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raw potatoes are toxic to budgies can foods should not be given they are too high in salt if you do use them you can soak them in some water for about 10 minutes to get some of the salt out that is what my mom did for my dad when he needed a low salt diet.

If she has NO F Grey then there will be Sky Blue and Grey - She is a Gray factor that is why she is Gray. If she has SF Grey then there will be Sky Blue, Cobalt and Grey - There will be Sky Blues and Grey 50/50 there will ONLY be cobalts if she is carrying a DARK factor (that is different then the grey factor), she looks like she is carrying 1 because of the darkness of the grey. If she has DF Grey then there will be Grey and Cobalt - If she is a Double Factor Grey you will have 100% Single Factor Greys - all the babies will be grey no blues.

Not to be mean but it is always better to resize your pictures vs links, most people will pass links because it is time consuming especially a lot like you have posted, how to resize is in the Welcome Center under Posting Pictures. Opaline: It reverses the striping pattern on the head feathers so that there are thicker white areas and thinner black stripes. Another feature which adds to the beauty of this mutation is that the body feather color runs through the stripes on the back of the neck and down through the wing feathers. Opaline budgies' tails are characteristically patterned with light and colored areas running down the tail feather. (http://www.budgieplace.com/c_opaline.html) Dominant Pieds: There are 3 different version there are one with clearflights, those that have large spots on the back of their heads (not the small denoting split to recessive) and then there are the double factor where there is hardly any wing pattern at all. We did have a post going about this in the mutation section that I remember . Recessive Pieds are n not determined by the absense of wing pattern, they do have quite of bit of wing pattern but it tends to be more splotch also the KEY to the recessive pied is NO iris rings and their eyes can be a dark plum. Normals are just that normal looking budgies they look like the wild budgie but also come in the blue series not just the green. Greywings usually have a 50% dilute in the body, dilutes can have gray wings but their dilute is about 80% there is the FULL BODIED Greywing that has greywings and a bright body or the Greywing with grey wings and the 50% wash out all over the body We do have a PINNED Post called Members Birds I believe under the Mutation section you will see that is broken down by variety including the DFS and more...your best to look there because there are so many different varieties. Hope that helps.

she looks like a medium gray so she probably has 1 dark factor but you will know better if you get cobalt chicks. It is if she is a Double Factor Grey that will affect all the chicks and they will all be grays.

(Skyblue Greywing Split to Recessive Cock) with Pearl (my Grey Opaline Hen). Greywings ONLY if the hen is split for Greywing Recessive Pieds ONLY if the hen is split for R. Pied Male offspring will be split for opaline 50% Greys and 50% Blues if the hen is a Single Factor Grey, if she is a double factor Grey you will have 100% Greys Good Luck.

Congratulations, I can't answer your breeding question I know someone will though :rip:

Yes I am game :rip:, here are a few American Sayings see if you know them, my son's class did them and then illistrated them $ they are pretty easy. I will have to refer to the above though to remember what my saying is for the week... He's like a bull in a china shop? I'm pack rat? You look like something the cat dragged in. I have butterflies in my stomach She's head over heels in love Hold your horses She jumped down my throat She has a memory like an elephant The phone is bugged My goose is cooked

ahh...yes I have one of those, just becareful, it does create a nesting type of behavior for hens and for cocks a more protective side I saw it in Pretty when he used his, he didn't go inside he would sit on top of it.

Luke, please read my post above and there is a link with instructions on how to post pictures

I love that cage it is so popular and awesome, I have the green version for Merlin :rip:

Silly me what are they, do you have a picture of one?

posts, Maisie you are so addicted like the rest of us :rip: Hey girl, you are an awesome person and thanks for doing just a wonderful job as a moderator!!!!

glad they are coming around I do suggest putting the cage on the table not the floor even with breeding cages they suggest not having them right on the floor it is very low and unnatural for a budgie to be there they like higher ground. Do have the cage on the table and have the kids sit in front of the cage and talk to them and even give them some millet and see if the girls come for a nibble. They can put it outside of the cage next to the bars and hold it.

WOW AV, I assume he is okay yes? They had a video they played for the kids yesterday morning for them to remember. My kids were very little but know they are in school they are shocked on why someone would do that. My daughter said that was stupid the pilot killed himself why mommy....I can't imagine being there and having to recover emotionally from it, just knowing it happened and seeing it happen is emotional.

There are cockatiel forums out there that you can join too which will give you the support you need. We do try and keep it budgie based as the notice says. I know it was just posted to another member a good forum I think it was Talk Cockatiels, there is also cockatiel.org for information.

You are SO RIGHT Dr. Nat I love what you said here because this is SO true even in the school systems...it is so hard to motivate my son who is very bright when there is no reward that he sees in the school system. I do as much as I can but the teachers need to do more... Consequently, any wonder why everyone generally is burnt out and no one wants to work anymore. There is no reward under the current system. It is not supposed to be like this. It is supposed to be simple, efficient, enjoyable and sustainable

Welcome Welcome it is nice to have you here!! Look forward to seeing your birds.

WOW I am so jealous :hap: that is awesome!! I love this picture with them all in a group

Very sorry to hear this happened to you, thank goodness he has a good observing eye because if you don't catch those infections they can really go down hill quick.

Oh my I haven't heard those before you will have to give me translations for those...saving up money to visit Kaz :hap:, I think that would be such a wonderful trip and adventure.

Sorry to hear about your losses :hap:, as others said a picture of your aviary would be most helpful.

If it is a cinnamon then a Yellow Face Type 2 Diluted Cinnamon Skyblue that is what I see if it is not then a Greywing (not Dilute). I am agreeing here with Kaz and Nerwen.

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I didn't even realize it lol, I think my fingers have the Aussie Accent going now

Yes if I don't I don't feel clean Do you (of course women) shave your legs every time you shower?