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Thanks Elly. As for Sunny it must be the lighting... when you look at her in "regular" light she is mustard yellow and olive green... I noticed the lighting made Daisy's eyes look red too. So that being said, do you think she is a recessive pied? And the only one you didn't comment about was LuLu the one I think to be Opaline? Am I right on her too. Thanks for the help with Duke... I had no clue what he was. I thought recessive because of the pink cere and no iris rings, but wasn't sure if another mutation could have factored into that. Thanks again. OH, and as for getting the all together, all but Sunny where together. I just didn't know if recessive pied, opaline and normals could come from the same clutch?

Lu Lu (Light Green Opaline Hen) – birth date unknown and Daisy (Light Green Recessive Pied Hen) – birth date unknown (Sunny is in the background I know she is a Recessive Pied per previous post) Niles (Dark Green Normal Split to Recessive Pied Cock) – birth date unknown Niles has a small yellow dot on the back of his head Duke (Sky Blue ???????? Cock – birth date unknown Tail and flights are totally white only color is a tab on the rump and a bit on the belly Fraiser (Dark Green Normal Split to Recessive Pied Cock) – birth date unknown Fraiser also has a small yellow dot on the back of his head Did I guess all there mutations correctly? And iIs is possible that Niles, Fraiser, Daisy and LuLu are all from the same clutch?

These are 2 breeding pairs of cockatiels I got from the rescue also... Smokey (I'm told a Normal Grey Hen?) Vegas (I'm told a Whiteface pied Cock?) Sunny (I'm told a Lutino Hen?) Chubbs (I'm told a Whiteface Cock?) I also rescued a mixture of finches... Paco (I'm told a Yellow Bunting Finch?) - don't know the sex Gabe (I'm told a Java Rice Finch) - don't know the sex Hugh and the Girlz (Zebra Finches) - one male and 5 females If anyone knows anything about finches or tiels and can confirm their make ups your imput is welcome!! OH... and I can't forget SAMSON my new 2 1/2 month old Chocolate Lab Puppy!!

I'm not sure how old he is, but his iris is developed. He was a re-home from a rescue (she called him a "throw away"). As promised here are pics standing up in natural sunlight in front of a window.... So let me know... which one is he? Sky YF2 dom pied cock? Sky GF2 dom pied cock? Cobalt YF2 dom pied cock? Cobalt GF2 dom pied cock?

ME too. My hen laid 6 her last clutch (1 got broke, 2 weren't fertile, 3 hatched but only one survived) but this time she is making up for her losses because to date she laid 9 eggs. I guess she don't want to take any chances this time. LOL

Could she possibly bend herself any farther around the perch??? :laughter: You'd think at that point she'd just go find a corner and crash!!! Too cute.

Well MB I can't say I'm with you on the salad thing because for some reason both my son and my daughter LOVE salad... but I can totally relate to you on MEAT. My son hates meat and wouldn't eat any of it. Not chicken, not a hot dog, pork.... nothing... One day we went out to eat and one of the meals they ate had toothpics with it and they started poking some of their food and eating it with toothpics... so I got the idea to cut their meat up into shapes and put a toothpic in it... NOW, any meat you put on their plate they will eat (espeically if there is something to dip it in like ketchup or dressing)... and for me to get my 3 and 5 year old kids to eat veggies and meat... :laughter: LOL whatever happen to the days when your parents said eat what's on the plate and don't get up until it's gone or you'll be eating it cold for your next meal.... AND MEANT IT!!!

All this picture needs is two of those little word bubbles coming up from it. The male would be saying "you know you want me baby..." and the females would be saying "yeah, right... in your dreams..." :laughter: This is such a sweet picture!!

I guess its just hard for me to understand how I can have two birds both sky yf2s and one be soft pastel seafoam green and the other be a very deep teal/aqua color?? The only difference between them would be one is pied and the other is greywing.

I actually really like the blue feet too. Out of the 30 keets I have only this one and my two "violets" have blue feet... the rest are pink.

I will try it... picture to be posted soon. Thanks Elly.

That was an EXCELLENT explanation Elly. Thank you... I totally understood what you just said. Unfortunately, this is my only pair of show budgies (rest are pet style) so breeding them together is my only option right now.

I will try Elly, but this particular bird has one heck of a bite to him and I don't clip wings so he takes off on me. He's not very tame, but I will try. Is there a way to hold them with only two fingers were they can't reach you to bite?

So I'll know single and double factors after I see the offspring? Thaks for the help Elly

Thank you Elly... wasn't sure if certain colors or mutations made them pink vs blue.

If this is a good pair, can anyone tell me what their offspring will look like???

Can anyone answer this for me? Why are his feet a blue/grey color vs. pink like most of the others?

Can anyone comment on this now that there are new pics? YF2 or GF2? Sky or Cobalt?

My husband and I just took more pics infront of the window with natural sunlight only, no flash... tell me what you think? Is he Sky blue or Cobalt and is he YF2 or GF2???

One more question on this though... is she just a greywing or a full body greywing???? Her body colour is diluted so I would say NOT full body colour. okay, thank you

Also wondering on this "Sky blue normal cock", his feet are "blue" and not "pink" does that mean anything???

Thank you on this one too. Mutation solved.. sky blue dominant pied greywing hen. Thanks One more question on this though... is she just a greywing or a full body greywing????

I would say YES WONDERFUL!! That being said lets get down and dirty and can someone tell me if I mate these two what are the % of the offspring? And in your opinion is it a good pair? Any guess on their ages too... close ups of there iris's are in the first post. Also, what does it mean when their feet are blueish purple vs pink... their feet aren't pink like the rest of my birds.

okay so it's safe to say... Sky violet opaline spangle cock and Cobalt violet normal hen (just not knowing the single or double factor on the violet).... RIGHT? Please confirm for me yes or no?

No, no flash... I learned that the first week I joined this forum. Just the lights I have for the aviary. His throat spots are black and his check patches are very dark royal blue? SO.. he is a dark green normal cock then. Thank you all on this one too. Mutation solved.