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These Are Hens, Right?


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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. :blush:

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?

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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!

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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. :angry: 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::wub::wub:

 

Have a great night! Or I guess, day for most of ya here. ^_^

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looks like hens to me,

 

the first appears to be mauve

 

the other a yellow face ino

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Sweet!

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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.

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Look hens to me too

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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. :blink:

 

But I forgot to take pictures today! :blush:

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Definitely hens :D

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