FoxFire_Ga79 0 Posted March 12, 2011 Member ID: 6,600 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 6 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 25 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 190 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 23/02/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 15, 2011 Birthday: 13/03/1979 Share Posted March 12, 2011 So today I completed my budgie family by getting 2 new ones I'm presuming are hens and bringing the body count up to 4 cocks and 4 hens. *I* think they're hens, the employees at the pet shop said they're hens, and now all I need is confirmation from the real experts. Better pictures of their bodies/colors tomorrow in sunlight. One is blue, I believe pretty much standard markings except I think she has 2 dark factors. Mauve? The other, I think, is some sort of ino. Red eyes with a noticeably lighter iris. Not solid white and not fully yellow. I would guess creamino which is officially a yellow face type 2 on a white albino? And when looking at her at certain angles, on her rump you can just faintly see a shimmer of light aqua/green infused in the ends of her feathers. SO beautiful! It was an adventure getting that ino lol I was out today and went to 4 pet stores on my budgie quest. She was at the first store I went to and I fell in love, but the guy working there went and asked someone else and came back saying that she was definitely a male. I was confused by this but didn't argue. Later after I got home I called them back to ask if someone could text me a picture so I could post it an ask you guys but they wouldn't. But someone went and actually LOOKED at her and assured me she's a hen. That's what I thought when I first saw her, and the employee that said she was a male must have been thinking of one of the other "yellow" ones. So this evening after my long afternoon I drove the 35 miles (one way!) back to this store to make sure nobody else could get her. I was going to be back in that town again tomorrow but I know my luck, someone else would have gotten her by then. I'm still working on names. I'll keep you posted on that one and I promise better pictures as soon as I get them! :wub: Have a great night! Or I guess, day for most of ya here. Link to comment
*Nerwen* 0 Posted March 12, 2011 Member ID: 5,064 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 121 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 5,817 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 39,375 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 14/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 18, 2014 Birthday: 20/02/1982 Share Posted March 12, 2011 looks like hens to me, the first appears to be mauve the other a yellow face ino Link to comment
FoxFire_Ga79 0 Posted March 12, 2011 Member ID: 6,600 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 6 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 25 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 190 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 23/02/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 15, 2011 Birthday: 13/03/1979 Author Share Posted March 12, 2011 Sweet! Link to comment
Maddy 0 Posted March 12, 2011 Member ID: 5,779 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 41 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 497 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3,455 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/12/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2019 Birthday: 07/08/1989 Share Posted March 12, 2011 They look like hens to me too. Don't listen to pet shops. When I went on my budgie quest, I fell in love with a normal violet. I knew straight away it was a she, but when the 'expert' came to take her out she said "He's a cute little boy." Because I was 99% sure....I kind of just laughed inside my mind lol But I let her think what she wanted. Link to comment
splat 0 Posted March 12, 2011 Member ID: 3,340 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 202 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,891 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 27,770 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 17/04/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 19, 2014 Birthday: 13/05/1958 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Look hens to me too Link to comment
FoxFire_Ga79 0 Posted March 13, 2011 Member ID: 6,600 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 6 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 25 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 190 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 23/02/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 15, 2011 Birthday: 13/03/1979 Author Share Posted March 13, 2011 I'm so relieved that you guys agree. I still don't 100% trust myself, and the pet store people really are wishy washy. One of them once told me that a blue cere is a cock and a pink or purple cere is a hen. No mention of hens having brown tan or white ceres! And they'll tell you that any hint of blue on the cere means it's a cock. But I forgot to take pictures today! Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted March 13, 2011 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Definitely hens Link to comment
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