Here is Walford I posted a picture of him a while ago. I can't remember exactly what type was said ,but I think it was said he was a YF type 2 blue. I would really love to breed dome more of these is there a colour or type that I can breed with him to produce more YF Type2's. Keeping in mind that I have been looking for YF Type 2 females for two years and have not been sucessful. Thanks for any help Carri

YF is a dominant gene. You can breed him with any kind of white based budgie to produce another yellowface.

However he is also an opaline spangle.

You can breed him with any bird that that is white based and you should get spangles and female opalines.

Yellow face type II Sky Blue Opaline Spangle.

 

Id breed to a normal posibly Cobalt blue to darken the body colour.

Sorry I'm a little confused, so are there any colours or types that I definently shouldn't breed if I want to re-create this colour/type? Carri

Sorry I'm a little confused, so are there any colours or types that I definently shouldn't breed if I want to re-create this colour/type? Carri

 

No you can breed him against any colour or type but you problibly will not get the same bird.

 

If you breed him to a Normal Sky blue Probibility is 25% chance that the off spring could be a Type II Opaline spangle sky blue but they will be female not male.

 

Lets look at his genes.

 

Type II yellowface is dominant in the blue series birds Also in greys.

Opaline is a sex gene so the male chicks will be split to Opaline and the females will be Opaline.

Spangle is a dominant gene. Half the chicks will be spangle, the other half will be normal.

 

So if you breed him to a normal cobalt you will get half that is male and half that is female. Only the femals will be Opaline and only half will be Spangle. All chicks could be yellowface.

 

Thats in the perfect world.

 

If you breed him to an another spangle 1/4 will be normal 1/4 will be Single Factor Spangles and the rest will be Double Factor spangles.

 

Now he could be split to Recessive Pied, Cinnamon, Greywing, Clearwing, Dilute, ino, ect which may or may not come out in the chicks.

Edited October 8, 200618 yr by daz

Thanks for that I'm pretty sure I understand now ,I will have to find a nice new bird for him , because all my blue birds are relatives of his. And if I breed a blue opline to him would I still get some like Walford?

The search begins for my new birdie

yes you would