I have read a few of the colouring topics on colours for beginners,the great YFsymposium etc and at this early stage find it all a bit to hard to digest so as I know the colours of the parents can someone help me by naming exactly what colour the babies are: I got the hen and cock from an aviary with all green varieties and blue budgies.

Hen-light green, has blue tail

Cock-YF Cobalt, has blue tail

All the babies have purple cheek patches and blue tails

Here are some pics

Budgie 1(green one) is he a YF Cobalt as cock is?

 

Budgie 2-is this a Cobalt? have found over the weeks that he has purply tinge around his neck and above his tail

 

Budgie3- is she a light green hen as the hen? she has alot of yellow on her cap and extending down the back into her wings

 

The last one is a green opaline That is about all I can say for now sorry.

the green babies are green not yellow face.

 

as SC states the third is Opaline (meaning the body colour appears on the wings)

 

your blue baby appear cobalt to me

Green one at the top is a normal light green.

 

Blue one is a normal cobalt.

 

Last bird is a dark green opaline.

 

No yellowfaces there I'm sorry.

the green ones and mum are also split blue

Edited October 3, 201014 yr by KAZ

Not necessarily S_C. Depends what the parents were. If both were green/blue then there is a chance that the green babies could have 2 green genes.

The hen is a light green and cock yf cobalt.

Oh okay. Missed that bit! Yep you are right!

Actually, the green ones are split for blue OR yf2. The yf2 cock must be single factor, to have produced blue chicks. so he could have given either one to the green chicks. You won't know unless you breed them when they grow up.

Actually, the green ones are split for blue OR yf2. The yf2 cock must be single factor, to have produced blue chicks. so he could have given either one to the green chicks. You won't know unless you breed them when they grow up.

 

Spot on Finnie! Seems someone is well up with their YF genetics

Actually, the green ones are split for blue OR yf2. The yf2 cock must be single factor, to have produced blue chicks. so he could have given either one to the green chicks. You won't know unless you breed them when they grow up.

 

Spot on Finnie! Seems someone is well up with their YF genetics

 

 

Thanks for all your comments,,most helpful for me in this learning stage. cheers