Hi I have a pair of budgies. They are both yellow, she has white face spots and is full yellow with black eyes. He has a yellow body- I think he's pied as he has green as well. and black eyes as well. Here are some pics of them. His cere is pink- he has bred before with the person I got him from and she said he is definately male. I have yet to breed them.

My hen has a sore toe so I brought her inside yesterday- so I am taking this opportunity to bring in her mate as well and see if they will breed inside in a cage instead of in the aviary. Have them in a Large cage and will introduce a nesting box in 2 weeks.

Edited June 9, 200816 yr by rah

The cock is definitely a dark green recessive pied. The hen, I am just taking a stab in the dark, is a black eyed self? Lutinos are yellow with red eyes and albinos are white with red eyes

The cock is definitely a dark green recessive pied. The hen, I am just taking a stab in the dark, is a black eyed self? Lutinos are yellow with red eyes and albinos are white with red eyes

Thankyou- I changed the headding, I was meant to write Lutino... Well I am blonde- so that could be why I made the mistake...okay... Now I'm going to sound really blonde but I have never heard of a dark eyed self? Whats that.

Your hen could also be a double factor spangle. they look like lutinos but have black eyes with iris rings

It's a lutino and a recessive pied

In the first picture you can see her red eyes

Lutino, I can see the red eyes too ....

I just had to check- But her eye's are definately black with a white iris ring.

 

So is she a double factor spangle or a black eyed self? I'm slowly learning the genetics stuff. It's really interesting.

 

What kind of baby's would they have?

Can you get a close up Macro mode photo of her eyes, they definatly look red and her pink feet are also an indicator.

They look red in the photo to me too Are you positive they aren't a very dark plum colour, sometimes they can be so dark it's hard to tell. Can you get a close up of the side of her face?

I tried to get some close up- but alot didn't work too well. It's raining outside and the flash just wrecks the picture.

Try the macro mode setting, it's the flower on your camera. usually next to the lightning bolt, which is the flash.

Figured out the macro mode...

She's lutino

I will be interested to see what you get with this pairing

From a lutino hen to a recessive pied (presuming their genes are pure)

you will get all normals split to recessive pied of the green series with all cock being split Lutino also.

But any of that could change with hidden genes, e.g. splits and masked ones

Here are our three babys...

Well those chicks solve the puzzle....MUM is either a DF spangle or A LUTINO masking spangle :budgiedance:

Edited August 25, 200816 yr by KAZ

 

Weird!!!!

 

The Lutino Looked Lutino for sure red eyes and all in the pics unless the camera gave her DEVILS eyes lol ...

 

Genetics hey :hap:

lutino masking spangle

lutino masking spangle

Thats what I think too Lib. Its was obvious from the first photos that Mum has red eyes :hap:

Red eyes are often the product of a camera flash. I viewed this file before I was able to post and decided that the hen was a double factor spangle not a lutino and that all her chicks would be spangles

Thanks all! I am not gifted in genetics at all!! Were really proud of our little momma. I've had her for a long tome and this is her first clutch. They are all still in a cage inside from when she had a sore toe- but that has healed up, and I can't bring myself to put her back in the outside Aviary just yet. I was amazed at the colours of the babys and the girls think their little angels... Very different to all the Dom Pied blue/white babys we have everywhere here at the moment..

I was seeing the comparison between eye colour in this photo regardless of flash....

My first thought was when seeing the chicks was the hen must be DF spangle too. BUT comparing eye colour leads me to believe the eyes are red.

 

I guess we need a better picture of the eyes.

Edited August 26, 200816 yr by KAZ

These have been taken with the macro mode without a flash and in the daylight. I am pretty sure she had red eyes when I bought her, but that was a long time ago- and my memory isn't that good.

These have been taken with the macro mode without a flash and in the daylight. I am pretty sure she had red eyes when I bought her, but that was a long time ago- and my memory isn't that good.

She is definitely a lutino and she is masking the spangle gene