Hi I recently purchased a cobalt hen, but don't have genetic history for this female, wanted to know why she has so much of a greyish wash throught her upper body, and even on close inspection of her tail feathers, I noticed that the right half of the main tail feather is darker than the left half. Can anyone explain why, is this normal for a cobalt?
Thanks
Lushen
Cobalt Hen
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Cobalt Hen
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Re: Cobalt Hen
So I guess this would be normal for a cobalt?
Thanks
Lushen
Thanks
Lushen
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DE Grey Turq x Blue
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DE DBlue Turq x Blue Turq CHWT
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Re: Cobalt Hen
I wouldn't know if it were normal for a Cobalt, but I wanted to say that when I first saw your pic without reading the text, I thought the hen was a Violet and the cock a Cobalt (just goes to show that pics can be deceiving).
Nice pair
Nice pair
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Re: Cobalt Hen
Hi Chocobo, thanks for the reply, the male is a dominant edge blue cinnamon.
The hen was hatched from a batch of eggs from foster pairs, so that why I don't know the genetic history of this bird, as the breeder got the eggs from another breeder and use his pairs to hatch out these eggs.
Will try and take some better pics of her later today
Thanks
Lushen
The hen was hatched from a batch of eggs from foster pairs, so that why I don't know the genetic history of this bird, as the breeder got the eggs from another breeder and use his pairs to hatch out these eggs.
Will try and take some better pics of her later today
Thanks
Lushen
2014 Pairs
Green x Green
DGreen x DBlue
DE Blue/ino x DBlue
Grey/ino x Albino
Pallidino x Lutino
DE Blue Turq x Grey
DE Grey Turq x Blue
Greygreen/cinn x DE Blue Cinn
DE DBlue Turq x Blue Turq CHWT
Blue x DBlue Turq
Blue x Blue Pallid
Lutino/blue x Blue
Green x Green
DGreen x DBlue
DE Blue/ino x DBlue
Grey/ino x Albino
Pallidino x Lutino
DE Blue Turq x Grey
DE Grey Turq x Blue
Greygreen/cinn x DE Blue Cinn
DE DBlue Turq x Blue Turq CHWT
Blue x DBlue Turq
Blue x Blue Pallid
Lutino/blue x Blue
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Re: Cobalt Hen
2014 Pairs
Green x Green
DGreen x DBlue
DE Blue/ino x DBlue
Grey/ino x Albino
Pallidino x Lutino
DE Blue Turq x Grey
DE Grey Turq x Blue
Greygreen/cinn x DE Blue Cinn
DE DBlue Turq x Blue Turq CHWT
Blue x DBlue Turq
Blue x Blue Pallid
Lutino/blue x Blue
Green x Green
DGreen x DBlue
DE Blue/ino x DBlue
Grey/ino x Albino
Pallidino x Lutino
DE Blue Turq x Grey
DE Grey Turq x Blue
Greygreen/cinn x DE Blue Cinn
DE DBlue Turq x Blue Turq CHWT
Blue x DBlue Turq
Blue x Blue Pallid
Lutino/blue x Blue
Re: Cobalt Hen
Those are better - do you think she might have something else as well? I noticed that when I picked up one of the tail feathers-not central of my Green, that half the feather (split down the middle of the shaft) was a different colour to the other side- maybe normal for the wildtype- but will check my Blue and let you know if it is the same for him.
edit- nope- same colour for him on both sides of feather shaft
edit- nope- same colour for him on both sides of feather shaft