Mutations and GeneticsLearn about budgie genetics and the wide variety of mutations. Thread Description:...another mystery bird...or is this YF T2 effects?
...I took these recent pictures showing how one of my cock birds body colour almost keep on changing...not as often as weekly, but every "so often month" there's another varying colour pattern visible in the body colour....
Here at 7-weeks age:-
Here at 3 months (or a bit older,after 1st moult!):-
..and most recent at 9months:-
(he was a "New Year baby"!..he,he!)
In between at around 6-months he only had a single bright yellow-spot on the lower chest, this has now gone...and another 2 yellow-spots have since appeared, replacing the former ..with one spot above each hip!
Any idea(s) on what is happening here....will such changes continue, or is there a gene involved that causes such changes?
Any help will be good!
Enjoy,and stay well!
JacodK
PS-Maybe me and Dries (that both do colony breeding)should stop confusing the TB members...but it's all fun and a learning experience!....thx!
Yes,and I'm almost certain there is no "pied" in the mix....albeit that the two "separate yellow spots on lower belly"...now appear to start merging into a "Stripe across the belly" (simlar to pied)?
There are always changes in colour when a bird matures or moults. Most shades will brighten after the first moult. The 3 yellow face mutations show the most obvious changes because the yellow spreads as well as brightens after each moult.
The stripe across the belly is unusual
Violet is another shade that can look quite different each year on the same bird
That is so cool! I knew budgies change colors after their first molt, but I never thought that would happen...!
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That is so cool! I knew budgies change colors after their first molt, but I never thought that would happen...!
Thanks Magic Birdie,
I was also very surprise when I started noticing these changes happen...but it's exciting...what will he look like next year this time, I wonder?....will post more pics, if any further change happens!
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Originally Posted by JuliosMom
What a beautiful bird!!
Thx! yes, he's close to being my favourite...funny his brother (closely resembling him) and sister do not have the same colouration effects...the hen is now a more "sea-green", but in full-body shade..!
..but you have a great looking yellow-face bird yourself, don't you...is it just the one or more?
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Originally Posted by apolline
I love this post, and your bird. It's really pretty!
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Originally Posted by Lisa P.
Wow, what a pretty bird!
Lisa
Thx Apolline/ Lisa! .. he's a good variation on my other birds...but I hoped the "vibrant cobalt blue" remain, like his brother...but hey, I enjoy them just as they turnout to be!!
..maybe he's a "mutation-within-a-mutation"...he, he!
Are there any other TB-birds out there having similar changes...why not post some of yours?!
Gradual Colour changing bird...
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