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Post by menageriemom (Cyndi) on May 6, 2014 16:54:54 GMT
Well, this little fellow decided to come home with us last night. He's very timid at the moment, more so than our other birds have been at first. We are told he is 7-8 months old- he is in a separate room from Twitter for now. Attachments:
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Post by luvsanimals2 on May 6, 2014 20:17:54 GMT
beautiful yf1 sky blue split for pied. is that a yellow patch on his head?
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Post by menageriemom (Cyndi) on May 6, 2014 20:56:34 GMT
beautiful yf1 sky blue split for pied. is that a yellow patch on his head? Actually, his whole face is yellow. And the spot on the back of his head has blue blending with the white. He's fascinating to look at, but hard to get close to. We haven't had such a shy bird before. I'm still trying to get a look at his tummy, he seems to be white near his vent and I wondered if he's pied. |
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Post by Pammy on May 6, 2014 21:33:35 GMT
So pretty! Congrats on your new baby. Keep us posted on how he adjusts.
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Post by menageriemom (Cyndi) on May 7, 2014 18:32:15 GMT
Good Morning. It's been 2 full days with Diggory and I am finally seeing some signs of life. He is so timid, he really freaks out when we cover and uncover his cage. He spent yesterday leaning from the 2nd step of his ladder onto the top step, just breathing. I discovered this morning that he ate his romaine lettuce, so that was a good sign of starting to adjust. He did try and speak across the house to Twitter twice yesterday morning - not a lot of conversation but it's a start! Today, he let me walk into the room and look at him take a few more up close pictures, and didn't panic when I got his dish to put fresh veggies in. I would say, progress all around  It's hard to tell in this picture because the room is turquoise and black, but he is really a beautiful deep turquoise color with a creamy lemon-yellow face. Attachments:
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Post by luvsanimals2 on May 8, 2014 3:08:37 GMT
hm, I believe he is a yf2 lol still beautiful
am curious, is there white in the cere, by the nostrils??
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Post by menageriemom (Cyndi) on May 8, 2014 4:44:28 GMT
hm, I believe he is a yf2 lol still beautiful am curious, is there white in the cere, by the nostrils?? I think it's the lighting in the photo, when you see him in person there is no white. It seems to be dark blue/blackish with a little lighter blue/purple closer to the nostrils. Have we gotten gender wrong? I did think yf2, didn't think pied until I saw that tiny bit of white today on his tummy. Maybe this picture is truer to color Attachments:
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Post by luvsanimals2 on May 8, 2014 20:51:18 GMT
ah ok, I was curious as the photo deceived lol and yes hes a yf2  the patch on the back of his head might be that he is split for pied |
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Post by ange on May 9, 2014 3:53:22 GMT
He looks like a YF Type 1 to me? His body colour is the same as it would be if he was not a YF.
If he was a YF Type 2 i would exspect his body colour to be more a sea foam green?
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Post by luvsanimals2 on May 9, 2014 13:34:27 GMT
if he was a yf1 he would have the body color of tweets,
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Post by menageriemom (Cyndi) on May 9, 2014 14:33:41 GMT
What does 'split for pied' mean? Is that a recessive gene?
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Post by luvsanimals2 on May 9, 2014 21:09:10 GMT
I am not sure  all i know is that the patch on the back of the head means its split for pied, probably for dominant? |
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Post by Budgiebonkers on May 9, 2014 22:49:25 GMT
if he was a yf1 he would have the body color of tweets, Hes a yf type 1 If he was type two he would have a yellow coloring on his wings. |
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Post by luvsanimals2 on May 10, 2014 17:18:27 GMT
a sky blue yf1? or what color would you call that? is he also a pied?
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Post by menageriemom (Cyndi) on May 10, 2014 19:35:38 GMT
From the different sites I have been looking at, it seems he is sky blue YF2 and "split for pied" means he is carrying the pied gene but it isn't obvious. He actually has more pied than I thought, the white spot on the back of his head and the 2 white spots on his tummy are the markers. He does have some vague yellow on the ends of his wings in the white part, it's just really hard to see on photo. He has to be in direct lighting.
As we are hoping he will partner up with Twitter to have babies in the future, they will probably be most like her with a chance that some may have the pied he is 'hiding', or so I understand. I'm not too worried we just want to have happy birds and maybe babies to watch grow.
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It's hard to tell in this picture because the room is turquoise and black, but he is really a beautiful deep turquoise color with a creamy lemon-yellow face.
