Hi all!

 

here is my new budgie =]

 

i am unsure of what colourings and mutations it has?

i would greatly appreciate it if you could inform me =]

 

also what sex is he or she? thanks

 

oh and if it doesnt bother you to much... i am tossing up between two names

mortimer and vovo

which name do you think suits him/her best?

 

 

 

just a little bit of information on th wings, it is normal right? not spangle, but i can see some blyue spread through

it, not alot just sparsley, in some spots on the white part of the feather

ive heard of opaline, but isnt that when the white part of the wings is completely covered with the body colour?

 

thanks for your help! grant :happy-dancing:

 

 

in the picture below you can see at the top of the wings a small patch of blue

this is spread sparsly over the wings

 

ps: why are the wing markings so clear in some parts but then go hazy in a patch?

Edited January 28, 201015 yr by alpaca-boy

looks yf cobalt dom pie but full picture is really needed sorry

Edited January 28, 201015 yr by GenericBlue

I agree with Genericblue... But a photo of the whole budgie will let us know if we missed anything... I'd go with vovo... He has that cheeky lil look on his face... :happy-dancing:

That is so cute! He looks innocent, but you can tell he's plotting something!

Full photos required please, as even in that photo a heavily wing marked recessive pied will look exactly like that :happy-dancing: Whenever you ask for mutation or sexing..............full clear photos required.

Oh, sorry, male?

oh sorry i will try and get a full picture of him soon,

also if it helps his tail feathers are white, and his flight wings are also fully white?

 

but i will do my best to add photo =]

 

also what sex? i am dying to know

thanks for the quick replies, grant =]

in the first picture he looks male.

I'd say male as he has the blue/purple cere going on there...

I can't help with color and mutation nor with the sex, BUT I can help with the name :question:

 

I like the name Mortimer

What about....MintySpicePipInn-O-centGillyOh, sorry, hadn't realised that you changed the name alreadyl.

Hi all!

 

here is my new budgie =]

 

i am unsure of what colourings and mutations it has?

i would greatly appreciate it if you could inform me =]

 

also what sex is he or she? thanks

 

oh and if it doesnt bother you to much... i am tossing up between two names

mortimer and vovo

which name do you think suits him/her best?

 

 

 

just a little bit of information on th wings, it is normal right? not spangle, but i can see some blyue spread through

it, not alot just sparsley, in some spots on the white part of the feather

ive heard of opaline, but isnt that when the white part of the wings is completely covered with the body colour?

 

thanks for your help! grant :laughter:

 

 

in the picture below you can see at the top of the wings a small patch of blue

this is spread sparsly over the wings

 

ps: why are the wing markings so clear in some parts but then go hazy in a patch?

 

I agree with everyone else, we need full pictures. But I think the second picture shows some opaline in the v area of the back. It's barely visible, so I'm waiting for other pics with baited breath, because I think he may be opaline.

 

My guess on gender is male, and I like Mortimer better than Vovo, so I'm glad to see by your siggy that you seem to have decided on Mortimer!

Hi all im back with some photos!

 

here are more pictures i hope they can help you better than the previous pictures

i tried to get one of his whole body from the back and front

 

let me know if this is what you wanted

 

so cobalt?

and pied, which one?

 

he has a patch on the back of his/her head if that helps

oh and male, female?

 

thanks for your help!!!!

 

 

 

oh and as you can see i named him mortimer =]

i think its suits him perfectly thanks for your tips!

id say hes a combination pied in choice dominant but dare to say from a mixed pied breeding genetic

hes Opaline and yf cobalt

 

hope i got it all what do others think

I'm not good at telling pieds, either, but I thnk you have it all right, GB.

awwwww pretty

very cute! and cute name too.

 

yf opaline cobalt dominant pied as gb said.

hey all,

 

thanks for your help!

its very much appreciated,

so i have my little mortimer who is a yf cobalt opaline dom. pied

thanks =]

 

but could i have a little more advice as to his sex???

some have said male, but can someone confirm for me

 

thanks

Grant.

Edited February 1, 201015 yr by alpaca-boy

hey all,

 

thanks for your help!

its very much appreciated,

so i have my little mortimer who is a yf cobalt opaline dom. pied

thanks =]

 

but could i have a little more advice as to his sex???

some have said male, but can someone confirm for me

 

thanks

Grant.

 

im sorry i wont try from a picture

but i will say i hope your not planing to breed him with the bird no one can agree on if its a yellow face or not as you will never know if she is or not ever if you do

as although some people believe you get all yf chicks from yf to yf and any white face chicks are doublefactor yellowface this is false info and the white face chick may not be df yellow face but simply just what it is a white faced chick

so...

bare that in mind

He looks boy to me, Grant.

I'm no good when it comes to sexing pieds, but at a guess I too would say a cock

Looks like a boy to me too.

 

And does it matter if the girl is a yellowface - although I'm still to be convinced! Mating her with Mortimer will at least determine something - whether she is a blue or whether she is a green series (then you would KNOW if she is yf mauve or not). If she is indeed a YF mauve all the chicks will be blue series.

 

GB if they are both yellow face, presumably they are both single factor yellow face (or yellow face split blue) so the results should be:

 

25% will be blues

50% will be single factor yf

25% will be double factor yf (white faced)

 

Although you won't be able to tell the difference between the normal blues and the double factor yf I suspect that would not really matter too much and at least you would get an answer about the hen.

Looks like a boy to me too.

 

And does it matter if the girl is a yellowface - although I'm still to be convinced! Mating her with Mortimer will at least determine something - whether she is a blue or whether she is a green series (then you would KNOW if she is yf mauve or not). If she is indeed a YF mauve all the chicks will be blue series.

 

GB if they are both yellow face, presumably they are both single factor yellow face (or yellow face split blue) so the results should be:

 

25% will be blues

50% will be single factor yf

25% will be double factor yf (white faced)

 

Although you won't be able to tell the difference between the normal blues and the double factor yf I suspect that would not really matter too much and at least you would get an answer about the hen.

 

 

oh yes i forgot about the fact that they would be all blue each clutch if shes mauve

i was thinking if she was split blue but green you would get blues and greens lol

see my brain is not working at moment of time

they will have beautiful chicks regardless and i knew i was right about the normal white and the df yf white ...couldnt explan it though right now so thanks nub

I have a question. Isn't the reason we were confused about Alfalfa being mauve or green because she is a YF TYPE TWO ? And Mortimer appears to be YF1? So doesn't that rule out double factor yf1 with a white face? (Unless Alfalfa is split to yf1, of course)

ahhhhh all your smart talk budgie lingo is confusing me!

you have got to remember im only a hatchling =] haha

 

thankyou alll for your help

i wasnt thinking of breedeing yet

i only got mortimer as a friend for alfalfa as she was lonely,

but i was interested in breeding them, but in the future

they are only babies= ]

 

and i didnt even know at the time when i brought mortimer whether he was a he or she =]

 

but your right i guess it will allow me to determine the colouring of alfalfa

will let you know when they have offspring in the future

it will probly be in this forum of mutations when i ask what mutations

 

im going to add you as friends

grant

 

ps: thanks gb i hope too they will have beautiful baby chicks =]