I have two new baby cock budgies. The white one has plum-coloured eyes. He is an albino? What mutations might his parents have been? The other one is a yellow face opaline spangle ... ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red eyes or plum ? There is a big difference

They are a really deep plum colour. They look black until you see them in natural light.

 

They are much darker than the one sunshine has posted.

Edited November 30, 200915 yr by Catherine

Did they come from the same place? If they are nestmates, then he is probably a double factor spangle, seeing as the other one is a single factor spangle.

 

If he were a dark eyed clear, you would expect his siblings to show clearflight pied or recessive pied in some form.

 

If you don't know what his parents/siblings look like, you will have to wait until he matures, and then you can tell by whether or not he gets iris rings and whether his cere stays pink or turns blue.

 

An all white bird can be masking any kind of colors and mutations (well, not green).

 

They are both beautiful, by the way, and I am particularly in love with the yf spangle one!

The white one could be a DF spangle that is masking cinnamon or possibly recessive pied, which would give it plum eyes.

Thank you very much for your help. I understand the significance of the iris ring but am not sure what the pink cere would mean.

I, too, think that yf spangle is gorgeous. The vet is not 100% that this one is a cock but I am. I have samples in for PBFD testing and the lab does the sexing for no extra charge. I have certificates for all my other budgies that they are PBFD clear.