okay pics as promised... here is Wilma and her mate. He appears to be a normal green cock, but she, she I have NO clue???? I double and triple checked her eyes and her eyes are balck with an iris ring. So tell me what you think... what is she?

 

 

Light green clearwing hen

 

 

Light green clearwing hen and a normal green cock

 

 

Light green clearwing hen and a normal green cock

 

And if you wouldn't mind looking at the young ones in the following picture and tell me what they are. I think some of them are YFI cobalts but as for the white ones, I was thinking recessive pied but I'm lost on them. Also, some of the white ones have very pale purple or dark pink ceres are these male or female? The ones I think are YFI some seem to have light blue ceres with white nostils and I assume those ones are female??? Any help would be great.

 

 

sky blue recessive pied gender unknown

yellow face type 1 opaline mauve hen

sky blue recessive pied cock

looks like an opaline dilute sky blue spangle hen going for dilute, not greywing, but may be wrong

 

 

 

yellow face type 1 opaline hen

normal cobalt hen

 

 

opaline dilute sky blue spangle hen

sky blue recessive pied cock

 

 

sky blue recessive pied cock

yellow face type 2 cobalt blue hen (the yellow has already started to seep through the blue ont he chest and will be complete by the first moult)

 

Those are my guess

Edited November 18, 200816 yr by Dave_McMinn

Your other birds are 2 yellow face blue opalines and 2 dilute recessive pieds. You will need to wait until after their first moult to tell if the yellow face is type 1 or 2.

 

I would estimate the age of the pair in the breeding cage at about 5 months in spite of anything that the breeder has told you. The green male has got iris rings but his cere hasn't even coloured up properly yet so he is much too young to breed

With time and the knowledge we gain, we dont have to end up having to rely on what someone ( who is selling us birds ) tells us about ages of budgies. We will learn the signs to look for. BBC is great for imparting knowledge.