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Black Faced Budgerigar

Derek
in Budgie Mutations, Varieties and Genetics

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WOW!!! That is really coool :D

I wonder if its real or a photoshop creation though...

WOW!!! That is really coool :D

I wonder if its real or a photoshop creation though...

Its real...but dont expect to see one in a petshop in your lifetime ;)

yeah the breeder is keeping tight fisted on the gene too from what i've read, it hasn't being mentioned for a while I'm hoping the mutation is still about in the Netherlands.

Yeah I would love to have some…all the info on the net seems some years old & apparently he wouldn't give any stock to anyone else, so lets hope it still is in existence. He found the first birds in a market…so shows you should always be on the lookout for new mutations…sometime someone breeds them that doesn't realise what they are & may sell them.

 

From that article that Derek shows, they are saying they could already be extinct. Sad if that is true.

Edited by Norm

If you got some you would have to breed them separate, as they would stuff up the accepted Budgie model [standard of perfection].

 

I have a theory that they may be a “Throwback” to a more primitive stage of Budgie development in the wild, as they would be perfectly camouflaged.

 

As they say Dave “LOVE IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER”

It sure is Norm.

 

And you are right, if you got some, you would breed them seperately so nto to introduce the gene into the flock.

 

If I had one, i would so my best to breed them, then sell them to the highest bidder, retiring to my islanf getaway with my millions, enjoying the tropical sun..... sorry, drifted off there for a minute

I talked to someone here in the US who supposedly had some not long ago until his stock was destroyed. He got them from a breeder in NY who 'retired' and no longer breeds birds. I am wondering if/where it may re-appear again if this is infact true. What I'm curious about is from what type of birds did it originate from?

I talked to someone here in the US who supposedly had some not long ago until his stock was destroyed. He got them from a breeder in NY who 'retired' and no longer breeds birds. I am wondering if/where it may re-appear again if this is infact true. What I'm curious about is from what type of birds did it originate from?

 

If you read that article Ravengypsy, you will read that he bought them from a market, so could never be sure, but they produced some birds that looked like they had Recessive Pied in them.

 

I’m always on the look out at pet shops etc for birds that might have hope to breed them by selection, it would be a long process, but would be a dream if it happened. I got one bird, a Recessive Pied that looked hopeful, but failed to fill eggs. Seems the guy in the Netherlands had big losses, with breeding them, which I think is common with new mutations, as really each mutation has lost something from the wild type, the guy that bred Dusks seems to have had high losses also.

Edited by Norm

it's not unheard of for a new mutation to appear in various parts of the world with no known relation to each other. This happend with fallows after all :) ... and if it happend once the mutation could happen again.

this is true... may if I breed magpies with budgies I'll get a budpie... hmmmm... they'll look similar. :hap:

I know people like the novelty value of this bird, but to me, it is not attractive at all. i actually dislike its look. I might be the only one, and that is okay, been there before, but if i had one, it would be pure novelty value.

You arent the only one Dave.....I think its downright ugly :hap:

I know people like the novelty value of this bird, but to me, it is not attractive at all. i actually dislike its look. I might be the only one, and that is okay, been there before, but if i had one, it would be pure novelty value.

You arent the only one Dave.....I think its downright ugly :)

 

OOOOH!!! I think their CUTE…so Dave...Kaz...if you find one give it to me thanks...forget about the making money thing Dave...(Laughing out loud)...

You know I’m a rare mutation JUNKIE…

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I actually find all of the mutations quite intriguing. What I find even more interesting on this one is the fact that he found the two original birds at a market sale.

 

Usually I don't even bother looking at birds at the market but this has prompted me to actually do so in future.

 

Never know, it could mutate here in Australia.

A post from Sep last year

http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index....mp;hl=blackface

 

There has been a few new mutations come and go, because the breeder hasn't been able to breed enough numbers to establish a line.

Edited by throwback

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