Hello

 

I'm interested in getting some white budgies. How do you tell the sex of them? I know with some its blue mark is male and the light brown is female. that's as much as I know about sexing these types.

There are different types of white budgies, so depending onthe type, it will depend upon cere colour, and eye colour.

 

Albino - these are what most people think about when they talk about white budgies. You can tell these easily as these white budgies have red eyes. The females are easy to tell as they will develop a brown cere when they are ready to breed (the young will develop a brown cere but do not let them breed unless they are over a year old - despite cere colour). Males do not have the traditional blue cere, instead they have a pinkish smooth cere.

 

Double factor blue spangles - when two blue spangles are paired together, they may produce a double factor spangle. This is a white looking bird with black eyes. The female will develop a brown when she is ready to breed whilst the male will have a blue cere, that will go brighter and deeper when he is ready to breed.

 

Black-eyed clear - I do not know too much about this variation, but as I understand it is the result of breeding a recessive pied with something else. Someone else will explain better later. They will develop much like the double factor spangle above.

 

Remember, all young birds will not have a "determined" cere colour. Young or out of season hens will have white with blue, and this can be confusing.

There are different types of white budgies, so depending onthe type, it will depend upon cere colour, and eye colour.

 

Albino - these are what most people think about when they talk about white budgies. You can tell these easily as these white budgies have red eyes. The females are easy to tell as they will develop a brown cere when they are ready to breed (the young will develop a brown cere but do not let them breed unless they are over a year old - despite cere colour). Males do not have the traditional blue cere, instead they have a pinkish smooth cere.

 

Double factor blue spangles - when two blue spangles are paired together, they may produce a double factor spangle. This is a white looking bird with black eyes. The female will develop a brown when she is ready to breed whilst the male will have a blue cere, that will go brighter and deeper when he is ready to breed.

 

Black-eyed clear - I do not know too much about this variation, but as I understand it is the result of breeding a recessive pied with something else. Someone else will explain better later. They will develop much like the double factor spangle above.

 

Remember, all young birds will not have a "determined" cere colour. Young or out of season hens will have white with blue, and this can be confusing.

 

As above but the Black-eyed clear Dave is speaking about is actually called a Dark Eyed Clear and is a combination of 2 Danish genes and 1 Dutch Pied Gene. They are completely white and only breed true 100% when bred to another Dark Eyed Clear. They have a black eye with no iris ring.

 

The other white bird is a Black Eyed Self which for show purposes is a composite of Dilute and Cinnamon bred over many generations to reduce the suffusion in the body. They have black eyes and and iris ring and cock have blue ceres. It is really hard to get them pure white.

so really there is a bunch of different white varations is that what your saying?

so really there is a bunch of different white varations is that what your saying?

yes