What color can I expect baby parakeets to be if mom is green and dad is yellow?

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Isabelle21

Discussion Starter · Oct 4, 2021

I have these 2 parakeets the male is Yellow and the female is Green. She is pregnant already and has not laid any eggs yet, but soon. I was just wondering how the babies would turn out. Here are some pictures. Any help would be great! Thank you.

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FaeryBee

· #2 · Oct 4, 2021

Hi, Welcome to Talk Budgies!

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Isabelle21

Discussion Starter · #3 · Oct 4, 2021

1. How long have you owned budgies?

• I have owned budgies for 3 years now almost 4.

2. How old are the budgies you allowed to breed?

• they are 3-4 years old.

3. Do you have any experience with breeding?

• No, I don’t have experience in breeding. This is the first time. But I always do a lot of research and I know what to do when that happens.

4. Are these birds in an individual breeding cage?

• Yes, I have them in a individual breeding cage.

5. What bedding are you using in the nest bottom?

• I use shredded newspaper, wood shavings.

6. Does the nest box have a concave bottom?

• No, the nesting box doesn’t have a concave bottom.

7. Are you certain the birds are not related?

• Yes, I’m very certain. They are not related at all.

8. What specific diet do you have them on at this time?

• I give them seeds, water, calcium, lettuce, spinach and broccoli.

9. What are you planning to do with any offspring?

• I plan to keep them with me.

10. Do you have an Avian Vet?

• Yes

11. Do you know how to properly hand feed a chick

• Yes, I do.

12. should something unforeseen happen?

• No.

13. Do you have other budgies?

• Yes, I do have other budgies.

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FaeryBee

· #4 · Oct 4, 2021

How many eggs are in the current clutch?
Have any hatched yet?
How many other budgies do you have?

Any budgie that has reached 4 years old should not be bred.

You should have a nest box with a concave bottom to help prevent splayed legs.
Splayed Legs in Budgie Chicks

You should only use pine shavings or aspen shavings as the bedding in the nest box.

I would advise you to read the information in the following thread regarding a proper conditioning diet for your budgies.
Breeding Diet for Budgies

Additionally, I would suggest you read all of the Breeding articles in the Budgie Articles Section of the forum.
Budgie Breeding Section of Talk Budgies

When our expert in mutations is back on-line, she will advise you with regard to possible mutation outcomes.

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wmcburke

· #5 · Oct 4, 2021

Isabelle21 said:
I have these 2 parakeets the male is Yellow and the female is Green. She is pregnant already and has not laid any eggs yet, but soon. I was just wondering how the babies would turn out. Any help would be great! Thank you.

Genetically speaking, they are both green. The female is a green normal and the male is a green recessive pied. Leaving splits (recessive genes) out of the conversation for the moment, all chicks will be green. Unless your hen is split to recessive pied, all chicks will be green normals.

Now, the great unknown for all budgie matings are what other recessive traits are lurking unseen. For example, if both parents are split to blue, you could have some blue chicks. Same for all the recessive and sex-linked mutations--clearwing, cinnamon, opaline, dilute, greywing, etc--if both parents are split to the same recessive mutation, or if the male is split to one of the sex-linked mutations, you'll see it in the clutch. But there's no way to predict that unless you know something about the pedigree of each bird.

But most important is @FaeryBee's advice: 4 year-olds should not be bred--especially a 4 year old hen.

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Isabelle21

Discussion Starter · #6 · Oct 5, 2021

FaeryBee said:
How many eggs are in the current clutch?
• There are 2 eggs at the moment
Have any hatched yet?
• No eggs have hatched, since it was laid a few days ago.
How many other budgies do you have?
• I have a few other budgies, but I have them separate from the current ones I’ve said.

Any budgie that has reached 4 years old should not be bred.

You should have a nest box with a concave bottom to help prevent splayed legs.
Splayed Legs in Budgie Chicks

You should only use pine shavings or aspen shavings as the bedding in the nest box.

