We have two male suffused yellows, we are hoping to breed more of them, however we have no idea what to put them both to to get more (Laughing out loud)... We've looked over the net looking for genetics informations and can't find anything... We have one of the cocks with a lutino, we paired them before we knew much about breeding (Laughing out loud)... so we'll see what we get out of it. We were thinking just a nice, big green normal and hope for the best... Any ideas out there in budgie land?

Suffused budgerigars is another name or should I say the CORRECT name for a dilute ACCORDING TO INTERNET SEARCHES ON THE SUBJECT. No wonder there is confusioon over the name...dilute and suffused. We, in Asutralia seem to refer to both as separate mutations whereas the rest of the world says they are one and the same.

http://www.bestofbreeds.net/al-nasser/article11.htm

 

http://www.budgerigars.co.uk/specialist/dilutes/ltyell.html

 

There are a few suffused ( or dilute ) budgies popping up in nests of established show breeders but they usually cull these as the actual dilute is not a recognised standard in shows as yet. They can be shown at a "Rares show" but not in normal shows unless it is as an exhibition only.... not for judging.

 

So the lack of information you have come across and the confusion in finding out its standard is mostly due to "suffused budgies" being actually "dilutes" .......probably

 

***Dilutes are a recessive variety and the laws of producing recessive varieties is well documented. There are three pairs that can produce visual dilutes. These are:

Dilute paired to dilute will produce all dilutes.

Dilute paired to a non dilute that is split for dilute will produce 50% dilutes

Two split dilutes together which results in only 25% of the chicks being dilutes.

Edited June 6, 200718 yr by **KAZ**

Yeah... Apparantly the suffused was the first dilute mutation... The breeder we got Golden Boy off had had quite a bit of success with him in the ring which is interesting. We're of the mind that the crested budgie used to be frowned upon until it was put in the spotlight... so why not take our gorgeous little suffused birdies the same way

Yeah... Apparantly the suffused was the first dilute mutation... The breeder we got Golden Boy off had had quite a bit of success with him in the ring which is interesting. We're of the mind that the crested budgie used to be frowned upon until it was put in the spotlight... so why not take our gorgeous little suffused birdies the same way

 

YES....there is a body of opinions and support for dilutes to be acceptable in shows and to be able to be judged. They think it wont be too long as they were part of a display of birds at the last nationals. :hap:

Glad you figured it out Kaz because everytime I did a search that is what I continued to come across that and clearwings

Sorry to have to link to another site for this info...but I found an interesting article here

 

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2761/

If you only have two males, all you can do is pair them with another female either yellow or green would be best. Then you could pair some of the splits from each cock with the splits from the other family. Which would give you the chance of 25% young as Kaz has told you. Or pair one female of the young splits from one cock, back to the other suffuse [dilute] cock giving you a 50% chance. Do you know if your two cocks are related?

If you only have two males, all you can do is pair them with another female either yellow or green would be best. Then you could pair some of the splits from each cock with the splits from the other family. Which would give you the chance of 25% young as Kaz has told you. Or pair one female of the young splits from one cock, back to the other suffuse [dilute] cock giving you a 50% chance. Do you know if your two cocks are related?

 

Yeah... they're related father and son, but we have a few breeders with suffused yellows, so we were gonna try and buy a nice hen...