Hi all, just curious to know if my green hen is a normal widltype green or a misty green.
I have always been curious as to why her shading of green is different to the cockbird and to other green hens, will take out better pics tomorrow morning, have my rechargeable battery on charge for my cheap camera, so don't expect the best of pics, but they should be better than the one above taken with my mobile phone.
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
Hi Recio, not that I know of, why do you ask if she is split?
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
Hi all, as promised I have taken some pics of the green pair, but weather here is cloudy this morning, so not the best pics. You will notice the difference in shading from the male to female, take note of the brown sheen on the hen and also her lighter overall colour, also look at her flights and main tail feathers which are lighter than the cock bird, both cock and hen are 2010 birds with closed band rings so they have been through the 27 month moult and have their adult plumage
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
I too have noticed some mature hens being slightly lighter/rustic look in color than males.
I have one similar to yours and the only thing different about her is that she is not split to anything (not even blue)
would yours be split blue? (Recio might be onto s-thing, could it be the non split blue to be a diff. color?!)
Here's a video of wild ringneck pair and colors are similar to your pair.
I also think that it is a normal green hen but I was wandering if she could be split for a mutation decreasing melanin levels (always trying to show that maybe some of the so called recessive mutations are in fact incomplete dominant mutations with a very low expressivity in the heterozygous form).
@ Ben;
It seems that Deon's Emerald female paired to a wild type male is not going to throw any chick this year ... so let's know how your birds are progressing
