I've searched so many sites trying to figure out what colour my little boy is but haven't been successful yet

All the descriptions are so confusing to me!

 

Here is a picture of him:

 

 

Any help would be much appreciated

He looks to be a Yellow Face type 2 (YF2) Sky blue opaline to me.

 

YF2 means the yellow from the face bleeds though to the body feather.

 

he is very handsome too

Edited January 10, 200916 yr by **Liv**

He is a Yellowface type 2 sky violet opaline

 

Ps I have some just like him...

Edited January 10, 200916 yr by KAZ

Thank you!

 

I've always loved his colours.

 

His head never used to have blue mixed through the yellow, there was a definite line. As he has aged the blue has been slowly taking over his beautiful yellow feathers, but he's still just as cute

 

Also thanks for clearing that up for me, I've been told so many things over the years I didn't know what to believe!

 

Lynelle

I'm not seeing much yellow in the body feathers at all. I would lean towards a Yf1

Edited January 10, 200916 yr by Sailorwolf

i going yf1 opaline blue

 

love yellow face blues

I don't see the bleeding into the wings at all now I remember Neville saying this would be a Yellow Face 1 and the yellow into the body that we see would be a fault but if it was a Yellow Face 2 the yellow would be in the wings too. Any confirmation on this?

I think YF 1 too, but sometimes a double factor yellow face 2 has very little yellow "bleeding"

Edited January 10, 200916 yr by Neville

that is true good point Neville, I remember read that too.

When I looked at the picture I seen a YF2

There is bleeding ( where the feathers look green) all the way down to the rump :cake:

 

Also, Being opaline i couldn't see the Bleeding in the wings However when I look at the flights there is Yellow on them too

Well I see hardly any yellow. Your monitor must be turned way up.

 

He is too blue to be a YF2 at that age.

Edited January 11, 200916 yr by Sailorwolf

I see the yellow in the body not in the wings, I think breeding him out would probably solve the issue huh if he is going to be bred, I am leaning now toward YF2 Double Factor as Neville (suggested) if he is not a YF1.

I was leaning to yf2 at first, but there is only a little bleeding on the body- which may just be a yf1 with fault. My yf2's at that age have been quite greeny. Also he is club rung so the odds are in his favour for a yf1. There are some yf2 club birds but they cant be shown so most people lean away from them, they are more of a pet variety.

 

He is handsome.

I say YF2 Opaline Sky Blue (with possible Violet factor). I see green bleeding through the body feathers (espeically near the rump) and I see Violet in the neck area... ???

 

My only question is that this birds looks like it's already gone through it's first molt and if it was YF2 wouldn't it have more green tone to it already if it were YF2??

Edited January 12, 200916 yr by chrissy0705

YF1... no reason... just think it is...