Yay, I got something right

Very Good Nerwen you are right. The 2nd Picture is Huey and Duey my birds. Duey the closest is a male and Huey is a female. They are just not facing the right way.

 

The 4th picture is Razzle. also a male.

You are good, the ceres still confuse me they are so close in color.

oh that's right Daz I forgot one turned out to be female

 

If there are no more questions I will start to plan the next one

 

One last check to see if you can tell them apart now, Which is this one Dominant or Recessive?

 

Edited October 30, 200519 yr by Nerwen

Hhhmmmm. Recessive because the colour is at the base of the bird, it looks like an orange beak, but I'm afraid I just can't pick pink feet from normal! Could you please just write a concluding paragraph outlining all this information, I am just starting to get it. Unless I got this wrong, in which case I will never get it

okay then lin (your right by the way)

 

Dominant Pieds are also known as banded pieds, they have stripe of colour on the chest and colour around the rump and on the under belly. Dominants are mostly the ones with the clearly marked 'bald' patch. Adult males get the normal blue cere.

 

With recessives the colour is found at the base of the rather than on the chest. They have uneaven and patchly baring around the head and wings. One sign (but not the best to look for) is the bright orange beak and pink feet, these signs can been found in any bird depending on it's colouring. Adult males keep the prink/purler cere of young budgies.

 

okay hope that wasn't over the head talk there

Nerwen, you will be wrapped to hear that I went to the pet shop today (bought two silver quail ) and was saying to my friend, 'see that bird there, it's a dominant pied, the colours on it's belly, and look at it's orange beak' I do believe his eyes glazed over, but I was pretty chuffed with myself

I would be if your really said recessive not dominant

Ooops, I just reread all the definitions, no I said dominant, but meant recessive I suppose I could have lied, but at least I had all the reasons right, even though I used the right word. It means some of your words are sinking in, and he didn't know, he just thought I was boring

(Laughing out loud), yes you have all the right points for one type

oh i like these quiz`s more please

yep more comming

Put up a super hard one that no-one but you super smart genetic knowledge people would know. Please???

ohh that would be fun just have to find this super hard picture

(Laughing out loud)!! That's probably the most challenging bit.

A quick word on ceres.

 

Male - Blue shiny cere

http://home.gil.com.au/~dwellsadsl/Images/DSCN4847.jpg

 

 

 

Female - Dark or choclate brown crusty cere

http://home.gil.com.au/~dwellsadsl/Images/DSCN4808.jpg

 

 

http://home.gil.com.au/~dwellsadsl/images_for_forum/DSCN4857.jpg

 

 

 

Note: these budgies are ready for breeding.

Edited May 3, 200619 yr by Nerwen

Excellent pictures of the ceres Thank you

I was really late reading this post, but I was so happy that I got it right.

 

Its a wonderful post, I would love to see more like it!

glad to hear that luca

I'm working things out for a new one.

Hey, I just found this thread. I didn't know you had lessons other than the clearwing/greywing/dilute etc one that's pinned Nerwen. Maybe this lesson should be pinned too, it's good Are there others? I'm guessing yes becuase this one is called Number 3... I'd like one on the genes that make up all the different shades of green and blue as a base body colour

Edited December 14, 200519 yr by Ausmoz

there are others but not really set out as a lesson as this one and the dilute one. I realised afterwards finding these again would be hard so I pinned the next one up.

 

okay all the different shades, I think you are meaning dark factors. okay will try something.

 

*edit* there are now links on the first post of the pinned topic to all the other lessons.

Edited December 14, 200519 yr by Nerwen

Maybe...? I mean, I'd like to know what makes a budgie olive/kaki green (or whatever the possible colours are officially called) rather than normal green. Or cobalt instead of skyblue. Or violet. If it's dark factors, then I'd like to know about them I'd like to know how lutino vs albino works too.... but I guess I can't hope for *all* my questions to be answered at once I have a lot It's very interesting.

 

I've found out whether most of the pattern mutations are dominant, recessive or sex-linked, but I'd looooooove more nitty gritty about the body colours. Ahhh, genetics

 

 

EDIT - thanks for the links, I'm looking now

Edited December 14, 200519 yr by Ausmoz

ahh okay then I understood your fist comment, I'll make a tread about them for you know I think one of the old lessons had something about olive in it.

Hello I am very new to all this and like the previous poster I'd love to hear the explanation of it. It sounds so very confusing ot me. You did look at my picture in another post and say "Kernel" is a Dominant Pied, but I have no idea why

Hello I am very new to all this and like the previous poster I'd love to hear the explanation of it. It sounds so very confusing ot me. You did look at my picture in another post and say "Kernel" is a Dominant Pied, but I have no idea why :bluebudgie:

 

CathyP can you post a picture here so we can see?