Not sure what made me think of this but in showing are some mutations harder to get to show standard? Or not rated so highly in shows? Like is it harder to get a winning pied than normal?

Yeah I have thought about that too!! When I went to that budgie show I noticed that the only pieds there were really weirdly patterned or really colourful. What catergory do pieds come into at a budgie show? What is the most popular mutation entered in a show?

Yes there are some that are more difficult than others.

 

Current SQBBA Standard Colour Schedule

 

1,2 Normal - Light Green

3,4 Normal - Dark or Olive Green

5,6 Normal - Grey Green

7,8 Normal - Sky Blue

9,10 Normal - Cobalt, Mauve, Violet, Violet Sky, Violet Mauve

11,12 Normal - Grey

13,14 Lutino - Yellow

15,16 Albino - White

17,18 Cinnamon - Green or Blue Series

19,20 Lacewing (includes Opaline) - Yellow or white

21,22 Opaline Normal - Green or Blue Series

23,24 Opaline AOSV - Green or Blue Series

25,26 Clear Body Normal (Including Opalines) - Green or Blue Series

27,28 Dominant Pied ASV - Green or Blue Series

29,30 Yellowface ASV (excluding Pieds & Spangles) - Blue Series

31,32 Spangle ASV (excluding Double Factor & Pieds) - Green or Blue Series

33,34 Spangle Double Factor - Yellow or White

35,36 Greywing (excluding Opaline, Cinnamon, & Yellowface) - Green or Blue Series

37,38 Clearwing (Excluding Opaline, Cinnamon, & yellowface) - Green or Blue Series

39,40 Fallow (including Opaline) - Green or Blue Series

41,42 Blackeye Self (Excluding Opaline) - Yellow or White

43,44 Danish Recessive Pied ASV - Green or Blue Series

45,46 Crested ASV - Green or Blue Series

47,48 AOV Standardised (including Saddleback, Dark Eyed Clear, Darkwing, Suffused Yellow/White) - Green or Blue Series

49,50 AOV Non- Standardised - Green or Blue Series.

 

A bit winded hey.

 

These classes are broken up into (A)Old Bird, (B)Young Bird, (N/F)Nest feather. Also in to Cocks (odd numbers) and Hens (even numbers). Also into Novist, Intermediate and Open (Champion)

 

the Bird on the left will be Division Novist Class 32 N/F

The bird on the right will be Division Novist Class 22 N/F

 

AOV - All Other Verieties

AOSV - All other Standard Verieties

ASV - All Standard Verieties.

 

The Standard refers to the The Standard. A document that relates to the requitred Standard of a bird for Show.

recesives and clear wings will not normally win a cc as once they get to the final judging they lack size compared to the other birds lutinos and albinos do win cc agsinst normals but they have to be really special the same as double factor spangles very unusual to win a cc

How often do the pieds win? I know that it is normal for pieds not to carry the full complement of spots. Does anyone ever see any pieds win that are lacking spots? Is it common to breed non-spot pieds from fully spotted parents?

 

Good question, Bea.

the world champion a few years ago was a pied (i will see if i can find a photo) if a bird doesnt have the normal spots then it will struggle it might win its section but wouldnt win a cc