My new birdie Fez is a little bit confusing! He is solid white (including wings) except for 2 small spots (about 1/3 cm in diameter) on the lower half of his chest as well as 3 on his back. He's also got pink feet and a bright orange beak. So... what in the world is he??

 

I think recessive pied, you all are better at this than I am.

 

Edited June 11, 200619 yr by Celeste

do you have a picture you can post?

Unfortunately no, my digital camera was stolen so I need to take pics with a disposable until I can afford a new one Which as it turns out will be later today *jumps up and down*

Edited June 11, 200619 yr by Celeste

okay now I've finally got a new camera and added some pics

sorry i don't have a clue but she is absolutely stunning!

l'm not sure either but Fez is absolutely gorgeous

Thanks guys I think he/she is really pretty too. (Laughing out loud) but anyone have an idea about color?!?!

Is say double factor dominant pied...

 

Becuase his beak is orange, and recessive pieds have yellowish, more greeny beaks. Dominants are pure orange, and look identical to that...

 

Kirby

Kirby, you're awesome! What do you think, boy or girl?

Edited June 12, 200619 yr by Celeste

http://www.geocities.com/budgie-place/p_co...ml#dominantpied go here you will see picture of your pied, and Kirby is right . Double factors, will get iris rings & there cere will turn blue for boys and tan for girls (most of the time) It is hard to tell because the picture of the cere is blurry if you can get a close up and adjust the camera to close up that would be better to tell. Pretty budgie!

okay I got the best pics of the cere I could - the camera is a little blurry

 

I see the white nares BUT Pretty had small white nares rings. Are they very white or like transparent like? if they are really white girl but transparent like boy

They're fairly transparent, I'm a little on the fence about Fez's gender because of the white nares but the outline of the cere has a faint blue color coming in. I'm thinking boy but it'll probably show more clearly one way or the other in the next few weeks/months.

If you think that I would go boy, that is what happened to Pretty and if you check out my siggy you can still see the white rings but in real life they are transparent bluish.

YAY I GOT IT RIGHT!!! WHOOT WHOOT!!!

 

I have NO clue about gender though Im saying female though... Ceres so blue, and white kinda...???

 

Kirby

(Laughing out loud) I'm totally stumped, I kinda hope Fez is a girl.

the first molt you will know, that is what I was told mine was mixed too and Pretty ended being a boy which I was happy about.

How old is Fez? Such a pretty bird, and could be doublefactor dominant pied.

 

I will have to disagree with Kirby though about the beaks... Recessive pieds will have an orange beak, not yellowish-green. Single factor dominant pieds can have either orange or the normal darker hued beak. Doublefactor dominant pieds will have an orange beak. If Fez is doublefactor dominant pied and male, the cere will probably remain pink, but can be blue. Hens will have brown ceres when in condition no matter which type of pied they are. The telling factor in differentiating between recessive pieds and doublefactor dominant pieds is the presence of an iris ring when they are older. Recessives will not show one.

I'm not sure about Fez's age - the people at the petstore weren't sure but didn't really seem to know much of anything. He/she has no black spots on the beak. The other birds that were with him were all fairly young. I know he was there for at least 2 weeks before I got him because we went to get bird food and we wanted to buy him and was still there when we went to get Buster a friend.