Hi all,

 

I have 2 x 3 week old babies. I was wondering if any one could help me with the colours and wing types of my babies

Many Thanks

May

The second is a yellow face blue, not so good at my pieds. I would say opaline cobalt pied?Yellow faced blue, grey wing

l'm not 100% sure but the first one looks like a recessive pied.

the second looks like a yf type II, it also looks like it is either a greywing or cinnamon?

second is a yf2 cinnamon bub and the first is a cobalt pied... it looks recessive but could also be a non clearflight dom pied

The second one cannot be cinnamon as its body colour is too strong...It must be a YF2 greywing cobalt or violet.

First one looks dom pied to me.

Edited April 19, 200817 yr by KAZ

Wings are brown on my computer. No sign of grey what so ever.

Do you have any photo's of it when it was just hatched by any chance?

I agree with Kaz, except that the first one could be Recessive PIed, if we knew the parents that would help.

I agree with Kaz, except that the first one could be Recessive PIed, if we knew the parents that would help.

Yes that pied cetainly seems to fall between two categories :ausb: Photo of the parents would solve it all

I think the first one is a dominant pied, and the second one, I was leaning towards cinnamon wing due to the absence of the grey tail, but Kaz make s agood point about the brightness of the body, so maybe greywing

You wonderful people are great

 

here is a photo of mum with babies

 

here is another photo of the babies a bit older

 

and here is a photo of mum and dad.

 

 

 

Thank you again for your help. My uncle Breeds Budgies in Alice and is asking me questions Now i will feel more confidant when i ring him tomorrow.

Don't know if it's my eyes or P.c but The 2nd Bub eyes look red/plum ...

The 2nd once I am going with YF 2 Cinnamon and it would be a hen since the dad is a Cinnamon the first one looks to me like a recessive cobalt pied and looks male.

The first baby must be a Recessive Pied as neither parents are showing any Pied feathers, if it were Dominant one parent would have to be Pied. I was suspicious because of that one feather that was in between colour on the wing, which is common in Recessives, whereas Dominants usually have the complete feather either Pied or clear. Of course if your colony breeding & have another Dominant Pied in the aviary that could be the parent?

I still think the other chick is Grey wing, not Cinnamon wing. Look at the picture of the Dad; the bird to his left is a Cinnamon…lots of Grey wing have a Brownish look to them especially in photos.

 

So that means that both Mum & Dad are split for Recessive Pied & Mum is split for Grey wing.

Edited April 19, 200817 yr by Norm

Good observsation and I agree with what you said Norm, you are very right about the coloring looking brown on the computer screen on those greywings. Not sure about the strength of the coloring on the body of the bird but if it is strong I would say it is a full body greywing.

Edited April 19, 200817 yr by Elly

Hi Norm

To the question is there a Pied in the aviary that could be the parent? The answer is no.

I had only the 4 birds for a long time. On thursday one of my other hens who was sitting on eggs and the dad were eaten by a child's python.

so now I am left with 2 adults and 2 babies.

 

To every one else thank you so much

My sympathies I have problems with Carpet or Diamond Pythons here so I know what it’s like. Looks like you need smaller wire or check for holes.

 

re your pied if you don't have any other Pieds it must be Recessive Pied.

I'm sticking by Yf cinnamon. The cinnamon in the picture with the dad is a yf cinnamon and has a brightly coloured rump also. Some cinnamons look diluted, but not always all. I have a cinnmon in the nest right now who has a very intense colour on it's rump without dilution... and with the father being a definate cinnamon that's what the bub seems to be.

does that baby have brown wings? because then I would agree too and remember it would be a hen.

Hi Elly

sorry for the late reply my cockatiel has the flu so I have been worrying about her. The babies feathers are not brown more grey :hap:

Many Thanks

May

then a greywing for sure as mentioned

I do hope your tiel is doing better.