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Haven't posted here in ages, here's some of my flock This is Bumi, from one of my last clutches I call this one my little man. He is one of the chicks I kept from my most recent clutch Sora and Azula, also from one of my past clutches, they are brother and sister - Inseparable Hope to post more pictures soon

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Hi Frodo! what a cute budgie, love the name

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She is the same color as some of my current chicks! I was really interested in this thread since I can't tell what mine are either.. even though some say they are green I'm not convinced. Guess I'll have to wait till mine moult to know..

All chicks except for chick 2 have blue all the way up to their chest, only their chest is green the rest of them is blue. Chick 5 is an opaline hen and she is the same color as chick 1 and 3, not an olive so I guess that makes mom a light green. Thanks :angel:

Thanks for the reply Is there variations to the "dark green" then? Because chick 4 is a very different shade than chicks 1, 3 and 5. And why is there so much blue in the chicks? they all have blue tail feathers, and blue feathers on their lower belly. They all have a blue sheen to them as well if that makes sense?

Thanks, I really like her she is a special one :happy-dancing:

Thank you KAZ, his tail is blue :happy-dancing:

Any ideas on his color? His parents are a violet greygreen opaline and an albino masking opaline. Is he a dark green or an olive? He has 3 brothers, a skyblue violet, a greygreen and a grey :happy-dancing:

I missed this thread, those ares some cute budgies :happy-dancing:

Last pair, these are the chicks that have me very confused! :party0011: Opinions on mutations please? :happy-dancing: Here are the parents: Cock is a goldenface cobalt dominant pied or clearflight? Must be split for opaline since he was two opaline chicks that I wasn't expecting. The hen is a light green normal or dark green? They had a clutch of five chicks. I included pictures of their tail feathers, I don't know if they are blue series birds or green series? I'm guessing blue since they all started with blue feathers on their legs and lower belly. They all have clear flights and blue feathers mixed in with the green. And what colors are they? Chick 1 - He has a very small spot on the back of his head, no band. Chick 2 - She is one of the opalines, has a very thin yellow band across her belly. No spot. Chick 3 - This one looks just like chick 1 with a bigger spot on his head. Chick 4 - Spot on the back of his head, thin yellow band across belly. Chick 5 - The other opaline, same color as chicks 1 and 3 with no band and no spot but with clear flights. All chick pictures were taken without flash. The yellow is a little brighter than the pictures show. What do you think?

Thanks everyone for the comments, and thanks to everyone who voted for my little Sosuke, who is not so little anymore -Corina

Here's his back: And he does have pink on his cere, it turns purple-ish when he is in breeding condition. Hope that helps, won't be having any more chicks from him anytime soon, since I'm not breeding for a while.

LOL that's true I'm going to post a thread question on their mutations once they feather up, the experts pay more attention to those

I think GB's explanation above (highlighted in red) seems to be right on the mark. The bird is turning greener.As for what pied he is, in my simplified little world, belly band means dom pied, no band means clearflight pied. But I'm sure it's more complicated than that, and I'm probably wrong. (I vote for: he is what his father is. ) Thank you for that Finnie I do believe though that GB was explaining what Jasper's chicks were though not Sonny's LOL. Sonny's chicks don't have the band so they must be clearflight pieds, meaning that sonny must be one too. I was also doing some research on clearflights and found out that blue series birds have white flights, so my chicks must be green right? But then I thought.. if they are goldenface like Sonny then they would have yellow flights as well even if blue series? Or does the goldenface affect the flights as well on clearflights or doesn't it? hehe I am so confused

More chicks! Opinions on mutations appreciated Here are the parents: The hen is a YF2 recessive pied, not too sure about the cock? Dominant pied or DF? He is also opaline. They had a very small clutch of three: Chick 1 - Male He is mostly white/yellow, just a little bit of blue around neck and lower abdomen, and rump. All tail feathers are white/yellow. Chick 2 - Female Her breast and abdomen are mostly white with some blue here and there, much like dad's but a lot more white. All tail feathers are white/yellow. Chick 3 - Male Tail feathers He is the only one that has blue tail feathers. He also has a lot more blue than the others. His breast and abdomen look much like dad's. You can see the faint yellow on their masks and wings, just like their mom. They all have white flights. What do you think?

So you think ZuZu is a DF? Someone else told me the same thing but I wasn't sure.. DF dom pieds confuse me Fiona's chicks are confusing me too! I don't know if the first chick is either blue series or green series? He is green but has a lot of blue. And they don't look like dominant pieds, their spots are small and they don't have the band across their belly, just the clear flights. Not so sure about the younger ones.

Oh yes that would be a lot of work! and it would be extremely lucky that I had a split greywing and a split clearwing without knowing and that they ended up paired don't you think? I know nothing over the computer is 100% sure, and I also know that I will probably go with my instincts when I write down their mutations but I always like to hear the opinions from the experts as well Thanks again!

So goldenface cobalt greywings then? So this chick is a cobalt as well? Chick 1 from same clutch Thanks again for taking the time to respond, just want to get the mutations right

Thanks for the response The reason I say they are goldenfaces is because the hen is a single factor goldenface, and I'm pretty sure of that. Violets because both parents are skyblues, and these two are definitely not skyblues so they must be skyviolets, I did suspect the hen to be a skyviolet as well but wasn't too sure until now. They yellow does seem a bit light on those pictures, and as usual I couldn't quite capture the violet. Here they are compared to one of the skyblues: Chick 3 Skyblue normal from the same clutch Just a thought that didn't occur to me, the violet could be making the body color stronger on the greywings?

Jasper an Nixie's - Skyblue normal cock X Goldenface(SF) skyblue violet opaline hen Both parents split for greywing? or one for greywing one for clearwing? Chick 1 Chick 2 Chick 3 Chick 4 Chick 5 Chick 6 Ages for this clutch: Chick 1 - 31 days old (4 weeks, 3 days) Chick 2 - 30 days old (4 weeks, 2 days) Chick 3 - 28 days old (4 weeks) Chick 4 - 26 days old (3 weeks, 5 days) Chick 5 - 22 days old (3 weeks, 1 days) Chick 6 - 20 days old (2 weeks, 6 days) ZuZu and Cielito's chicks - Skyblue dominant pied opaline cock X YF2 skyblue violet recessive pied hen Chick 1 Chick 2 Chick 3 Ages for this clutch: Chick 1 - 30 days old (4 weeks, 2 days) Chick 2 - 28 days old (4 weeks) Chick 3 - 26 days old (3 weeks, 5 days) Sonny and Fiona's chicks - Goldenface cobalt dominant pied cock X Light green normal hen I realized the hen is a light green and not a dark green. I think the cock is actually a clearflight pied and not a dominant pied. Chick 1 Chick 2 Chick 3 Chick 4 Chick 5 Ages for this clutch: Chick 1 - 23 days old (3 weeks, 2 days) Chick 2 - 22 days old (3 weeks, 1 day) Chick 3 - 21 days old (3 weeks) Chick 4 - 19 days old (2 weeks, 5 days) Chick 5 - 16 days old (2 weeks, 2 days) Opinions on mutations are appreciated

Opinions on these chicks are greatly appreciated These are the parents: Skyblue normal X Goldenface(sf) skyblue violet opaline They had a clutch of 6 chicks, 2 skyblue normals, 2 goldenface(sf) skyblue violet normals and these two: Chick 3 Chick 6 Goldenface(sf) skyblue violet greywings. Are they just greywings or full body color Greywings? The window lighting washed out the color of chick 3 just a little bit What do you think?