Yesterday i noticed that Squeak (normal blue) has got blue coming through on his wings, he's never had it before.

 

 

Do changes like this happen at random?

I don't know if it is random or not. Arctic had violet on his shell wing feathers, and he was not opaline. I don't know if it is due to some other hidden gene poking through or not.

 

 

 

 

Especially these two, you can see the violet through the upper wings and across the shoulders. The last picture shows a blue-ish tint through most of the wing feathers. It should be all white there.

 

How many molts has Squeak gone through?

Edited September 25, 200618 yr by Rainbow

Any chance he could be a violet skyblue ?

 

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The best guide to distinguishing Violet Skyblues from Cobalts are the tail and flight feathers. Cobalt tails are a solid navy blue. The darker the Cobalt body colour, the deeper the blue of the tail but even the palest Normal Cobalts have navy blue tails. In Violet Skyblues the tail feathers are turquoise at the quill end darkening to blue toward the tip. The depth of turquoise in the tail varies with the depth of body colour. The difference we see in the tails can also be seen in the flight feathers. The colour in the flight feathers of Cobalts is dark blue. In Violet Skyblues there is a glossier turquoise iridescence like that seen in Skyblues but slightly darker that the Skyblue. In general Violet Skyblues have a brighter appearance than Cobalts.

 

Here is a link http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/c.../violets01.html

Merlin has the same thing coming in on the flights

Bea, the closer I looked at Squeak's picture, I noticed it looks like he has blue feathers running throughout his shoulders also. It is so pretty.

 

 

Bubbles, if that is true about violet skyblues, then that means my Skittles is the one with the violet factor, as her tail is turquoise at the quill, and gradually darkens towards the tip. And I never would have guessed it was her that gave me the two violets! I thought it was Rainbow, but wasn't 100% sure since I didn't know either bird's background. She doesn't look like anything other than a regular type 2 yellowface skyblue...

 

Bea, what kind of tail feather does Squeak have?

ordinary blue ones i think, i'll go have a look later.