Genetics(?) help?

OLIVERhys
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Genetics(?) help? Oct 7, 2020 22:14:50 GMT

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Post by OLIVERhys on Oct 7, 2020 22:14:50 GMT

Apologies for the amount of posts lately, I just found this forum and it’s really helpful what with having budgies and knowing other people on here have, and care about the same birds, too. But! I have.. this bird? and I can’t figure for the life of me what’s caused their head to be almost all white with light grey barring instead of solid barring. Some of their wing feathers have blue in them as well instead of the white/light grey lining that my other birds have. What would cause this?

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Genetics(?) help? Oct 7, 2020 22:39:04 GMT Hezz and OLIVERhys like this

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Post by Marianne Marlow on Oct 7, 2020 22:39:04 GMT

The bird is an opaline. yellowfacedviolet and Hezz are better at explaining this stuff than me!

We are not Vets, Avian or otherwise. If you have any serious doubts about your budgies' health an appointment with an Avian vet should always be your first point of call.

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Oct 7, 2011 0:19:27 GMT Hezz Staff Member Posts: 34,085	Genetics(?) help? Oct 8, 2020 0:13:50 GMT Marianne Marlow and OLIVERhys like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Hezz on Oct 8, 2020 0:13:50 GMT Simple genetics; as Marianne Marlow has explained, you bird is of the opaline mutation. Everything you have described are traits of this particular mutation.
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Genetics(?) help? Oct 8, 2020 11:56:32 GMT OLIVERhys likes this

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Post by Marianne Marlow on Oct 8, 2020 11:56:32 GMT

Sorry Hezz, when I said that you were better at explaining, I meant how the bird came to be opaline, isn't it one of those sex-linked genetic traits so that a specific parent would have to be opaline or something?

Oct 8, 2020 0:13:50 GMT Hezz said:

Simple genetics; as Marianne Marlow has explained, you bird is of the opaline mutation. Everything you have described are traits of this particular mutation.

We are not Vets, Avian or otherwise. If you have any serious doubts about your budgies' health an appointment with an Avian vet should always be your first point of call.

The Gang George, Daisy, Iris, Billy, Peter, Chipper, Dinku, Barney, Ayla + Rocky.

Heavenly Max, Penny, Colin, Bertie, Lyra, Blithe, Monty, Eric, Jerry, Roswell, Snowy, Custard I, Abbie, Charlie, Dumpling, Blueboy, JoJo, Billybob, Lucy, Hector, Custard II, Pete, Polly, Lemon, Sky, Basil

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Genetics(?) help? Oct 8, 2020 19:34:29 GMT Marianne Marlow and OLIVERhys like this

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Post by Hezz on Oct 8, 2020 19:34:29 GMT

Oct 8, 2020 11:56:32 GMT Marianne Marlow said:

Sorry Hezz, when I said that you were better at explaining, I meant how the bird came to be opaline, isn't it one of those sex-linked genetic traits so that a specific parent would have to be opaline or something?

Oct 8, 2020 0:13:50 GMT Hezz said:

Simple genetics; as Marianne Marlow has explained, you bird is of the opaline mutation. Everything you have described are traits of this particular mutation.

I didn't get the feeling that the poster was looking for an in-depth discussion on budgie genetics, but simply hadn't seen an opaline before. I didn't think this is a bird that has been bred by the OP, so he would have no way of knowing the parental history of the bird.

We are not Vets, Avian or otherwise. If you have any serious doubts about your budgies' health an appointment with an Avian vet should always be your first point of call.

RIP Bluey 4/12/05 - 31/03/12 RIP Fluoro 22/09/12 - 28/12/12
RIP Smudge 1/03/10 - 8/07/15 RIP Sparky 24/04/11 - 03/10/17
MIA Misty 22/09/12 - 20/10/21 RIP Mango 03/12/13 - 20/05/23

Aug 14, 2017 4:20:15 GMT yellowfacedviolet Cruising Cobalt Posts: 612	Genetics(?) help? Oct 9, 2020 3:19:27 GMT Hezz and OLIVERhys like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by yellowfacedviolet on Oct 9, 2020 3:19:27 GMT Agree with all of the comments by my two colleagues. Nothing complicated here--an opaline sky blue.

Post by OLIVERhys on Oct 7, 2020 22:14:50 GMT

Post by Marianne Marlow on Oct 7, 2020 22:39:04 GMT

Post by Hezz on Oct 8, 2020 0:13:50 GMT

Post by Marianne Marlow on Oct 8, 2020 11:56:32 GMT

Post by Hezz on Oct 8, 2020 19:34:29 GMT

Post by yellowfacedviolet on Oct 9, 2020 3:19:27 GMT