What colour/type is sky? And how old?

[blade100]

ok i got some better pics of sky and cedric off my good camera.

here goes



















if anyone could tell me whether cedric is a rainbow or not that would be great.
and if sky is a she or he?

thanks so much
amy x

[blade100]

Apr 1, 2013 15:00:03 GMT nat said:

Only recessive pied males have a pink cere and the recessive pied hens have normal hen coloured ceres so should be easy enough to tell apart. They also don't develop iris rings. I think this is the type of pied that Marleen was talking of.
Dominant pieds ceres and eyes act as any other colour birds so I think you are correct in saying shes a girl. There is no chance the pied colouring in her is recessive pied as this is a genetic impossibility as the mutation is recessive to spangle and pretty much everything else ;-) Also the white spot she has at the back of the head is only characteristic of dominant pieds.
She will develop iris rings in time, I think its usually around 5 or 6 months :-)

So what your saying is as she's a dominant pied she will develop the iris ring in her eyes and she's def a hen?
the photos I've just taken are true to the colour that I see in person as the lighting is good here in the day.

[nat]

Cedric is a yellow face cobalt normal. The yellow face leaks down into the blue feathers to give the green tinge.
A rainbow budgie has to have a few different colour mutations. I think it needs to be a clear wing,opaline yellow face sky blue.

Sky looks like a hen from the latest pics as her cere looks whitish brown. If she was a young cock her cere would be a dark pink.
And yep, she will get iris rings :-)

Heres a link to a budgie colour identifier page :-)

www.budgieplace.com/colors.html

[blade100]

Thanks nat for all your help,I'll go take a look at that link now x

[nat]

No probs Blade :-)
I love that colour link. Its my secret colour identifier lol ;-)

[marleen4]

Apr 1, 2013 15:00:03 GMT nat said:

Only recessive pied males have a pink cere and the recessive pied hens have normal hen coloured ceres so should be easy enough to tell apart. They also don't develop iris rings. I think this is the type of pied that Marleen was talking of.
Dominant pieds ceres and eyes act as any other colour birds so I think you are correct in saying shes a girl. There is no chance the pied colouring in her is recessive pied as this is a genetic impossibility as the mutation is recessive to spangle and pretty much everything else ;-) Also the white spot she has at the back of the head is only characteristic of dominant pieds.
She will develop iris rings in time, I think its usually around 5 or 6 months :-)

Thanks Nat for explaining this so clearly. I only have experience with pied cocks, obviously of the recessive type. Sorry if I've created confusion!

[Learner]

Apr 1, 2013 18:43:52 GMT nat said:

Cedric is a yellow face cobalt normal. The yellow face leaks down into the blue feathers to give the green tinge.
A rainbow budgie has to have a few different colour mutations. I think it needs to be a clear wing,opaline yellow face sky blue.

Sky looks like a hen from the latest pics as her cere looks whitish brown. If she was a young cock her cere would be a dark pink.
And yep, she will get iris rings :-)

Heres a link to a budgie colour identifier page :-)

www.budgieplace.com/colors.html

Thanks Nat........ a really useful as well as interesting link. Given a few years I might eventually work out what blues I have.

[nat]

No probs :-) Its great page isn't it :-) Makes all the difference having the pics to compare with :-)

[rachel]

I might be having a blonde moment but I don't see opaline.