Nov 20, 2018 11:02:00 GMT
bl2
Brand New Budgie
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Post by bl2 on Nov 20, 2018 11:10:34 GMT
Good day everybody, I am new to the forum.
I am from South Africa and a breeder of lovebirds. I would like to find out how the blue 2 mutation works in budgies please.
1. Is it a recessive mutation?
2. What would a combination of blue and blue 2 look like?
Thanks.
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Post by Hezz on Nov 20, 2018 19:27:26 GMT
I have not heard budgie mutations being referred to like this; I think it is a lovebird referrence. Blue budgies range from sky blue to violet with many different varieties in between. To name a few - yellow face, spangle, opaline, dilute, cinnamon etc.
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Feb 25, 2019 16:03:20 GMT
WhitieBud
Brand New Budgie
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Post by WhitieBud on Feb 25, 2019 19:55:58 GMT
Yellow face 2 it's called as well, for those who haven't heard it this way. Like a goldenface , a blue 2 the budgie is born fully blue, but it's yellow "bleeds", turning it more green. But a blue 2 is much lighter in color, while goldenface has bright yellow and a darker sea-foam color. A light gene like opaline or cinnamon for exable,it can turn almost green. It may be more or less green depending on if it's double or single factor. Double doesn't bleed that much (same for goldenface). One of my four budgies is goldenface, by the way, so I had to study the mutation (lie, I'd do this anyway, like the animal nerd I am ). I think a double factor blue 2 and simple blue would give a single factor, but this depends on many factors. It depends on which parent carries each gen (the hen or the cock), if they're split to some mutation, what blue the other parent is, and each chick may come out different, depenting on these all.
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