Posted November 10, 200915 yr This is Mystery. I named him/her that because I don't know anything about his/her mutations, except for a couple of guesses. I'm sure it's a recessive pied, I think olive green, and I'm leaning towards boy. I'm having a hard time getting any good pictures, so if these aren't good enough, I will try to add more later. So if anyone has any ideas about what mutations to label it with, please have a go! "> " > "> ">
November 10, 200915 yr It is a recessive pied, it is a cinnamon, and the green is either a dark green or olive. I am going to go for olive. Therefore, I say you have an Olive Green Cinnamon Recessive Pied Cock.
November 11, 200915 yr Author Thanks for the replies, everyone! I guess it wasn't so much of a mystery Other than the cinnamon part, I had it right. I guess the cinnamon affects the wing markings, because they look green, so I was confused. I've been told that if he was a boy, his name should be Mr. E, so Mr. E it is!
November 11, 200915 yr It is a recessive pied, it is a cinnamon, and the green is either a dark green or olive. I am going to go for olive. Therefore, I say you have an Olive Green Cinnamon Recessive Pied Cock. okay...relative newbie here with a question.... Pink cere so what makes Mr E a male? Do the cere's of a recessive pied look different to others? I ask because I have a 6 week old rec pied amongst the new chicks and have been called it "her" but now I might be wrong.
November 11, 200915 yr okay...relative newbie here with a question.... Pink cere so what makes Mr E a male? Do the cere's of a recessive pied look different to others? I ask because I have a 6 week old rec pied amongst the new chicks and have been called it "her" but now I might be wrong. Recessive pied males have pinky purple ceres. If a female and young there will be white on its cere.......mostly white. As a male recessive ages its cere stays pink.....will never turn blue. A female recessive at moulting age has the cere turn brownish as with all breeding age females. Edited November 11, 200915 yr by KAZ
November 12, 200915 yr Author I noticed something else about Mystery/Mr.E. yesterday. Originally, since his cinnamon markings look so green to me, I wondered if he could be opaline. But he is all clear in the areas where I would look for opaline markings, so I couldn't tell. And since none of you said opaline, I figured it must be the cinnamon that makes his wing markings greenish. But yesterday when he was bending forward to preen himself, it caused the feathers on the back of his neck to spread apart, and then I very clearly saw a bright green sheen or suffusion there. Since he's not an opaline, does this suffusion mean he could be split to opaline? Or does it just mean he is "poorly marked" (if there is such a thing in pet budgies! Ha ha! ) And another question while you all are looking at him, does he look French Moult to you? He had a short tail when I bought him, but full flights on his wings, and I observed him fly really well, so I took a chance on him. He was moulting at the time, and a couple days later his 2 main wing feathers came out. They were whole, and normal looking, so I took that to mean he was okay, but I thought I'd bring it up for reassurance. Thanks again, -Finnie
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