Can anyone post a picture of a mauve budgie...I don't know what they look like and have a chance that one of our new babies could turn out to be mauve.

 

Thanks

Can anyone post a picture of a mauve budgie...I don't know what they look like and have a chance that one of our new babies could turn out to be mauve.

 

Thanks

 

okay this is a mauve hen as chick

 

 

 

her now

 

 

 

hope that helps

by way mauves just look like greys with a cobalty look to them when in nest

Edited October 11, 200915 yr by GenericBlue

With a voilet cheek patches

Macka's info is crucial here. The cheek patches are the way you can tell a mauve from a grey. Mauve birds have violet cheek patches, whilst grey birds have grey cheek patches.

unfortunately that's not always the rule - Many birds who're indeed grey have blue cheek patches, as opposed to silver, so sometimes it gets hard to tell. But as a general rule you go by the cheek patches. Body colour of the bird also comes into it. Grey is very distinguishable from the blue tinge to a mauve which looks like a "blue grey".

Although their are many birds who have also had this part of the colour compromised so you'll see many "grey" show birds especially who look VERY blue

Here's a comparison between one of my greys and one of my mauves.

With a voilet cheek patches

 

yes macka you are right

i left that out

with violet cheek patches all mauves have violet patches or they are not mauve

 

birds mutations are determined by colour of their patches and tails and not the body colour as so much can very in the body colour but the patches are always right tails feet irisses ect

all birds have a set mutation classification you can find them in any good book on budgies mutations and genetics

Interesting! I have a couple of birds that colour! I will be checking their cheek patches first thing tomorrow.

I always thought they were grey with violet suffusion ....

 

What are the genetics behind them? Cobalt x Violet?