Apr 22, 2012 23:06:35 GMT
guccismum
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Post by guccismum on May 2, 2012 20:40:29 GMT
Hello ,
I have had budgies all my life, all different colours, sizes and obviously personalities, my question is did all the amazing different mutations/ colours/sizes all start from the green budgies wild in Australia or are ther diffrent shades of budgies in diffrent parts of Australia, which were mixed to give us the delightful colours today?
I hope I am not asking somthing stupid, I really dont know how we got the different colours/ feathering.
Thanks Alison
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on May 2, 2012 20:49:51 GMT
The original budgerigars that are in the wild in Australia are all green. Different colors appeared in captivity in various countries over a long period of time. I have read somewhere that a blue budgie was seen in the wild but it was very recently. The show budgerigars, also called English budgerigars were bred for size and feathers mainly by English breeders.
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Apr 22, 2012 23:06:35 GMT
guccismum
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Post by guccismum on May 2, 2012 21:08:12 GMT
Thank you, It must have taken sometime breeding to get the different colours, maybe one day we will have red budgies.
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Post by stace on May 2, 2012 21:17:18 GMT
As BB says, wild budgies are all green and yellow. Without going into heaps of detail, green is the most favourable mutation in the wild. It is the 'survival of the fittest' ideal colouration. Some wild green budgies will have genes for other colours - mainly blue I think. But as blue is not favoured for survival, it is quickly weeded out, through mating selection and predators etc, so the flock remains green. From that latent genetic diversity, breeders were eventually able to selectively breed for the colours you see today over a very long period of time.
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Apr 22, 2012 23:06:35 GMT
guccismum
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Post by guccismum on May 2, 2012 21:29:13 GMT
Thanks Stace,
I knew the green was for survival as they live where there are trees and water, so have a sense of security amongst the foiliage, its wonderful what breeding has acheived with the colours,.
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Post by barrieshutt on May 3, 2012 4:24:02 GMT
Hello , I have had budgies all my life, all different colours, sizes and obviously personalities, my question is did all the amazing different mutations/ colours/sizes all start from the green budgies wild in Australia or are ther diffrent shades of budgies in diffrent parts of Australia, which were mixed to give us the delightful colours today? I hope I am not asking somthing stupid, I really dont know how we got the different colours/ feathering. Thanks Alison |
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Apr 22, 2012 23:06:35 GMT
guccismum
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Post by guccismum on May 3, 2012 10:53:47 GMT
Thanks Barrie,
That is quite a lot to take in, but I now get the basic idea of where the diffrent colours come from, I have 12 budgies and I would not hamper a guess at what they are, even having read your site, thanks again
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on May 3, 2012 11:09:49 GMT
Post their pictures and we will have a go at their mutations  |
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Apr 22, 2012 23:06:35 GMT
guccismum
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Post by guccismum on May 3, 2012 11:19:07 GMT
I will take some pics this week, if you dont mind taking a look, they are all poorly birds or just recovered from various illnesses,so dont expect any show winners, they are just beautiful, but be warned some are still in the process of being treated for PBFD and two have just cleared this disease and there feathers have still to come through but thanks
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