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hey guys , thanks for your responses. that helps me heaps and adds to my limited knowledge of budgie genetics.

i was wondering if anyone knew what patches indicated. in my last few clutches, over half of my babies have had patches on the back of their heads. i also have cocketiels and was told that patches on their heads meant that they were split to recessive trait (heterozygous) for body colour. is this the same for budgies and if so, which trait?

hey - i think i figured out this resize and upload thingy. I actually have 2 aviaries (1 for breeding and one to house the rest ) , so i have added pics of both and 3 of my cutest babies (skitz, pretty girl and spangle). Please note that the large hanging things infront of the aviaries are merely my mother's attempt at hiding them with hanging pots . There is also an alterior motive to posting these pics - i am slightly confused as to the wing markings of the first 2 babies ( i assume the 3rd is a spangle, hence its name), so any ideas would be great. I'm not sure what the greywing/clearwing stuff is and whether it is responsible for the dilution of colour.

Hi - I'm new. My name is Kylie, i currently have 40 budgies ( the newest member hatching this morning ). I started off with 4 budgies as pets about 9 yrs ago and have been breeding them for about 5 years. Not sure how 4 quickly expanded to 40 ... lots of budgie adoptions and fly-ins I just couldn't say no to. I also have 10 Cockatiels ( very noisy backyard ). I found this site looking for places to sell my babies and reckon it's a great idea - finally people to talk budgies with , without sounding like a weirdo. I have currently studied genetics at university - hence the obsession with breeding budgies and would appreciate any info regarding colour mutations. After reading many of your forums before deciding to join, i noticed that you like pics, but 40 pics is a little difficult (plus i can't figure how to add them ).