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May 10, 2011 12:27:58 GMT 10
Post by AussieBirds on May 10, 2011 12:27:58 GMT 10
Laraine, Do you remember the budgie I bought off you some time ago, the blue and white pied, well it has bred, it mated with a blue with white faced male and has given me 4 babies the interesting thing about the babies is the colour, they are a bright yellow with splashes of olive green all over them and all 4 have almost identical markings, just goes to show you you can't pick the colours you are going to get with budgies, they are healthy babies, a good weight and all but one has fledged now, the mother has laid more eggs and she is also in good condition.
John
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May 11, 2011 9:29:08 GMT 10
Post by Laraine on May 11, 2011 9:29:08 GMT 10
Sounds interesting, I would love to see them. Funny thing about colours, my mauve budgie who is mated with a white male has got 5 babies all the same colour as her, her first clutch produced 4 all the same as well. I thought I would have got something different in 9 babies.
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Jul 4, 2011 7:00:56 GMT 10
Post by Robyn on Jul 4, 2011 7:00:56 GMT 10
Laraine & John I will need a hand to identify the colours of my new baby budgies.
So far & they haven't feathered out fully but the colours look promising. We have what looks like a mauve, a yellow/lime, an albino if there is such a colour in budgies & the forth chick can't tell yet.
Now i have never breed budgies & was given this pair about 6 months ago, gave them a nest box & well you know budgies. Although i didn't expect the range of colours in the babies because the mum is just yellow & the dad is just blue. Have been looking through my Colour Mutations & Genetics Book & am totally confused, didn't realize how many mutations budgies actually have.
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Jul 4, 2011 11:46:16 GMT 10
Post by AussieBirds on Jul 4, 2011 11:46:16 GMT 10
Laraine & John I will need a hand to identify the colours of my new baby budgies. So far & they haven't feathered out fully but the colours look promising. We have what looks like a mauve, a yellow/lime, an albino if there is such a colour in budgies & the forth chick can't tell yet. Now i have never breed budgies & was given this pair about 6 months ago, gave them a nest box & well you know budgies. Although i didn't expect the range of colours in the babies because the mum is just yellow & the dad is just blue. Have been looking through my Colour Mutations & Genetics Book & am totally confused, didn't realize how many mutations budgies actually have. Sounds to me like the one you suspect as an albino will in-fact be a Lutino, the other colours you refer to sound about right for the mother and father you have, most budgies are split to some colour and always give you a surprise, that's the charm of budgies ;D John |
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Jul 4, 2011 12:56:55 GMT 10
Post by Robyn on Jul 4, 2011 12:56:55 GMT 10
OK John thanks for that. So does that mean the white chick is a blue lutino.? So we don't call a white budgie Albino?
I must admit they are the cutest little birds. They have grown on me. LOL.
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Jul 4, 2011 14:09:25 GMT 10
Post by avinet on Jul 4, 2011 14:09:25 GMT 10
Laraine & John I will need a hand to identify the colours of my new baby budgies. So far & they haven't feathered out fully but the colours look promising. We have what looks like a mauve, a yellow/lime, an albino if there is such a colour in budgies & the forth chick can't tell yet. the mum is just yellow & the dad is just blue. I've always thought budgie genetics are the hardest of all parrots to get a grip on. I'm always amazed at some of the old-time budgie show breeders who wouldn't know their Y from their Y chromosome but have an incredible understanding of colour genetics in their budgies. However with your babies, the white one is likely to be an "albino" - that is a combination of a blue and a lutino properly called as you have said a blue-ino. The yellow mother sounds like she must be a lutino Obviously the parents are split to a variety of mutations and the best I can come up with using Gencalc is the male is blue split to ino, cinnamon and slate while the hen is a lutino split to blue. The slate split could give you a budgie coloured as per the photo on page 108 of Terry Martin's book. That would make the mauve and the cinnamon babies both hens. I always enjoyed breeding budgies - as John said the range of unexpected colours that can appear is a real delight. cheers, Mike |
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Jul 5, 2011 14:13:57 GMT 10
Post by Robyn on Jul 5, 2011 14:13:57 GMT 10
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Jul 5, 2011 21:19:28 GMT 10
Post by avinet on Jul 5, 2011 21:19:28 GMT 10
Yes it is one of the best - I used to have it bookmarked but lost the link with a HD crash before Christmas - thanks for re-locating it again for me Robyn  |
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