Bubbles (I asked her) Where the backline of the bird isnt straight and around the rump area the tail bends forwards in towards the perch

April is a full bodied greywing Cobalt May now looks like a Dark Eyed Clear Gina looks like a Dominant Pied Olive June green recessive pied Rainbow the picture is still too blurry Chevy recessive pied violet possible dilute Big Fellow olive green normal LBB skyblue Opaline These are my answers I am sure others will come in and add

there will be no recessives unless you know that both parents are carrying the recessive pied gene and then you have a 25% chance.

If your male is NOT split for ino 100& normals and males would be split for INO. If your male IS split for ino Males: 50% Ino 50% Normal split to INO Females: 50% Ino 50% Normal (not split because it is not possible) If your lutino is split for blue then you will have blue babies but if not all the babies will be green. Your blue looks like a full body greywing. Which means he is carrying the clearwing and the greywing gene and they are expressed as a full body greywing. So to get any grey, clear, or full bodies the ino needs to have a any one of these genes (or the dilute gene) since the normal gene is dominant to all these mutations. If that makes sense or clear as MUD (Laughing out loud). Of course you can have surprises of recessive genes if both birds are carrying them such as a recessived pied (example). Hope that helps.

super cute

they are gorgeous I love the baby nipping at the hand picture

I read that too sailor on the website I use True violet only shows up on cobalt budgies (white-based budgies with one dark factor) or, if double factor, on sky blue budgies(white-based budgies with no dark factor). http://www.budgieplace.com/c_violet.html plus if you go to this site you can also see pics of violets

WOW you might just a dozen :