Hi Everyone,

I am a new breeder and the only two clutches that I ever had were from the same pair. Which would be the two below. Mama Tweet and Boogie

Now all of their babies turned out to be some sort of green color. Now I have paired up a second pair that is Male:Recessive pied blue and Female:Normal Sky Blue they have produced 7 eggs only 2 have hatched three weeks ago. My question is when my green babies were tiny in the nest box their down feathers were off white to grey and the wings looked grey blue of course they turned out green. Well I checked on the other pairs chicks yesterday and their down feathers are super bright white and on the top of their scrawny ,but cute, little wings they have deep black spots. Do ya'll think that the babies will be recessive pied. Like I said I'm new at this so I am used to my first pairs chicks. I figured I'd ask people with more experience. I probably could just wait til the babies get feathers, but, I am just curious!! I guess I'm just nosey. LOL!!

By the way here is a picture of the father. The mother is not pictured with him.

Thanks Everyone

It sounds like you have recessive pied chicks

Thank you for your reply. Yea they look very different from the other chicks I have had. I will have to post pics when they finally pop out of the nest.

Its also a sign of opaline. Piks would help.

Oh really so opalines have the same colors. That is interesting. Well since she is a new mama and i wasn't sure what kind of mom she is at this point I really didn't want to put a camera in there. Mama Tweet my first mom was fine when I went in the nest. Before "Meanie" which is the mother of the babies, was paired with Mr. Tweekers the recessive pied male, she was pretty nippy with us and we all used to laugh that she goes out of her way to lure your finger to the side of the cage to nip your finger. So I wasn't sure if she was going to be a testy mother or not which is why I was nervous about putting a camera in there. I don't really check the nest box of Meanie as often as I did with mama tweet's nestbox.

 

 

I don't really check the nest box of Meanie as often as I did with mama tweet's nestbox.

Once you have chicks you should be checking nestboxes twice a day http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index.php?showtopic=13358

okay so one looks like mom and one looks like dad. I got some pictures of the one I will post tomorrow. It is a really cute little chick. He fell out of the nest today. Could barely walk and the parents were going crazy. So I helped him back up. The parents are happy now and so is baby he looked a little cold.

 

 

how are your chicks :}