Croakers:

[Norm 0]

I bought a Budgie from a breeder, he said he didn’t breed it but it was bred by a well-known Breeder in Sydney.

 

After getting it home I noticed it’s single call note is different than a normal Budgie. I did a search on here, as I read about them on here some time ago, until then I had never heard of them.

 

It doesn’t seem to blow its crop up or anything like that, just that it’s single call note is different than the norm. Can you tell from that description whether I have a Croaker or just a Budgie with a different voice?

[*Nerwen* 0]

umm.. can you tell me what a Croaker is first?

[Elly 0]

I remember this question being asked before, I did a search but didn't come up with anything. I did a search on yahoo and nothing too..??

[KathyW 0]

Here is the link to the previous discussion: Croaking Budgie

 

KathyW.

Edited August 5, 2007 by KathyW

[Daz 0]

A croaker is the sound that some budgies do. I have a Skyblue cock that's a crocker and a recessive pied grey cock.

 

A cinnamon Grey that I sold to Karen was a croaker. It is just a sound they make.

Edited August 6, 2007 by Daz

[Zebra 0]

Does anyone have a record of what a croaker sounds like? I can't imagine it :hap: :ausb:

[birdluv 0]

Does anyone have a record of what a croaker sounds like? I can't imagine it

l have never heard a budgie sound like that . it would be intresting to see /hear that

[Norm 0]

I had never even heard of such a thing until I read that other post on here. I would just like to confirm that what I have is actually a “croaker” or not. It’s a male & doesn’t seem to spend that much time chattering like other Budgies, but flies back & forth, just calling out. Most Budgies do this & it’s just a single note, but this bird is different & it’s conceivable that it could be considered croaking. I don’t have any sound equipment that I could record, sorry. I spoke to the guy that sold it to me, he said that he was sorry, as he didn’t know, but he told me he bought it, but was getting rid of it because when he got it home he thought his birds looked better than it, so it wasn’t worth him breeding from it. He said that the breeder was known for croakers. I will probably breed with it & see what happens, if it doesn’t work out I can always cull later. It’s supposed to be inheritable. It looks perfectly healthy. A Grey Green Spangle.

[*Nerwen* 0]

Ahh okay so I was thinking along the right lines but have not heard that title given before.

 

I would give him some time if he is just new. He might just be calling out to the local birds and such.