hi i had a pair of green/yellow budgies mate she had 4 eggs only 2 hatched i got a white and a well at the minute he/she looks like just yellow my question is am i likely to get these colours all the time?with the same pair?

 

what would i get with a yellow/green female and a blue male?

 

thanks

 

 

shell

err what part are you meaning is yellow and which part green?

 

Are you meaningly they both look like green normals?

 

Do the babies have red eyes?

 

With that pair you might only get these colours but since there is no knowldge of their genetics there may be plenty of other genes that didn't get a look in this time round.

 

 

As to the other match, But you will only get yellow and green babies becuase it is dominate over blue Unless the hen is split for blue. Meaning the blue gene is in the bird but hidden by the colours you see.

nerwen- my female looks your budgie freckle just with i bit more yellow and my male has more green

 

 

yes babies do have red eyes!was wondering why that is!

 

im sorry im all new at this i was given all these birds and more but went on hoildays had nexted neighbour look after them but they chewed a hole in the wire and got out 11 budgies i lost

 

 

 

thanks

 

shell

If both of you chicks have red eyes they would more then likely be inos.

An Albion and a Lutino.

But it would be good to get a photo of them to make sure.

I know you said 'babies', but do both babies have red eyes??

4 week budgies eyes seem to be a plum colour today i hope the picture okay

The green/yellow X green/yellow will produce yellow babies. However, the yellow baby in this picture looks like a creamino, a yellow face albino. I think the parents must be split to albino instead of lutino.

 

If the Yellow/green X Blue, most of the chicks will be green. Yellow and Blue produce green. If the blue is split to green also, some chicks might be green.

 

By the way, the chicks in the picture above are beautiful.

 

I hope I am right. If not, please correct me someone.

Those babies are so cute!! Before seeing the picture, I thought Albino(White) and Lutino (Yellow).. but now I'm not too sure. Maybe lacewing? Dark Eyed Clears? The yellow is very light. Maybe if you post a picture of each of the parents, someone could unravel this genetic mystery.

here these mite be better picture`s

 

 

 

mum and dad green/yellow ones

 

 

 

i have a couple more picture`s of babies on their own i will post them shortly

 

 

thanks

 

more picture`s of babies on their own

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

thanks

 

also from picture could someome tell me the gender or what they would more likely to be!

thanks again

Edited October 6, 200519 yr by shell

What do you think Nerwen...two Golden / yellow faced Spangles?

If the Yellow/green X Blue, most of the chicks will be green. Yellow and Blue produce green. If the blue is split to green also, some chicks might be green.

 

A blue bird can not be split for green. Green is dominate over the blue gene so if a bird gets the green gene it shows up green.

 

Shell- your yellow and green birds are Yellow face type 2 spangles. And they babies are so cute I think they are about ino's an albino and creamino. This happens with the ino gene and the yellowface gene joining up. If the eye turned out to be dark/plum then they would be double spangles, know as black eyed clears.

so what age will i know what they will be?and would you know from picture`s what gender they are more likly to be?

 

thanks

 

shell

They look about 2 to 3 weeks old.

 

 

This is Tiny at age 19 days

 

That might give you an idea.

 

Here are the photos of my chicks as they developed. My Webpage

A blue bird can not be split for green. Green is dominate over the blue gene so if a bird gets the green gene it shows up green.

 

I said that a blue budgie is split to green because that is what a few of my budgerigar books said. It stated that green/blue bred back to blue will produce fifty percent green/blue and fifty percent sky blue.

Edited October 6, 200519 yr by samlorson

Awww....wow!! I really love creaminos!! You're so lucky!! Please post more pics once they have all their feathers.

so what age will i know what they will be?and would you know from picture`s what gender they are more likly to be?

 

thanks

 

shell

yes we can tell with a picture around the 5 week mark we can start to guess at genders

 

 

A blue bird can not be split for green. Green is dominate over the blue gene so if a bird gets the green gene it shows up green.

 

I said that a blue budgie is split to green because that is what a few of my budgerigar books said. It stated that green/blue bred back to blue will produce fifty percent green/blue and fifty percent sky blue.

 

But it put the green first anything listed after the / means it's split. The outcome you spoke of happens becuase the blue gene from the blue parent matchs to the one hidden blue gene from the split parent to get a visable blue baby.

Clear as mud!

 

I will never understand bugie genetics and mutations!

The male in your picture is blue, not green. I can't tell about the hen, but if she is not blue she is most certainly split to blue. That is where the white baby is coming from. The yellow baby may also be blue series, it's too early to tell yet.

 

And to clarify this:

 

I said that a blue budgie is split to green because that is what a few of my budgerigar books said. It stated that green/blue bred back to blue will produce fifty percent green/blue and fifty percent sky blue.

 

This is because a green bird with a blue gene has a 50/50 chance of passing that blue gene on. If bred to a green bird, the bird will still be visually green, as green is dominant no matter which color gene was passed on. If bred to a blue bird, passing the blue gene on, the bird will be blue, because a to get a blue bird you must have 2 blue genes.

 

Does that help?

Cute pictures, the ones from 6/10/05 look like red eyes on my screen.

I thought that green wasn't a gene or colour? That it was made uip of the blue and yellow. Remove the yellow and you have a blue budgie. Remove the Blue and you have a yellow budgie. Then there is the grey family pigments......

Edited October 8, 200519 yr by daz

I think you may have double factor spangles. The only thing is I have very limited info on them. Nerwen if you could tell me do they have the pink eyes when they are young??

 

They are gorgeous anyway and if you want to post a clear picture of the babies, we will let you know what sex they are..

Rainbow the 2 green birds in the picture are the parents..

 

I would like to know are you sure that one of those blue males aren't the dad..??

The male in your picture is blue, not green.

 

Rainbow she said the partents where the two green/yellow ones (the one at the back and the one to the left of the picture)

 

Unless you are meaning that the YF are a blue type bird not green, but that gets confusing to new commers to genetics....like lin

 

 

 

I thought that green wasn't a gene or colour? That it was made uip of the blue and yellow. Remove the yellow and you have a blue budgie. Remove the Blue and you have a yellow budgie. Then there is the grey family pigments......

Yes Daz that's right but it's easier sometime just to stick with green. As I stated above :(Laughing out loud):

 

 

oh I just thought of something if these two babies are ino's then they both have to be females since it's a sexlinked gene and only a male can be split for it.

Edited October 9, 200519 yr by Nerwen

hi again thanks on all the replys but iam really confused but i have update picture`s of baby budgies

the white one dosent seem to have any other colour and eyes are plum but can see a tinge of red more then yellow.yellow one has a lot of white and dark plum eyes i have take light and dark picture`s hope it helps

this white one can see different colour on tail it`s poo i have just cleaned off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

thanks again

 

shell

Red eyes would make the white one an albino and the yellow one a lutino. If they don't have red eyes, I'm unsure,as I am only just learning. Nerwen or Daz or someone will tell you

Seeing those new pics (soooo cute) I really think they are double factor spangles.

 

Having seen pics of baby ablinos and lutinos they have really Bright almost alien sort of eyes.