Hope is the little girl that I found flying around my aviary awhile back...and I've now adopted her in as one of mine...

 

I thought that she's just a normal blue budgie, but than after a closer inspection, I've noticed a little white patch on her chest.. I thought she was molting at first, but now, I see white feathers, and not just fluffy down feathers there. Is this normal for a normal blue? Can normal budgie have a little white patch on their chest? or does this mean she's a pied of some sort? Oh all her other markings are the same as a normal budgie, just that white patch on her chest that stands out to me...

 

I've included a photo to show you what I mean. Thank you.

 

p.s... she's molting at the moment, that's why she looks so very scruffy!!

 

 

After her molt you might find that the white patch goes away. If not, she could be dominant pied. I'm thinking it will molt out though. We shall see!

 

Oh, another possibility is that it's the result of a poor diet. Once you've had her for a while and she's converted to a healthy diet her feathers may molt back into blueness.

Edited February 10, 200619 yr by eterri

Does she have a white spot on the back of her head.. or even a couple of white feathers?

how sweet is she is

That area are new feathers, which was why I thought that she was molting, but the new feathers came back white.

 

And no, no white spot or feathers anywhere else but that little patch.

 

It could possibly be bad diet, may be after the next molt the blue will come back??