HurdyBirdy

Beautiful baby. Does he have a name yet?

I don't really know what color that would be. Maybe blue and white or one like the bird in Rainbow's post.

Very cute picture.

okay.. so I lied...... :

You have some very pretty birds. Dominant pied describes the mutation that give Maxx his markings - the way he has patches of yellow on his body. The bird in my signature is also dominant pied -- their markings can vary greatly from bird to bird.

If he's recessive pied the sexing based on cere color would be like an albino or lutino .. with the adult males having pink ceres. Dominant pied would be the same as "normal" budgies.

How cute. Very pretty bird (s)

How's the baby doing? I wouldn't know what advice to give you.. but good luck!

I don't really "get" violet.. Here's a chart if you can make sense of it.http://www.budgerigars.co.uk/charts/vich.html I've heard people recommend pairing a small female with a large male before, so I'd assume it isn't harmful to the female.

Without seeing your pair, I would guess that the babies would be blue - but I'm really sure what kinds of mutations they would be. The male babies would be split for albino. You won't get any albino babies from this pair unless your male is split for albino. Yes.. most of white budgies are female.. I'm not sure if it is 80% though. Albino is a sex linked trait so males that are split for albino can have some visable albino female babies. To get a male albino baby you'd have to breed a male split for albino with an albino female or a male and female albino.

It would be hard to say because any budgie can have a number of hidden traits.. All I can see from that pair would be normal greens that would be split for blue and recessive pied (if that is a recessive pied in the picture) You could get some blue babies if your pied is split for blue.

It's always very sad when people just don't bother to take care of these great little birds. Cleaning cages and changing food and water are not difficult.. I don't know how someone can live with themself after neglecting animals like that. I'm glad to hear that the female is doing better and am very sorry that the male didn't make it.

Honestly, I'm not totally against wing clipping used in taming. I've had very good relationships with my birds by doing so. I have left them unclipped when they've molted. Carrington was clipped when I got her.. and she's a great little bird. Her wings have pretty much grown in now and she's still tame even though I've added another budgie. He was clipped slightly.. but you wouldn't know it from flying ability. He flys as though he wasn't clipped at all. He wasn't difficult to tame even though he could fly away. He was very young when I got him. So, I think that I would try taming unclipped if I have any other birds in the future. I was pretty happy today because Carrington chose to spend some time with me over by the computer even though Bunny was telling her to "get back over here".

Sorry that you didn't find us under better circumstances, but glad you did. I hope that your little one will recover. Keep up posted.

such a cute little bird, that Teapot..

Sorry that you had to go through that.. what a poor excuse for a "human". I think you're probably better off without any birds from him if that's the sort of compassion and understanding he's shown. I'd feel bad for any living thing in this moron's care.

oooh.. predominantly yellow budgie *steals*

I'm not really sure.. Well, I always "want" another budgie.. but I don't want to take on more than I can handle and regret it down the road. I'd feel much better if I knew that this little bird had a good home to go to (like the kind of home I imagine I could provide). I don't know if this bird is going to get a chance at a good home.. when there are so many to choose from without physical problems.

2 weeks ago I saw a budgie with only one leg, when I was shopping and stopped to look at the birds. It appears to be either a birth defect or an injury that is completely healed. I considered asking about her and taking her home right then and there. She was hanging from her beak from the top of the cage. She's a beautiful little bird and my heart goes out to her. This weekend, I saw her flying in the cage and perching on the food container and eating. My problem: I would like to give her her own cage set up in a way that would help her, but I'm unsure if she is dependent on the other birds to help her in any way. I also don't want to bring her home because I feel sorry for her if I'm not fully prepared to deal with her issues. Any thoughts?

I don't think that taking the other bird away is going to make your bird dislike you. It will probably make whichever one you keep easier to tame and bond with. They both sound really cute and I'll look forward to seeing the pictures. It really is easy to fall in love with these surprising little creatures. Sometimes it can be hard to determine the sex of a young budgie, but a female will normally have white rings around the nostrils.

Aww.. poor Andrew.. I'm glad to hear that he's able to cope alright.. Monsoon, do you have a picture of the baby after the beak grew out that you could post? I'm glad the little one is doing fine.

As a general rule, I would not recommend a mirror for a single budgie (especially male). That said, I have 2 toys that have small moving mirror parts. My female seems to spend as much time playing with them as the other toys, maybe less. She is tame, but independent, and doesn't constantly crave my interaction. She loves playing with anything she can get her beak on. She was like that the day I purchased her, chewing on the price card on the cage. I'm a bit torn on whether the bird thinks the reflection is another bird. I've never had the issue of a bird becoming "obsessed" with a mirror. Maybe a bird that gets a lot of time out of its cage and has a roomy cage with many toys to focus would less likely to develop these issues? Mine still wanted to spend more time away from the mirror and out of the cage. However, when I've had 2 budgies they have been noticibly agitated about being seperated from sight of the other bird - not just calling to eachother, but appearing to tense up and they will try to get back to the other bird as soon as possible. I feel that although singly kept budgie can be content and happy with a caring owner, they crave the interaction from another budgie. Many budgies won't allow headrubs, but will allow another budgie to preen them for seemingly endless amounts of time. That alone was one of the reasons that I wanted to get another. He was quarantined for a month and tamed before I introduced the 2 birds. During the time in my room, he wasn't too interested in toys. Now he's playing with everything in sight too. One thing I've noticed in the past, is that the first bird that I had stayed tamer than the second I added. This seems to be happening again. My new male always wants to be near her constantly and will fly back to the cagetop when I pick him up. However, Carrington will still stay with me longer when I come over to get her. I don't mind it.. they're cute together.

I would still think that your male is split for harlequin(recessive pied) if the baby is definately recessive pied and the male in question is definately its father. Probably only one of his parents carried the recessive pied gene and passed it on to him - then none of their babies would have been recessive pied, but half could be split for recessive pied. A Recessive Pied mated to a Recessive Pied Split would produce 50% Recessive Pied and 50% Normal split for Recessive Pied. That doesn't necessarily mean that 2 of every 4 chicks will be Recessive Pied (It's more of a guideline) Even though this is the first harlequin from the pair, it would still be possible.

I think that basically the whole point is that if you didn't do any research whatsoever then you wouldn't know what the "adequate food" is.. You wouldn't know how often breeding them would be "more often than they should" Without finding out through some source of information you wouldn't know how to "temperature right so they are not to cold or hot" How would you even know that you need a nestbox without doing any research??

I think (?) 1 Dominant Pied Sky Blue Male 2 Recessive Pied Sky Blue Males 3 Dominant Pied Violet (Opaline?) Female 4 Recessive Pied Green Male