here is the latest couple of budgies named BB(2 year old daughter named it) and Saffy i think Saffy is a true Y/F albino and i think she is a pied normal answer please

 

thanks

jason

 

(and yes they are in quarantine)

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f160/jel...21Image0228.jpg

 

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f160/jel...21Image0221.jpg

Edited March 21, 200619 yr by Nerwen

They are cute, good for you putting them in quarentine

 

The first one is a dominate pied and the second one are the eyes red or dark? The cere looks blue not tan or pinkish like in the albino variety.

Edited March 21, 200619 yr by lovey

he hasnt got pink eyes

and his cere is blue not tan/pink

 

thanks lovey

 

jason

 

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f160/jel...21Image0220.jpg

 

 

heres a head on shot

Edited March 21, 200619 yr by Nerwen

:(Laughing out loud): You can pick the interesting mutations can't you.

 

Your right Saffy is a yellowface type 2. But he is either a DEC (Dark eye clear) which is the pairing of the dutch dominant pied and a recessive pied. Or he is a double factor spangle. Sorry but outwardly there isn't a way to tell which.

 

BB is an australian dominant pied.

thanks nerwen

i cant help but have a confusing life (Laughing out loud)

and further more saffy has been renamed sumo because hes big(my two boys renamed him)

jason

There's no doubt Jason is a double factor spangle with yellow face II, an imponent budgie, oh yes.

I think a DF Spangle is white with Black Eyes. I would go for a Black eye clear or a Dominant pied. His cheek patches are white. Does he have a white spot on the back of his head?

ive just been reading up on dark eyed clear and ifs its one of those it should have a clear cere if cock and brown in hens but hes got a very blue cere

i hope this helps

jason

 

i used this web-site

http://www.budgerigars.co.uk/rares/dec.html

Well that rules out Black Eye Self (Clear).

Doulble Factor spangles can come in Buttercup yellowface.

 

DF Spangle

No Spots

Body Colour - Full intensity

Markings - Absent

Eyes - Black

Cheek Patches - Silvery White

Tail Quill - Neutral

Tail - Approaching Full Body Colour

Primaries - Approaching Full Body Colour

 

Comments: Includes Yellowfaced colours Buttercup & White.

sounds like him dont you think?

 

 

ive got to say this site ROCKS

 

thank you all again

jason

thanks

Well that rules out Black Eye Self (Clear).

Doulble Factor spangles can come in Buttercup yellowface.

 

DF Spangle

No Spots

Body Colour - Full intensity

Markings - Absent

Eyes - Black

Cheek Patches - Silvery White

Tail Quill - Neutral

Tail - Approaching Full Body Colour

Primaries - Approaching Full Body Colour

 

Comments: Includes Yellowfaced colours Buttercup & White.

 

Daz, the tail feathers and flights are white...like a clearflight (pied). Does that add something else into the equation? He seems to have a small green feather on his head too.

I thouth DF spangles had plum eyes?

 

"Genetically double-factor spangles are all yellow or all white (depending on base color). You can tell a budgie is double-factor spangle because its irises lighten normally with age. Comparatively, lutinos/albinos have red eyes and dark-eyed clears have dark plum eyes throughout their lives."

i also sent a piccy to k yorke

he is an author in the budgie variety bible and he said this

 

 

It appears to be a Yellowface(sf) White Double factor spangle. It looks like it doesn't have a white iris ring in the eye (hard to tell from photo) and although a double factor spangle should have a white iris ring, a small percentage do not.

 

K Yorke

(Author of "Budgerigar Variety Bible")

http://www2.tpg.com.au/users/kyorke

 

does this help?

 

thanks all jason

Double factors don't have plum eyes - as stated in that quote above.

 

Most do get iris rings, remember the iris ring comes in around 8-12 months of age, so if your new addition is under that age you still have time for them to appear.

 

Either way congrats!!

Thanks lovey

 

i didnt realize they had such different personalities,

the only bad bit about getting sumo is that he has had his wings clipped and im not a fan of that so i cant wait to him becoming a flyer again, but he is such a whopper compared to the others.

 

thanks again jason