They are all gorgeous!
The first baby is a grey opaline yellowface I (too early to tell by looking but the mother looks to be yellowface I so the chick likely is also). I’m surprised because I wouldn’t have originally thought the father was grey green, he looks olive to me, but the grey color-adding factor is dominant so one of the parents must have it and it’s not the female. What color are the father’s cheek patches?
They are all gorgeous!
The first baby is a grey opaline yellowface I (too early to tell by looking but the mother looks to be yellowface I so the chick likely is also). I’m surprised because I wouldn’t have originally thought the father was grey green, he looks olive to me, but the grey color-adding factor is dominant so one of the parents must have it and it’s not the female. What color are the father’s cheek patches?
The other two babies are gorgeous as well, both opaline, spangle, and greywing, though the darker one appears also to be pied (?). The one on the left is sky blue, the other one appears to be cobalt although it’s hard to tell! If you had additional photos of them showing the front, etc. in natural light it would be helpful!
Actually the grey/mauve might be from the father because these are the father's parents (the photo isn't great and he's not mine so I don't have many photos, but he's a grey/mauve (?) pied):I had the same thought process, @StarlingWings. And I'm wondering if that first chick is mauve instead of grey, which would addresses his father's olive color rather than grey green. The chick's cheek patches could go either way. ...for mauve or grey. If my monitor is not playing tricks on me, I also see a bluish cast to the chick's coloring.
Another pictures of baby #3, taken at the time I took those videos:They are all gorgeous!
The first baby is a grey opaline yellowface I (too early to tell by looking but the mother looks to be yellowface I so the chick likely is also). I’m surprised because I wouldn’t have originally thought the father was grey green, he looks olive to me, but the grey color-adding factor is dominant so one of the parents must have it and it’s not the female. What color are the father’s cheek patches?
The other two babies are gorgeous as well, both opaline, spangle, and greywing, though the darker one appears also to be pied (?). The one on the left is sky blue, the other one appears to be cobalt although it’s hard to tell! If you had additional photos of them showing the front, etc. in natural light it would be helpful!
On my monitor the cheek patches looked really blue (rather than violet) although I was wondering about the mauve as well; the grandfather is definitely mauve so I think that sorts that out - the baby must be mauve! By the way, she’s a girl, because opaline is sex-linkedI had the same thought process, @StarlingWings. And I'm wondering if that first chick is mauve instead of grey, which would addresses his father's olive color rather than grey green. The chick's cheek patches could go either way. ...for mauve or grey. If my monitor is not playing tricks on me, I also see a bluish cast to the chick's coloring.
Ah. The father's father does appear to be a mauve dominant pied. Very violet cheek patches.
Thanks a bunch guys!On my monitor the cheek patches looked really blue (rather than violet) although I was wondering about the mauve as well; the grandfather is definitely mauve so I think that sorts that out - the baby must be mauve! By the way, she’s a girl, because opaline is sex-linked
As for the spangle markings, I’m now doubting that the sky blue chick is even greywing because in the new photos he just appears spangle opaline, and that’s why his body colour is darker than his sibling. The other chick (#3) is cobalt, sf dominant pied, greywing, opaline, spangle, which is why his markings are so fuzzy!
Well put!It's a collection of feathered cotton candy!
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I'm on the fence about greywing vs dilute but agree with everything else. As you know, there are many 'tweeners' when it comes to these two mutations--birds that are too darkly patterned for dilute but not as darkly patterned as a greywing ideally should be. Without the aid of cheek patches it makes for a puzzlement. But, the cobalt chick is probably a greywing and the odds say, then, that dad is as well.Well said, @wmcburke.
To me, especially going by the last photo, there’s definitely body color in the wings so spangle opaline for sure; thoughts on sky blue YF II spangle greywing opaline? He looks a bit dark for dilute and it’s hard to see cheek patches when the spangle is washing them out so much… and especially considering the 15-20% opaline dilution?