Could you tell me their sex and mutation, especially about body colour, violet and dark factors? Their parents are both yf type II, mom is DF spangle and dad is Greywing-skyblue-opaline. The babies are both yf type II and spangle. Is it violet factor that makes it purple in the first photo? What i have learnt about violet factor so far is that it can be seen on cobalts. ???

 

I will be able to know about what their parents carry from their babies, espeacially about dark/violet factors. Thanks for your help.

 

 

And this one is its sibling...

Hi, you pretty much answered your own question the top one looks to be a visual violet so is cobalt as well it is also greywing and opaline, still a little hard to tell sex but i'd lean toward male. Your other one is opaline spangle yf skyblue or possibly sky violet and maybe hen.

 

Cheers Jenny

I agree with Jenny. Also, you can get more answers about your birds genetics if you have more than two chicks, but these two at least tell you some things. Opaline: if the first chick is indeed a male, then that tells you the mother is opaline. So her DF spangle is masking that, and every chick you ever get from this pair will be opaline. Greywing: Since the father is greywing, the normal chick tells you that the mother is NOT greywing, and the dilute chick tells you that she is split to dilute. (Is the father dilute, or is he some other greywing? He must at least be split to dilute. Photos would help.) Dark factor: If the father is truly sky blue, then the dark factor chick tells you that the mother has at least one dark factor. The sky blue chick proves that it is only one dark factor, and not two. So you know she's cobalt, not mauve. Violet factor: some sky blues can be violet factored, and you might miss it. So it's not quite possible to tell which parent that came from. Look for a darker blue sheen around the father's neck, but being greywing, that could be washed out, and not visible. Most likely, the violet comes from the mother. Very nice chicks, by the way.