sarahjo
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Post by sarahjo on Jan 4, 2014 1:35:41 GMT
So, just for those who are wondering, my Hubby has this thing for naming our birds after their color... we have two Blue birds now, and he calls both of them "Bluey" I have to ask every time which one! lol But we might be coming to an agreement with their names now (Changing Bluey1 to Jolly, and Teal to Bluey... they don't know their names yet, so now's the time to change!) Anyway, the real point of this post is to ask you guys what color mutation our Grey is... here are some pictures!    I can't figure out what she is, the really interesting thing is that she seems to have hints of blue under her wings and at the base of her tail feathers. Her flight feathers kinda fade to white at the tips too. I'm really excited to hear what you guys have to say 'bout her! :~) Thanks! |
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Post by Budgiebonkers on Jan 4, 2014 2:34:18 GMT
Looks like a yellow face type 2 grey or mauve dom pied.
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Post by Sarah on Jan 4, 2014 3:12:49 GMT
He's a yellow face 2 cobalt grey factor dominant pied.
You see, there is not a mutation that just makes a budgie grey. A budgie is either white or yellow, most with a blue layer over it. White+blue = a blue bird and of course Yellow + Blue = Green.
On top of these basic colors can be other mutations. 'Dark Factor' dictates the darkness or brightness of the color. 'Dilution' dictates the richness or paleness of the colors. Grey factor and Violet factor alter the color to appear different. Your bird has one dark factor (Making him cobalt instead of sky blue) and one Grey factor (making him look grey instead of blue.) The result is a dark grey, and the yellow marbling is caused by a mutation called 'yellow face.' Yellowface is a gene mutation that causes areas of yellow base color to show up on a bird that is predominantly white. When your grey was very young, you would not have seen any yellow on him; he grew into it over time - like a child with blonde hair growing up to have brown.
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Post by Perla MV on Jan 4, 2014 3:18:09 GMT
The first thing that came out of my mouth "Wow!" when I opened this thread haha, this is such a beautiful bird, I wonder how his parents look like!
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sarahjo
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Post by sarahjo on Jan 4, 2014 20:19:10 GMT
We have had her for about 4 months, and the yellow has gotten much stronger in just that short time. Her Grey was much stronger, it's almost like there is some yellow coming through on her chest now - which wasn't there at first. She reminds me of the sun peeking through storm clouds  |
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