HurdyBirdy

Tweeter is a beautiful budgie. Welcome.

I must be going.. bye

Well.. I guess there are worse things he could have done to the papers.. He's very cute.

They are just so cute together

The model is missing a step or something.. I think it should also connect 1&2.. as well as 3&4.. making a BB(XX) blue male and GB (XY) Green/Blue female.. then it would be more accurate .. but Lovey's correct.. gender doesn't play a role in this one. Gb X bb = Gb, Gb, bb, bb.. 50% Green split for blue.. and 50% blue

As far as I know, there are 3 kinds of what are referred to as visual violets. Double factor violet sky blue (2 violet factors/0 dark factors), single factor violet cobalts (1violet factor/1 dark factor) , and double factor violet cobalts (2 violet factors/1 dark factor).. To get double factor violets both parents would need to have at least one violet gene.. and both pass it to their offspring. Double factor violets supposedly have the strongest violet coloration. Greens and mauves can also have violet factors and a sky blue can have one violet factor. I wouldn't have said violet for Una's hen.. I think she looks like a cinnamon cobalt in the picture (but I know that sometimes pictures don't really show color realistically).. So.. if she is a cinnamon double factor violet sky blue (and he is a cobalt) You could get 50% single factor violet sky blues and 50% single factor violet cobalts.. All males would be split for cinnamon. Or.. if she is cinnamon single factor violet cobalt (and he is cobalt), you could get 25% mauves, 50% cobalts, and 25% sky blue.. there would be a 50/50 chance of any of those also having a single violet factor. (12.5% sf violet mauves, 12.5% mauves, 25% sf violet cobalts, 25% cobalts, 12.5% sf violet sky blues, 12.5% sky blues) and the males would all be split for cinnamon. Cinnamon Double factor violet cobalt hen x cobalt would be 25% sf violet mauve, 50% sf violet cobalt, and 25% sf violet skyblue. All males would be split for cinnamon. If she's not violet.. cinnamon cobalt henx cobalt would be 25% mauve, 50% cobalt, 25% sky blue.. males split for cinnamon

She's very cute. Great pictures

The parents are very pretty. You're close.. but it's too soon to say that there won't be recessive pieds. It is possible.. but Nanny would have to be split for it.. All of these babies are going to be split for recessive pied.. which means that someday if they were bred with a recessive pied (or another budgie split for recessive pied).. they could have recessive pied babies. They're all going to be split for clearwing as well.. and that works simularly. It's probably too early for me to tell but... Baby 1 looks like he will feather mostly like a normal green.. but there is a pied spot. Baby 2 looks like he *might* be blue. I don't see any yellow on him..... so it would be a longshot.. but both parents may be split for blue.

She's very pretty. I think maybe a yellowface double factor spangle.. I heard something about DF spangles retaining a blueish tint.

I didn't know you had a new bird. He's a cutie.. Mauve is one of my favorite colors. I love him.

What an adorable baby. I would have guessed male.. but I can't see the cere too clearly in the pictures.

He looks adorable and slightly annoyed. He's a good little guy. I wish I could say that Bunny doesn't bite.

Time to wake up and start by making himself presentable. Preening is hard work. And you can't get any privacy....... What a rude yellow bird! After preening and breakfast.. off to a hard day of getting into trouble *she caught us! :hap: *

She was very beautiful. We are so lucky to share our lives with them.

Budgie cravings are the worst! *looks over at 4* yep the worst!

She's very beautiful. Yes.. a violet male would probably have the best chance of a lot of violet babies. But you'd probably get some violets with a cobalt male.

Wet Reep is adorable. They all look great.

That's soo cute.. they look like they're having a really good time.

Welcome to the board.. You have some beautiful birds. The whiteface cockatiel near the bottom is very pretty. The conditions of some of the cages don't look too good. Are you using some sort of bedding or shavings? I think that you may find that it is easier and more hygenic to use newspaper or something else to line the bottoms of the cages. I use paper towels. You may also find that it may benefit some of the birds to invest in larger cages at some point. As a general rule .. bigger is always better.. as long as the bar spacing is still good for the species -- 1/2 inch for budgies and ,I think, 5/8 inch or smaller for cockatiels.

I'd say girl too.. What a beautiful bird

He's gorgeous. I really like that your daughter is getting involved too. They sure look cute together. It's great when parents "teach" kids about pet ownership.. rather than just getting birds for their kids and taking no interest themselves.. Good work!

I like Toby. How about Jolie - french for Pretty.

They're very cute. Beano is a good name for him.

He's very cute and already well traveled. He has deep coloring. Very pretty. I think that happens with blues when one of the parents is green. Like with Little.. his coloring is very intense, and I know he had 2 green siblings.

Great pictures. I love his expression in the first one.