This chick is the one that came from the Red eye lacewing dad and the violet mom, I was thinking mauve because it is not really a dark grey and the cheek patches, I just cannot tell and I don't have a grey budgie in the aviary at all...at least not a visual all grey budgie, only one hen that is a greygreen. But she is not the mom to this chick, the parents are as I said a REL cock to a violet hen??? So is this chick mauve or grey or what?

 

 

This is some of the clutch the chick in question is in the left corner, mom is hidden on the right side

 

Looks like a Mauve to me

It’s hard to tell from the picture of the cheek patches, if it’s Mauve the patches should be Blue, if a Grey they are Grey. Unless the Lacewing cock is Masking Grey it should be Mauve, as you need at least one Grey to get Grey.

I would say she is a mauve

Mauve

Mauve

The voice of authority…just needs one word…MAUVE.

The jury is out,I need more proof,Colour of hen & cock.

Looks like a mauve to me ....

 

But a light mauve

I have Dd and DD mauves

 

Chicks are looking great Sunnie LOVE their colours

Mauve from me also

Here are pics of the hen and the sire, as I said he is a Red eye Lacewing, and she is a violet. From them I got a healthy beautiful clutch 2 just like Dad, REL, 1 violet like mom, one is a real light colored violet and appears to be a greywing?? and then the mauve or grey???? Most are pictured in the nestbox and mom is in there as well. The green/yellow coloring on his face is from the fresh spinach at breakfast feeding, he is not yellowface.

Here is Dad and mom:

and another closer of mom:

Edited June 28, 200816 yr by sueannleach

I still say mauve!!!

Grey cheek patch then its a grey , Violet cheek patch then its a mauve

LB is right, to me he looks mauve in the above pictures the picture you posted with the mum I can't tell.

Can't only go by the cheek patches theory however because some definate greys still have the blue cheek patches. By body colour and cheek patches and parents it's a Mauve from me.

Edited June 28, 200816 yr by *libby*

Can't only go by the cheek patches theory however because some definate greys still have the blue cheek patches.By body colour and cheek patches and parents it's a Mauve from me.Can't only go by the cheek patches theory however because some definate greys still have the blue cheek patches.By body colour and cheek patches and parents it's a Mauve from me.

The cheek patch may be on the blueish side but that comes from the grey being bred from blues and the grey modifer not quite masking all the blue , but I have never seen a grey with a Violet cheek patch