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Posted: **Fri Apr 04, 2008 5:27 pm**

First breeding clutches of this year, taken after a feeding session. Pardon the mess but hope you like the pictures nonetheless.

Posted: **Fri Apr 04, 2008 5:53 pm**

very cute babies, I love the colors. Not such a yellow fan myself (new to this so I have not memorized specific names of colors). But is the bird in your avatar yours? If so, what color is that? I saw that avatar and was like *jaw drops* that bird is gorgeous!

Posted: **Fri Apr 04, 2008 5:55 pm**

Yup. The avatar bird is a resident of my backyard aviary and is a TurquoiseBlue Grey Cleartail.

Posted: **Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:59 am**

Oh my gosh those babies are just the sweetest they make my heart melt

id love a baby but i dont know anyone local who breed irns

Posted: **Sat Apr 05, 2008 4:23 am**

They are awesome!!! they're gonna turn out to be some very gorgeous coloured birds aey... I've seen some pics of cleartails etc but i do not fully understand all the mutations :roll:

but trying hard to learn !! i would love a tamed bird of them mutations but hard to find here- maybe i'm just not looking in the right places... plus Birdbird is a handful on his own lol :roll:

keep pics updated if possible hey would be great!- or any information...

Posted: **Sat Apr 05, 2008 7:40 pm**

your babies are beautiful, love baby pics

Posted: **Sat Apr 05, 2008 8:17 pm**

haha i love the way their feathers all start out. all spikey and funny looking. its amazing

Posted: **Sun Apr 06, 2008 4:12 am**

my congrats Jay (again)
what a beutiful babies!

Posted: **Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:34 am**

you do such a good job breeding and raising them!

They look GREAT!

Posted: **Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:18 am**

Those are some BEAUTIFUL babies. I don't know if it is rude to ask and if so just slap my hand- but how did you get the violet coloring?

Gorgeous! And I see a little yellow head in your bunch too.

Posted: **Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:29 am**

Thanks for the nice comments everyone.

@Peach,

The Violet factor is a primary mutation, meaning it cannot be produced by combining other color mutations. Being a Dominant mutation, you have to have the Violet gene in at least one of your parent birds to produce the coloration. For example:

Violet male x Blue hen
=50% Violet males and hens
=50% Blue males and hens

or:

Blue male x VioletGreen/Blue hen
=25% Violet males and hens
=25% VioletGreen/Blue males and hens
=25% Blue males and hens
=25% Green/Blue males and hens

From what I heard, the first Violets were sold over ten years ago for $50K. They were first bred by Gordon Hayes from Southern California. Nowadays, breeders sell them in the US from $800-$1500. More than that in other countries.

Hope that helps.

Posted: **Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:12 am**

That makes since... I didn't know that violet was primary mutation. So that is interesting. Learn something new every day!

Thanks Jay!

Again cute babes!

Suzanne

Posted: **Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:23 pm**

Wow! You have some very beautiful babies on your hands. Congratulations!

Posted: **Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:36 pm**

WOW I just love the colours you have. Very impressive. They are a credit to you.

And the colours really stand out when they are all together.

I'm jealous!!

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Violet and Blue Cleartail babies

Violet and Blue Cleartail babies