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Yellow Face Dilute Blue ?

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Wow, I'm clueless when it comes to color mutations, but what a gorgeous bird!

Hi he is a yellowface blue double factor spangle and very pretty. Cheers Jenny

  • 2 weeks later...

Hello,

I have never breed any colour like this before and was wanting to know what colour he is.

 

In this clutch I also had an albino (hen) and a violet yellowface spangle (hen). The parents are yellowface skyblue spangle (cock) and skyblue spangle (hen).

 

 

 

 

http://s1359.beta.ph...342495426128346

 

 

http://s1359.beta.ph...101119771375441

 

He is very pretty indeed. I'm curious, though, since budgie mutations are my favorite subject. Do you have photos of the parents and siblings? You mention that a sibling is a violet, and you said both parents are sky blue. To get a violet, you need a dark factor in there, so I was curious about what you actually do have. (No real reason other than being nosey and also that I like seeing photos of people's birds, lol. :D)

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Hello

Thank you everyone for your replies.

 

The below picture is of the nesting box including all 3 budgies from this clutch. Note the yellow face blue spangle double factor at the bottom:

 

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His sister (albino):

 

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Previous clutch:

 

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I can post recent pics of the parents when we have some cooler weather!

Edited by Harry1

agree there is a dark factor in one of the parents, even the yellowface in the nest box picture looks cobalt not skyblue.

 

As Hilly said the chick in question is a double factor spangle with suffusion. This will darken as the chick grows,

  • 1 month later...
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Hello,

 

The last clutch (from the above previous photos) has again produced nice colours including two Yellow Face Skyblue Spangles and the below white budgie.

 

This time a white body with dilute blue front.

 

Will be considering keeping him or hand taming.

 

Would also appreciate the technical name if anyone knows.

 

Thanks

 

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Edited by Harry1

Hi Harry what a pretty bird, I think he is a double factor spangle cobalt with very heavy suffusion.

It would be interesting to see what he looks like after he moults.

Cheers Jenny

Beautiful chicks Harry 1. I have one similar, not as coloured, I thought it was pure white until he started to show the suffusion a slight mauve flush on his chest.

The more expert members said he was still a double factor spangle even though he had the colour, after 2 moults he's only slightly darker than first moult and very nice. The same pair produced an albino in next clutch. Love your pied yellow & violet? bird in previous pictures.

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