I've been searching pictures of greygreen budgies especially; to learn to indentify the different shades in them when there are none or 1-2 dark factors. Is it utterly impossible to tell? Or is there a way to identify the level of darkness? I guess in blue series it ought to be easier.

okay, if you look at Kaz's Bird they are grey green.

 

I am siure that there are all called greygreens even if the shades are lighter ( dd = NO Dark factor Dd= single dark factor DD = Double dark factor) Now i am sure somone will correct me on that !!

 

Ummm i will try to find the post that was made which shows you the difference with a Greygreen and a Olive green Budgie ( olive has a blue tail or the other way around )

Edited August 16, 200816 yr by Neat

okay, Ummm i will try to find the post that was made which shows you the difference with a Greygreen and a Olive green Budgie ( olive has a blue tail or the other way around )

 

Oh, I didn't mean that, I know the difference between a greygreen and olive green; I would like to know what is the difference between an olive green WITH a greyfactor and e.g. a light green with a grey factor. Or a dark green as well, but I guess the contrast would be bigger in a light green and an olive green...

 

That I was wondering, would it be impossible to say the difference in greygreen birds - is it possible to tell how many dark factors do the carry? not to meantion if it carries double or single grey factors, but let's not think about that.... I guess if a light green bird would carry DF grey... well it could look like anything.

 

I don't know if you get what I mean... It's really complicated with all these factors!!

a light green has a light blue coloured cheak patch a grey green has a grey coloured cheak patch a dark green has a darker cheak patch and there tail is a blue and a olive has a darker colour patch than the darg green and they are a dark green almost grey there really dark if that all makes sence but it gets darker as it goes along you know what i mean ?ill post a colour chart later okay.

 

cheers Joel

a light green has a light blue coloured cheak patch a grey green has a grey coloured cheak patch a dark green has a darker cheak patch and there tail is a blue and a olive has a darker colour patch than the darg green and they are a dark green almost grey there really dark if that all makes sence but it gets darker as it goes along you know what i mean ?ill post a colour chart later okay.

 

cheers Joel

 

I try once more... In the green series bird there are three different shades, yes, light - dark - olive green. A green series bird can carry a grey factor. I would like to know, if one can identify in a grey green bird weather it has none - one - or two dark factors. So if the bird is light green with a grey factor - a dark green bird with a grey factor - or an olive green bird with a grey factor-

 

Does anyone know what I mean?? People always only talk about mixing the grey green and the olive green, but no one has explained how to tell how many dark factors there are in a greygreen bird. They're always just identified as greygreen and no one bothers to think weather the basic colour id light or dark or olive... I guess the best way (maybe the only wy) to tell the amount of dark factors, would be to know the parents dark factors or to breed with it.

I know exactly what you are talking about falki.

 

With blue series we have sky blue, cobalt blue and mauve. Differing shades of blue based on dark factors.

 

in greens we have light green, drak green and ?.....

 

We look at greys and see they can have a differing bumber of dark factors. the anthracite being the darkest here.

 

With grey greens, can we then have differing levels of darkness based on their dark factors they carry?

 

I think I get the question. It seems others have misinterpreted what you are asking. Unfortunately, I have no answers - LOL

I understand as well you want to know how to tell if a greygreen bird has none one or two dark factors.

 

now this isn't something i've though of before and not sure if it is visable as the grey affects the fathers...

I understand as well you want to know how to tell if a greygreen bird has none one or two dark factors.

 

now this isn't something i've though of before and not sure if it is visable as the grey affects the fathers...

 

I guess it is impossible to tell then. The grey over ruling all the other colours. My friend has a grey green female now in a breeding cage with a light blue DF dominant pied, so we will see how the chicks will turn out to be

I know also exactly what you mean Falki…it should be possible the see the different stages of Dark factor eg. Light, Dark & Olive. Like Nerwen said I have never given that any thought…but I think maybe it isn’t possible to tell, as I have many Grey Greens & you would think that there must be some variation, but I think they all look the same. The only difference is if it’s carrying Cinnamon it turns the Grey Green into a sort of Mustard shade, but all my other Grey Greens seem to look alike.

I asked Kaz about this yesterday and she was going to a show today, so she was goign to ask show breeders and see if they had an opinion.

I asked Kaz about this yesterday and she was going to a show today, so she was goign to ask show breeders and see if they had an opinion.

Unfortunately noone had answers for me or time to think about it. The show day was too busy