I would advise you to read the information in the following thread regarding a proper conditioning diet for your budgies.
Breeding Diet for Budgies

Additionally, I would suggest you read all of the Breeding articles in the Budgie Articles Section of the forum.
Budgie Breeding Section of Talk Budgies

When our expert in mutations is back on-line, she will advise you with regard to possible mutation outcomes.

FaeryBee

· #7 · Oct 5, 2021

I understand you’ve separated the other budgies. I simply asked how many others you have?
Are you planning to breed other pairs?
Are you keeping your budgies indoors in flight cages?

Isabelle21

Discussion Starter · #8 · Oct 5, 2021

FaeryBee said:
I understand you’ve separated the other budgies. I simply asked how many others you have?
• I have 4 other budgies.
Are you planning to breed other pairs?
• No, I don’t plan to breed them.
Are you keeping your budgies indoors in flight cages?
• Yes, I keep them indoors in flight cages.

FaeryBee

· #9 · Oct 5, 2021

Thank you for your answers.

I see you edited your answer to the question regarding your budgies age and changed it to 1-3 years old rather than 3-4 years old which is what you originally posted.

Do you actually know how old these budgies are?
Did they come from a pet store or a breeder?

Please be sure you swap out that nest box for a proper one with a concave bottom and use only aspen or pine shavings as bedding in it.
Additionally, try to expand the types of vegetables they are offered.
Safe Foods for Budgies

An individual needs to have a good background in basic budgie care and then do extensive research into the proper breeding practices prior to making the decision to accept the responsibility of the commitment required for breeding responsibly and ethically.
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wmcburke

· #10 · Oct 5, 2021

Ah, the photos have vanished. For those who may be wondering how I could determine the color mutations of the two budgies and what color chicks they might have, without photos, there WERE photos on this thread once!

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Isabelle21

Discussion Starter · #11 · Oct 5, 2021

wmcburke said:
Ah, the photos have vanished. For those who may be wondering how I could determine the color mutations of the two budgies and what color chicks they might have, without photos, there WERE photos on this thread once!

I updated the photos.

Isabelle21

Discussion Starter · #12 · Oct 5, 2021

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wmcburke

· #13 · Oct 5, 2021

I answered this on your earlier thread.

Isabelle21

Discussion Starter · #14 · Oct 5, 2021

wmcburke said:
I answered this on your earlier thread.

No you didn’t. Because I just updated the pictures and you couldn’t see them.

wmcburke

· #15 · Oct 5, 2021 (Edited)

I took a screen grab of the earlier pictures you posted in your other thread to reference while I was writing my earlier response. Your adding more pictures doesn't change anything. You're still mating two green birds--a green normal hen x a green recessive pied male. And as I said earlier, leaving splits aside for the moment, these two will most likely produce all green chicks. Assuming your hen is not split to recessive pied, the chicks will all be green normals.

As I said earlier, the great unknowns for all budgie matings are what splits--recessive mutations-- are lurking that we don't know about unless there's pedigree information about both birds. For these to show up in the clutch both parents would need to be carrying the same recessive genes, say, for blue, or clearwing, or diute or any number of other recessive traits. Similarly, your male would have to be split for one or more of the five sex-linked traits for them to show up in the clutch, and even then they would only be evident in the female chicks. These traits include opaline, cinnamon, ino (albino/lutino) etc.

So your most likely scenario is a clutch of green normals, Less likely but possible are some green recessive pieds. Less likely but still possible are the recessive and sex-linked mutations I mentioned.

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wmcburke

· #16 · Oct 5, 2021

And once again, the photos vanish. What a strange pair of threads. The age of the budgies changes. Then the photos are removed. Then a new thread appears asking the same mating outcome question with more photos. Then they too are removed.

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FaeryBee

· #17 · Oct 5, 2021

Why do you keep editing your posts, changing "facts" and removing photos?

I've merged your two threads into one.
Do not create multiple threads on the same topic.
Do not change your "facts" after posting and do not remove photos from your posts.

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StarlingWings

· #18 · Oct 8, 2021

Great advice above from FaeryBee and wmcburke 👍🏻

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