June 28, 200718 yr Author Sorry Aly, see you shouldn’t steal birds, see how much controversy it stirs up he…he…he Or at the very least not post about them in the middle of a couple of very hectic weeks when I am too sore to think straight :ausb: I'm fine now. I spent this afternoon almost hysterically crying on my pain psych's shoulder That always helps me, not sure how he feels about it Unfortunately Alo (the cobalt in question) is a spangle so I can't look at his tail feathers In my sky violets the colour is also seen in the wing feathers.. I'd show you picks without the sheath over the feathers, but my birdies are asleep right now. You can see it on the bottom wing feathers of this chick... Nerwen not really my question is how can this be labelled a yellow face olive when (even though it is now labeled a grey green). Green birds are not labelled yellowfaced though as Norm said there are article written up about if a green does carry the gene Elly I know what you mean, no, greens would not be labelled YF, all I was saying was that this bird 'appeared' to carry the YF gene, which, being a dominant gene is quite possible. It would be 'labelled' a grey green, but I'd bet my bottom leg there is YF2 in it's history. Maybe it came from a YF grey and a green parent? I will look into who bred it. Feathers. Edited June 28, 200718 yr by feathers
June 28, 200718 yr okay..thanks Aly ... a thought....if the green bird is carrying 2 yf genes making it a double factor yf which in blue birds is visually white why would not be be visually white in a green bird making a white faced green bird. I understand that the yellow/blue pigment make the green bird but why doesn't it erase the color from the face like the blue birds? A thought to think about... :ausb:
June 28, 200718 yr Author a thought....if the green bird is carrying 2 yf genes making it a double factor yf which in blue birds is visually white why would not be be visually white in a green bird making a white faced green bird. I understand that the yellow/blue pigment make the green bird but why doesn't it erase the color from the face like the blue birds? A thought to think about... I don't think it would be carrying 2 YF genes. I see where you are coming from and you are just making it more difficult than it needs to be :ausb: No, truly, I see the gene as separate to the natural colouring of a green bird. capiche'? Feathers.
June 28, 200718 yr no I see what you mean feathers...they are naturally yellow and green and then the yellowface if they carry it MAY make the face more golden or you may see a bleed into the green. I get it :ausb:
June 28, 200718 yr Author no I see what you mean feathers...they are naturally yellow and green and then the yellowface if they carry it MAY make the face more golden or you may see a bleed into the green. I get it you definitely would if you saw this bird. The yellow over the back of the head is pretty normal, but on the face it looks like thick primary kids yellow paint that would almost crack. Feathers.
June 28, 200718 yr a good test if he is split to blue is to pair him with a true white face blue and see if you get yellow faces :ausb:, that would be cool to see.
June 30, 200717 yr Unfortunately Alo (the cobalt in question) is a spangle so I can't look at his tail feathers In my sky violets the colour is also seen in the wing feathers.. I'd show you picks without the sheath over the feathers, but my birdies are asleep right now. You can see it on the bottom wing feathers of this chick... Feathers. But you can't look at a spangle's wing feather's either. Here is my crappy picture of the budgie in question:
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