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Can someone tell me what colours 2 of my budgies are please? They currently have 2 four week old chicks, I'll add updated photos of them tomorrow.

 

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And one of the chicks at about a week old-

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cocks a YF2 opaline spangle i have one exactly like him :D hen i can't see clearly but looks opaline spangle too :D

I agree with Libby with the male. Then hen is hard to see but I'm not sure she is opaline. She might be another yellowface with the patchy colour on the body. Either a mauve or a grey.

 

The bub on the left looks to be a double factor spangle.

And a very cute DF Spangle too..:)

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The chicks left the nest today. I finally managed to get pics of them.

 

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So, dad's a YF2 opaline spangle, mum's a opaline spangle?, yellow bub is a dark eyed clearwing(from what I have seen online..)?, and the other bub a double factor spangle?

yellow bub is a dark eyed clearwing(from what I have seen online..)?, and the other bub a double factor spangle?

 

Your yellow baby seems to be a Double factor spangle. The other is a YF2 opaline blue normal.

I agree with Kaz, the DF Spangles is also a Yellow Face that's why its colour varies instead of being the one colour all over.

yellow bub is a dark eyed clearwing

 

I can see where the confusion is. A Dark Eyed Clear (which I think you where meaning to say) looks very much the same to a young Double Factor Spangle. However this is the offspring of a dominate pied and a recessive pied.

 

You baby got both of the spangle genes (one from each parent) when older s/he will get the iris rings in the eyes and if male will get the blue cere.

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