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Erin

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  1. Okay! Wow, this is all so fascinating. Thanks for the photo and the explanation, I'm really glad I asked -- I thought it was a euphemism for a less attractive than usual bird!
  2. okay, here's a newbie asking -- what's a feather duster????
  3. wow they are so tiny how old are they?
  4. Oh thank you so much for sharing all this journey and the beautiful photos, and congrats on the winnings it looks like you must be very busy with so many birds and obviously know your stuff when it comes to these incredible little creatures! As a beginner I am lapping all this up so thanks again gorgeous!
  5. They are beauts, thanks for sharing. I agree with another's comment that the animals at times pick you!
  6. I found this very helpful. Thank you for taking the time to put this together.
  7. Welcome, both of you. Dude is delightfully beautiful.
  8. Beautiful birds, great cage...I will watch your journey with interest as I am currently doing same with new hen just quarantined...Looks like you gained ground pretty quickly with Scooter if he's sitting on your shoulder. Fantastic!
  9. Georgie *definitely* gets friskier around this time. I'm not sure why, perhaps it's because there are drastic differences in the light/seasons up here in Canada.. Regardless, he definitely has his 'seasons'. Last year around this time he wrapped his wings around my hand, and hooked his beak over my fingernail.... Still...appreciate the advice.
  10. If it was a mating season behaviour, wouldn't it eventually calm down? They aren't actually fighting. Georgie is bothering/stressing her because of his affections, not aggressions. I bought her as a companion for him, after losing a bird. So you're saying they might never work it out? Doesn't this issue come up fairly often with a male and female pairing?
  11. Hello Mag: I'm so sorry you lost your friend. The magnitude of your grief is in proportion to the depth of your bond. I hope your special friend will live on inside your heart. I've got a few living in mine....
  12. Hello Chrysocome: Thank you very much for sharing your creations with us, they are very intriguing and well done . What are coptic markers? I love to mess around with visual art (I say mess, because I am a beginner): paints, pencil/ink, photography. You are obviously talented. If you had the inklination, you could do a comic strip about budgie owners/breeders!
  13. Erin

    Another Newby :)

    Dhuey hello and welcome: I joined just this past week myself. Your birds are gorgeous!!! Wow Thanks for sharing the wonderful photos!
  14. Good news: Took your advice and birds are now in separate cages. No more stressed out dolphin bleats from hen Kazoo. She is definitely giving Cock Georgie 'the bum's rush,' literally, sitting with her back to him and looking, for all intents and purposes, much less stressed. They can see eachother and have exchanged friendly chirps/song. I am also very relieved. Thanks for the advice. Question: How long should this separation stage last?
  15. Thanks for your responses Elly, Kaz and Neat. Looks like I'd better get my hands on another cage and give Kazoo a break/let them get to know eachother in a slower way.
  16. Hi all: I brought home a new baby hen named Kazoo about 3 weeks ago after my budgie Georgie and I lost our dear friend Joey to old age (he was 16). Now this new bird is female whereas before it was 2 males in the cage together. In a nutshell, the days are getting longer here, and Georgie is frisky enough to try and mate with my fingernail, and has been chasing Kazoo around the cage. :fear Kazoo is bleating like a dolphin quite frequently as she tries to get away from him - that high pitched monosyllabic distress signal. This is not consistent, in fact at other times she seeks his company and they are grooming one another and touching beaks, etc., however it happens about 3 times a day. Any advice as to how to handle this? How much of this is sex-related, and how much of it is "I don't know you that well yet?" Currently, I have an opaque dark cage cover I am putting over them if it gets too intense. It seems to generate relief. I am spending extra time supervising, I have observed no viciousness or anything dangerous. I do not have another cage. I am also keeping them covered for an hour extra in the a.m. Thanks in advance
  17. Thank you thank you! For both the sex and type information.
  18. I'm going to go with the same as before...<BR> Thanks Jimmy, and thanks for the great welcome. I look forward to honing my ID skills, in the meantime, it's pretty amazing to be able to upload photos of my budgies from Northern Ontario, Canada, and have them seen in Australia! Cheers and thanks again
  19. Thanks to each of you for responding. I will upload some closer shots as recommended. http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll263/e...hotos/099-1.jpg New photos, closer up. See above post, I was looking for info on what kind of budgies I had, and also the sex of Kazoo (the blue one). I know Georgie is a boy - actually that is a kind of funny story, I thought he was a girl and named her Georgia until he mounted my hand a few years ago and clamped onto my fingernail and outed himself as a male (his cere is, I guess, mauve, although I had thought it was pink). Kazoo is about 4 months old and her cere definitely looks pink to me.Thanks in advance....Jimmy and birdluv have identified them as possibly a recessive pied and normal cobalt? Hmmm, interesting! (To answer your question birdluv, I don't see any rings around the irises of either of them.) Do they still look to be these strains closer up?
  20. Hi all: Georgie (yellow) and Kazoo (mauve) are my two dear budgies. Well, Kazoo is becoming dear, she is new after the passing of my beloved Joey of 15 years recently, but that is another story. I am not a breeder, and I was wondering if some of the experts here might be able to tell me what types they are, since I am aware there are many and I have read some debate here about which is which. Also, a note about sex: I think Kazoo is female. She is a baby from a, gulp, pet store. But anyone with a definitive answer as to her henship would be welcome, as well. Thanks in advance, and thanks to everyone who has increased my understanding. I read for a while before joining the forum.
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