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albino lutino and opaline are all sex linked genes so They take the same amount of difficulty to breed into a bird... the blue normal is slightly easier to get BUT it all depends on what adult birds you own ^_^ some of them could be easier for you to get, what are the parents By The Way? it may helpw ith sexing your birds?

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cool, my cage is 178cm H x 100cm W x 60cm L , had to look at the add of the same one I got on ebay ... it's big. hope its big enough.. you guys have all been so helpfull, right from the fist egg. I've really enjoyed the whole baby thing I love just watching them. any tips on training? mum and dad will sit on my hand and eat carrot tops, but thats it soo far.mum is a green cinamon wing ( Kaz told me ) and dad is the same blue as the blue baby.

Jimmy what do lacewings and texas clearboys look like ? and which ones would you breed with them ? For future reference. I've allready had my life taken over by these budgies ( so much for a pet for my daughter ) now I spend ages every morning grating carrot, cutting apple, a few mung beans and carrot tops, fresh seed and water, millet spray, cleaning the cage and breeding box ( full time job )

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Then your opaline, lutino and albino are all hens :blink: and the blue i'd need to see a picture of the cere?

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two.jpg Hope tis works its a picture of mum and dad in their old cage taken after the first egg was laid.I thought you couldn't tell from the crere untill they were older, or is there a trick to it?
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There's a trick to it... sometime the sex still eludes you, but you can get a good idea :blink:

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Kaz has a great thread with 2 of the best budgies I've seen on it... they are lacewings... I'll try and find a TCB thread with a picture too...

 

 

TCB thread

 

Lacewing thread

 

hope that helps...

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I read some tips from Kaz on using a ice cream container with a arch cut in it when they come out of the breeding box, any more tips, what to feed them etc. The frist one was hatched (blue) on the 18th feb, when do they come out of the box ?

noone said if my cage was big enough for 6 birds.

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We'd really need a picture... dimensions are hard ot imagine for individual cages...

By the looks of them they'll be starting to fledge soon... Put some seed in the nest box for them to pick and when they come out, scatter some on the ground for them, with greens also

Would you be planning to breed in this cage with all the birds and tame some babies? as it probably wouldn't work well :S?

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I'll take some pics and put them on tommrow ( I hope ) when I get to work at about 6ish. I have rolled oats and wood shavings in the box, do I just scatter seed in there or use a soy sauce dish? I have some milk bickey stuff ( cant remember what its called ), I got incase mum and dad wouldnt feed them ( lucky I didnt need it )I dont think I'll breed anymore (didnt plan this lot )this is a picture of the same cage off ebay (easy cut and paste ) cant really see though, you probably need to see birds in it to gauge the size.

http://www.gtmall.com.au/shop/images/bird002.jpg

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your picture is over the guide regulation of 450x450 so it has been turned into a link, thank you for understanding.
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Sprinkle seeds all over the ground... and in the plate.. seeds in the nest before they come out will be good also.. it'll start them pickingPhotos will be good :)If it's the same as the cage above i should be fine for 6 birds, presuming you're not breeding :blink:

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I've seen those on ebay plenty... :blink: check out the threads that I edited into my previous post... they are some really good threads that show different TCB (texas clearbodies) and like I said Kaz's lacewings are absolutely magnificent...

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Kaz has a great thread with 2 of the best budgies I've seen on it... they are lacewings... I'll try and find a TCB thread with a picture too... TCB threadLacewing threadhope that helps...
wow what beautiful birds .... thanks, I never knew there where so many kinds of budgiesThat is the cage ( same dealer too ) got mine cheeper than the one I just coppied the photo off ( makes me feel good ) thanks guys for the tips.by the way my blue budgie's head is heaps bigger than dads, he stuck his head out the hole of the breeding box and dad was right next to him, is that just like a fat todler thing ? or is he just a fat head ?
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Probably fluffed up :budgiedance: although Perhaps you got some bubs bigger than the parents :) don't stress, it's natural :ph34r:

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Your cage will be big enough for 6 birds who arent breeding. I would put a long branch from floor to top half for the youngster to learn how to go from floor to perches. It helps. You will need food and water dishes down low at floor level as well.

Put some millet sprays in the nestbox or some seed in a small dish so the bubs learn what seed is before they come out of the nestbox. At a couple of weeks of age they peck around the floor of the nestbox anyway and better to get seed in their exploration than droppings.

The picture you post for us to see the parents was too small. If you use photobucket use the email/ website size or use their edit feature to size them to 450 by 450.

Cheers kaz

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Wow thanks once again Kaz, your tips are so helpfull, you have no idea how much you have had to do with this clutch. Everyone on this site is so helpfull, but your tips inparticular have really worked. I used one today, I put the cut away inverted ice cream container in the cage because 2 of my babies were out for the first time this morning when I got up ( I put them back in the breeding box ). I've posted some more photos in another topic, and asked (lots) more questions too, could you take a look and give me your advice please.

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