Hey everyone,
I've been breeding budgies for years and this is the first time i have ever seen it.
after a few years break, i started to breed a pair of budgies i had bought,the male is a Dark Grey spangle and the hen is a skyblue opaline.
over the last 18 months they have had 4 clutches ,always hatching and raising all eggs/babies perfectly which is usually 5 but this time they have 6.
But something odd has been occurring with this nest,
2 out of the 6 babies where born with Albino eyes(and i do know the difference incase your wondering)but some of there skin colour has gone dark with there wings showing a light pin feather.
Does anyone know why?
the only idea i have is it could be a fallow,but the eye seems to have turned to more dark as it gets older.
They normally produce
normal greys and blues(different shades)(always males)
Spangle blues and greys(both male and females)
Pale blue Cinnamons(always female)
I kept a Cinnamon baby from there first nest and would like to pair her up, What would be a great colour mutation to put with her?
i was thinking a yellow faced bird(like the rainbows) or a pied bird to try and create cinnamon pieds.
Hope you can help solve my mystery and help create an even better cinnamon bird.
steve