I nipped in to my local bird place to get some supplies and came out with these 2,

 

Dante

http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k337/ch...79/birds155.jpg

they are not the best pics and they don't show his true colour but he is the most amazing shade of "purple" I have even seen, would he be called a violet? I am wondering about the dark factor now because I have honestly never seen this shade before, he is almost what I would call a royal purple, advice would be great please?

 

and Jazz

http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k337/ch...79/birds157.jpg

http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k337/ch...79/birds158.jpg

 

I am guessing sky blue opaline?

I have decided that I quite like the opalines now and think that I will work towards developing a line and also dom pieds, which i love.

 

ps. they are both in quarantine with no nest box

Edited October 16, 200816 yr by Neat
Changed Photo's to links please re size to 640 x 480 thank you

They are both lovey birds

 

You male is a violet too

Edited October 2, 200816 yr by **Liv**

The hen is carrying violet so she would be a good match for him. He is purple ring though so getting on a little ...what colour ring is the hen ?

she is gold

She is 2006 then and he is 2005. Still okay to breed with

Would be a good idea to have foster parents in the wings for them though as being older means they have most likely been tried and they might have issues.

yes I had thought of that and I am hoping that I have at least 1 other pair down at the same time (I might have to get some more hmmm don't tell hubby though )

Would be a good idea to have foster parents in the wings for them though as being older means they have most likely been tried and they might have issues.

Always a good idea to breed at least 3-4 pairs at the same time for such reasons

They are lovely, your male reminds me of Merlin totally the color and even the look of the head etc... . Your female is a opaline violet she is very lovely.

Yep I see violets there very nice

Paired together you should get 50%Violet cobalt and 50% violets