Blue feathers

[scooter4n]

My baby congo african grey developed blue feathers on hew stomach.

is this possible? I gueess it is, I seen birds with red feathers mutation, so I guess blue are ok?

You can find pictures of them on my blog here: http://www.myafricangrey.com/

 

let me know what you guys think.

Any ideas?

[danmcq]

I can certainly see a very faint blue tint on a few feathers. Nothing to worry about. I will say, I have seen faint orange, yellow, blue etc colors on Dayo on a few feathers after dayo has had a shower then played with colored wood block toys and a slight bit of coloring transferred from the blocks. But, next shower it was gone. This may or may not be your case, but just a thought.

[judygram]

I have seen those blue feathers on other's greys from the pictures they shared, sometimes I think part of it has to do with the lighting as I have seen shades of purple also, maybe your baby is unique.

[scooter4n]

Not lighting, they stay blueish no matte where I go.

possibly color wood blocks, ill keep my eye on that, but its been few weeks and she is getting weekly showers.

Well thanks all.

[Jayd]

Hi, It appears to me that the blue coloring is on the tip of the feathers, as Dan said, it looks like they rub against something blue, the shaft area is clear. Red factor Greys are rare, unless bred in capacitive,. A F2-pied has a broad red band across the chest. Most scattered red is caused by nutrition or medicine reactions and molt out.

The blue mutation turns the red tail and rump white. Since greys are grey and hence lack psittacine, they don't actually turn blue.

 

Albino (no pigment)

Lutino (yellow pigment)

Incomplete Ino(mostly white, but with small percentage of melanin)

Grizzles (soft pinkish scalloped found in its feathers)

Parino (very light scalloping found in its feathers)

[scooter4n]

Let me see what happens tomorrow after shower

Ill keep you updated.

 

thanks all for your input

[katana600]

What beautiful pictures of your little girl relaxed in your hand. I see what you mean about the bluish feathers just in that one area compared to the surrounding feathers. It will be interesting to see if that changes after a molt. It would be delightful if she did keep her unique little feather patch, almost like a birthmark.