This is a baby from a clutch I had in January. There were only two, this girl and her brother. I was planning on keeping them both for their colour, cause their mum was quite pretty, but mummy plucks the babies, so mummy has gone to a retirement home to no longer breed. Anyway, I was looking at my birds yesterday as I so often do and the colour of this little hen's wings really caught my eye. I realise she is opaline but can you please tell me the rest of her mutation? I dont have a name for her yet, a few have been running around in my head but nothing that really jumps out at me yet.

She appears to be YF blue greywing. What type of blue depends on if you used a flash or not. She appears skybue but is also carrying violet ( as seen by the violet hue around her neck ). Could be cobalt if you used a flash.....but still carrying violet. Very, very pretty

 

Parents details and colours ??

Is she opaline as well or was I wrong with that? Mum was very similar colours, but with different (normal) wing markings. I have a friend who wanted some budgies for a nice aviary at her dad's retirement home, so I gave her a few of my older birds or problem birds to have a nice retired life and Dizzy has gone there, so I dont have pics of her. Dad is a light green grey wing I think. I can post a picture of him later. When I first started here at the forums, I had a boy called Harley that I really wanted to breed cause I loved his colours and markings, but I think Harley was too old to breed when I got him. I still have him and love him, but I dont try to breed him. This little girl reminds me of a slightly washed out version of Harley

Yes she is Opaline. Very pretty bird

She is very pretty I love YF opalines.... and with the added bonus of grey wing - WOW!!!.... Postage stamp on her please, or you can pop her in a Taxi and send her my way

Edited April 7, 200817 yr by **Liv**

Haha......sorry Liv, I plan on keeping and breeding her when she's old enough to try to keep that pretty colour running. I'll make you a deal though, you can have one of her offspring in 12 months time (Laughing out loud)

I can see green in her rump and breast

I can see green in her rump and breast

YF plus blue gives you the greenish look here and there

This is her brother, I have decided to call her Sophie and on suggestion, his name is Ellis (Laughing out loud).

And this their dad Lime, but I dont have pics of their mum unfortunately. Lime currently has chicks with a little grey spangle, and its her first clutch. I have my fingers crossed now they might have yellow faces!

I had one like lime however he was more darker bluegreen, so you could say that I had one nothing like him (Laughing out loud) still made beautiful babies .. can't wait to see hi chicks

He is a Yellow Face Type 2 Full Body Grey Wing

Since she is an opaline you can write down in your breeding records that dad is carrying the opaline gene.

If mom is not a grey wing then you can write in her breeding records that she is split for greywing but if she is a greywing when you breed these 2 you will always have 100% greywing.

Edited April 7, 200817 yr by Elly

CUTIE!!!!

He is a Yellow Face Type 2 Full Body Grey Wing

Since she is an opaline you can write down in your breeding records that dad is carrying the opaline gene.

If mom is not a grey wing then you can write in her breeding records that she is split for greywing but if she is a greywing when you breed these 2 you will always have 100% greywing.

 

Thanks Elly. I wish she had been a good mum, but cause she plucked both the babies as soon as they started to feather, I have let her go as I decided I wouldnt breed with her again. She was a yft2 blue something, not grey. It's a shame, they made quite pretty babies. Hopefully I can carry on their colours with these two down the track and find something that will bring out their colours and maybe up their size a little :hap:

 

Thanks Indz and all others who have commented

From another thread about rainbows...........

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This is a rare composite of Opaline, Clearwing, & Yellowface (or Goldenface) on a Blue series bird creating a 'rainbow' effect.

 

Does this make Sophie close to a rainbow? She has opaline and yellow face, but is a greywing instead of clearwing?

I guess its just wishful thinking