I've been planning to breed my skyblue clearwing spangle cock and have two choice for the hen-to-be. Both hens are from the same combination autumn 2009 (greygreen split greywing hen x violet cobalt FBC-greywing Goldeface cock).

 

So my plan would be to produce possible clearwings, incase the hens are carriers or FBC-greywings if the hens are normal greywings. I'd also like to have greens and greys (clearwings) and that's why I've been thinking about the greygreen hen, inspite her having also resessive pied gene as well as the goldenface.

 

So what do you think? Any advice? I don't have much more options as there are no clearwings to come by here. So I have to think about some other way to produce clearwings, even though I've heard these combinations are not the best to bring out the clearwing gene.

 

 

My blue cock's in the front:

 

 

1. option: Cobalt Opaline greywing OR FBC

 

 

2. Grey green Opaline resessive pied Goldenface greywing or FBC

Are you sure thats a clearwing spangle? Did you breed it yourself?

I am with Dean, what makes you say the clearwing part?

this one wing markings seem to be cinnamon not grey

Edited January 6, 201114 yr by **KAZ**

i was thinking the same thing Kaz.

So, first about the cock. Here's another thread about him http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index.php?showtopic=27982 where most of the people ended up telling me he is a clearwing, so that's why this conclusion. Also. his sister produced a clearwing chick with a male carrying the dilute gene here's a thread about the chick: http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index.php?showtopic=29294

 

So, I'm not 100% sure, that he is a clearwing, might just be a very poorly marked spangle. Also, I'm not sure about the FBC's they might also just be greywings. But about the cinnamon, here's a better picture which should not reveal any cinnamon like markings, also the cheeck patches aren't as diluted as a normal greywing should have them. But, as I said, I'm not sure what the mutation is in either case.

 

 

So, first about the cock. Here's another thread about him http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index.php?showtopic=27982 where most of the people ended up telling me he is a clearwing, so that's why this conclusion. Also. his sister produced a clearwing chick with a male carrying the dilute gene here's a thread about the chick: http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index.php?showtopic=29294

 

So, I'm not 100% sure, that he is a clearwing, might just be a very poorly marked spangle. Also, I'm not sure about the FBC's they might also just be greywings. But about the cinnamon, here's a better picture which should not reveal any cinnamon like markings, also the cheeck patches aren't as diluted as a normal greywing should have them. But, as I said, I'm not sure what the mutation is in either case.

 

she looks to be a full bodyed grey wing to me from that picture but the tail quill is the end all of deciders his checks are blue not purple which clear wings have grey wings have the blue check patches from memory but im a tad ruff on my genetics of late so dont quote me on it

I decided to have the green pied FBC hen for the pairing. Now that the hen is here it was easy to compare her to her greywing brother, who lives here already.

 

Here's the hen, recessive pied greygreen fbc greywing opaline

 

And her full brother: recessive pied grey YF type II greywing opaline

 

 

I'm hoping to mate them after another couple has finished nesting. I'm only breeding in a tiny scale So I have max. one breeding at a time...