Pink Budgie

[Pink_Budgie 0]

Pink & Blue Budgie

Pink & White Budgie

Hi,

recently I was visiting my grandmother in Qld and spotted the a couple of budgies in the community aviary. I took a few pictures, as I had never seen one before. I bred budgies when I was a child and hadn't come across a pink budgie before. Now I am trying to find out if it is unusual...and it appears that it is IMPOSSIBLE for a budgie to be pink. If so, how does one explain these two birds. There are at least 7 other birds in the aviary, none of whom are pink, so it isn't food related. I doubt any of the oldies have been slipping the birds some food dye or minerals!

Any thoughts on this one would be greatly appreciated!

 

I have added pictures above....they aren't great but you get the idea. You can really see the pink in their feathers.

 

Cheers

Edited February 11, 2010 by Pink_Budgie

[**KAZ** 0]

Pictures will help. There is a link in my signature on HOW TO POST PICTURES. Follow directions and we should see your pictures soon

Edited February 11, 2010 by KAZ

[Ratzy 0]

There is no such thing as a pink budgie so I understand. It is simply not in their genetics. Maybe the people were sold the birds recently or something?

[Pink_Budgie 0]

There is no such thing as a pink budgie so I understand. It is simply not in their genetics. Maybe the people were sold the birds recently or something?

 

 

mmm so seems to be the general consensus, however how do you explain the pictures...and that I saw these little babies. They were young ones, so maybe they will lose their pink as they get older....but that still doesn't explain something that shouldn't exist in their genetics!

[maesie 0]

Do you have bigger pictures... they don't even look like budgies!

[Ratzy 0]

Umm. They aren't budgies. They're bourke's parrots. Look it up on the net. I'm a birdwatcher.

[**KAZ** 0]

I was just about to say what Ratzy said. They are rosa bourke parrots not budgies Edited February 11, 2010 by KAZ

[Pink_Budgie 0]

:rofl: I was just about to say what Ratzy said. They are rosa bourke parrots not budgies

 

 

Never heard of a Bourke's parrot before...but googled it and looks like you have provided an answer! Thanks

[**KAZ** 0]

I used to have some. They can look like budgies :rofl:

[splat 0]

Yes differently bourke's parrots, i use to breed them years ago too.

[Catherine 0]

But if there were pink budgies, there would be some back pedalling about the Pet Paradise thread. :rofl:

Edited February 11, 2010 by Catherine

[macka 0]

But if there were pink budgies, there would be some back pedalling about the Pet Paradise thread. :rofl:

If there were PINK BUDGIES,they would't be in the pet shop.

They would be in the Bank Vault,they would be worth

more then GOLD. :P :P :P

[Houman 0]

Do you have bigger pictures... they don't even look like budgies!

 

thats what i though when i saw the picture

[GenericBlue 0]

what i want to know is why do people keep trying to fool the bird breeders into believing their is pink budgies lol

its not genetically possible

the closest you can come to a pink budgie is the rosy look a albino masking violet gives off

or a albino covered in pvm powder

 

and any real budgie breeder can tell their not budgies but Bourke parrots even if :happy-dancing:

[Budgerigarluv 0]

It was close :grouphug: !

[Guest cranberry]

Can a Pink Bourke breed with a budgie? There are stories of hybrids between Australian parrots. I believe there is a recorded breeding between a budgie and a red rump. The same way blue was introduced into Fischers Lovebirds by hybridising with blue Mask Lovebirds, couldn't pink be introduced to budgies this way?

[Squeak_Crumble 0]

I can assure you that it is possible to breed a pink budgie:) I know a breeder in Adelaide who has in fact bred one, many years back. He won a prize in a show from it. I am considering breeding one. All I have been told is that they somehow come from a Rainbow budgie, and a proper rainbow one not just different mutations mixed.

[**KAZ** 0]

urban legends can always be made real by the presence of photos.

[macka 0]

There are no pink budgie's,if there was they would be worth

a lot of money & if they could be breed,they would be about

now.

[**KAZ** 0]

this ORANGE budgie is on a reputed top breeders website

'

 

ANYONE can see its been photoshopped

 

 

 

History of the camera

 

 

 

The first photograph was taken in 1814 by Nicéphore Niépce using a sliding wooden box camera made by Charles and Vincent Chevalier in Paris

 

 

Cameras have been around forever

 

 

 

As goes with the topic heading

No dyes or minerals

 

 

 

Pretty though....I'm gonna breed me some of these !!

Edited March 11, 2010 by KAZ

[GenericBlue 0]

this ORANGE budgie is on a reputed top breeders website

'

 

ANYONE can see its been photoshopped :happy-dancing:

 

 

 

History of the camera

 

 

 

The first photograph was taken in 1814 by Nicéphore Niépce using a sliding wooden box camera made by Charles and Vincent Chevalier in Paris

 

 

Cameras have been around forever

 

 

 

As goes with the topic heading

No dyes or minerals

 

 

 

Pretty though....I'm gonna breed me some of these !!

:happy-dancing:

make me a violet face orange budgie kaz pweeeeeze

[JimmyBanks 0]

No I want a BF type 1 albino... BF=blackface

[GenericBlue 0]

No I want a BF type 1 albino... BF=blackface

 

oh nice would look part zebra

[JimmyBanks 0]

yeah but I don't want stripes... I want pure black and then pure white, no suffusion...

[Squeak_Crumble 0]

I could try and get some pictures, but I cannot promise anything