This Budgie has been the baine of my life. Purchased on the 30th Jan 08, I was assured it was a female. Until today we have been playing a it's a boy it's Girl. This morning for the first time I see the start of the male cere forming in colour. He still has the baby big eyes. Also adding overview of my hens and youngin's

 

 

 

Edited November 24, 200816 yr by maesie

he is a male YF2 Spangle recessive pied

 

He is very pretty

You have a lovely colourful flock

he is a male YF2 Spangle recessive pied

 

He is very pretty

You have a lovely colourful flock

 

 

What does the YF2 Spangle recessive pied mean.

The YF I assume means yellow face so do you have the patience to explain to this dummy how the rest comes about. I have read the very infromative article about colour discriptions started in 2006, I am so dumb could not understand how to put it all together to attempt to work on mine. Also one other of my birds intrigues me, I call him Bronco

What does the YF2 Spangle recessive pied mean.

 

Yellowface = the yellow face on a blue bird

1 = only restricted to the mask of the bird (face)

2 = the yellow bleeds on to the body and wings and through molting can sometimes make a blue based bird look green or seafoam green

Spangle = is the markings on the wings, the black marking are on the tip of the wings like you are tracing them vs being in the middle of the wing and having the white outline like on a normal budgie

Recessive = type of mutation of pied it means that it is not a dominant gene and to have a recessive gene show both the parents need to have the gene.

Pied - referreds to the splotchness of the marking on the body there are 3 different types of pieds but only one type of recessive

 

Recessive pieds keep their pink cere so if your bird is now 11 months old then it is a boy if it was a female then the cere could have gone brown, light blue like a female cere.

What does the YF2 Spangle recessive pied mean.

 

Yellowface = the yellow face on a blue bird

1 = only restricted to the mask of the bird (face)

2 = the yellow bleeds on to the body and wings and through molting can sometimes make a blue based bird look green or seafoam green

Spangle = is the markings on the wings, the black marking are on the tip of the wings like you are tracing them vs being in the middle of the wing and having the white outline like on a normal budgie

Recessive = type of mutation of pied it means that it is not a dominant gene and to have a recessive gene show both the parents need to have the gene.

Pied - referreds to the splotchness of the marking on the body there are 3 different types of pieds but only one type of recessive

 

Recessive pieds keep their pink cere so if your bird is now 11 months old then it is a boy if it was a female then the cere could have gone brown, light blue like a female cere.

 

Thank you for your help, it is easier for me to understand now, just have to learn to put it all together. I think I may have another one at least like "Esmarelda" (Poor Baby having to carry a girls name around) but I ain't changing it now.Now can you help me with Bronco as to what he is, I felt his markings were so different to any of the others I have added one more photo, the others being at the start of my topic.