Neville

Hi Dean Nice to see you that you've joined us here. It's a great forum to learn from

If a dark eyed clear is paired to a recesive pied the result would be 50% recessive pied & 50% dark eyed clear. No normal/recessive pieds

The grey patch on the picture in the first post is misleading. Is it just a shadow

I have a very similar bird which is a spangle recessive pied. I think this bird may have clearwing or dilute as well

Ino and cinnamon are both sex linked mutations and they can be carried in a hidden form by any male

Congratulations - great picture

The pictures are too small to be sure about any of them. I think that 4 & 5 are hens, 1 & 6 & 7 are cocks. Wouldn't even try to guess at the others

Thank you. That is a very interesting article

If an egg gets broken or cracked in the nest the birds will clean it up by eating it. If your hens are laying eggs that do not have a strong enough shell they will easily be broken. Make sure that they have a good supply of calcium so they produce eggs with strong shells. Once birds get a taste for eggs they can become egg eaters which is a habit that is very hard to break

Elly is right with his mutation & his cere will stay pink. Type 2 yellow face sky blue spangle recessive pied male

We all have them, but in my case it's a bald moment

He is definately a single factor grey you can tell by the colour of his cheek patches. Since he is very light he probably has no dark factor. The lacewing parent is masking grey, if the grey had come from the cobalt you'd be able to see it. If you breed from him you will get 50% sf grey if he is mated to any shade of blue. A sky blue mate will give you a similar shade of grey but if you want darker grey then choose a mauve or cobalt. If he was paired to another single factor grey you'd get 50% sf grey, 25% double factor grey and 25% blue. If pairing to a grey the shade will still be affected by the dark factor. He will be split for lacewing so half of his daughters will be lacewing

Lacewing is sex linked so a hen cannot be split for lacewing.

Wow! I hope you've got some foster parents available!

I agree with Elly's last post

Healthy chicks will leave the nest between 4 and 5 weeks. If they are still in the nest at seven weeks they must have some serious health or nutritional problem which has probably contributed to the splayed legs. The problem with the feathers may be caused by the same thing rather than french moult. If their is a posibility that they are very closely related that could be the cause. The pair certainly should not be bred again.

When a new mutation occurs there is a change in the DNA sequence of genetic material. This can be caused by copying error, radiation, a virus, etc. etc. This change can be passed down to the mutatants descendants either by natural selection or by selective breeding. The chances of duplicating change would be almost impossible

Everything is genetic

A small amount of red melanin must be present to produce violet, or even cinnamon, on a budgie so theoretically a mutation with red in it could happen one day. I doubt that it has happened yet because I'm sure that any budgie breeder who produced a budgie with red on it would know the significance and spread the word very quickly. I believe a budgie that is completely grey, green, blue or even black will probably happen sometime

Yes I agree with Liv too. It's a type 2 yellow face spangle recessive pied

Why doesn't someone give me birds like these? Sky blue opaline spangle and a single factor violet cobalt

Type 2 yellow face. The yellow is not bright enough to be a golden face. The yellow on the face is usually brighter than the yellow in other areas on a yellow face. That sea foam colour is usually sky blue rather than cobalt

He doesn't look brown enough to be cinnamon

Yes