budgie pair colors and chicks colors outcome from pair

[bah2002us]

Hi all

i have 3 pairs of budgies and wondering what color/mutation they are and what colors/mutation can i expect the chicks

Pair 1



Pair 2



Pair 3



Thanks

[nat]

Hi there and welcome to the forum.
The first pair look like dominant pieds. I can see a hint of blue in the body colour which may indicate that they are Type 2 yellow face blues rather than light green, but you would be able to tell better in real lighting as to whether they have really that blue tint.
If they are both green series and not y/f then you should get some normal, some pieds and some double factor pieds.
If they carry yellow face then chicks may appear blue and white in the first few months then moult out to green and yellow.

Pair 2 is a blue series dominant pied hen. Hard to see the correct body colour. and a normal light green cock.
Expectations would be some single factor pieds and some normals like the cock. If the cock is split for blue then you will get some blues. If hes not then all birds will be greens.

Pair 3 is a bit harder to tell the true colours. They are both definatly spangles so you will have mainly single factor spangles like the parents. Also double fctor spangles are possible which look like a pure white or yellow bird, and normals.
Both appear to be opaline so chicks will also be opaline.
The hen may be light green or possibly type 2 yellow face. Resulting in blue chicks if shes y/f, or a mix of blue and green if shes not y/f.

Just a thought , but cock 2 and hen 3 look like they might be showing early signs of scaly face. It might be worth giving them all a blob of ivermectin before you put them in the breeding cages

[ffiscool]

What is scaly face as in early signs of? It's. funny when I had Dusty many years ago, had never even heard of these things, didnt have a computer unf to be able to look up and ask.

I am now on the look out it seems for so many things.

[Hezz]

Scaly face is caused by a parasite called scaly mite. They will burrow into the skin, cere and beak making a series of tunnels. In untreated cases they can cause the beak and cere to become deformed. It's easily treated by a drop of ivermectin 0.1% directly onto the skin on the back of the bird's neck. Have a look at the birds Nat has indicated, you can see that their ceres aren't smooth and uniform in texture ........

The mites can and will burrow into the skin of the birds' legs as well, causing small white raised spots to appear in the early stages.