Elly

Sexing a budgie is quite easy as they are older. If the cere (the part where their nostrils are) is a very deep blue you have a male If the cere is a very light blue, light tan, or dark tan you have a hen. In a few varieties the male cere can stay a bright pink so if he is over 6 months and it is pink then is could be a male. Pics will help too .

I am going with that fact that if you got them from the same place they are all from the same clutch.

Neat you forgot the next question Do you know how to cook?

Neat it is like a spangle they can have 1 spangle gene so it is a single factor or 2 spangle gene and it is a double factor. (but the spangle gene does work different but just an example on the factor part) So you are looking to have double factor greys with 2 dark factors is where I think you would get the darkest grey on a bird. The same goes with the violet gene too but Norm is right if you want a bright blue then you want the violet with 1 added factor which will give you the cobalt violet.

Do you have updated pics? I still say male per the pics above.

what a ham lol he is a cutie, you are very fortunate he stuck around and you could capture him back.

they are lovely, do assume that they are sibling because of the mutations and coloring so you know when you breed . Keep them in a 30 day quarantine away from your flock, I am sure you know but I like to put that out for others too.

I agree with everything everyone has said, new toys can freak them out so you just have to do some adjusting. I can tell you though once they like they they end up LOVING them both my birds loved their plastic balls.

too cute, Pretty and Merlin used to do that too

here it is lol http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/faqs/i...&artlang=en

Read this article from our FAQ section CLICK TO READ, I know this will help you out a lot.

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Boys, Girls they all love their moms, I find birth order is where the factor comes in the first one always had mom and then the 2nd one dad tends to pitch in more so they are used to dad more, in the end mom is always the soother. As for Benny, this is natural part of him growing he is aware of you gone now and it is only normal for a baby to cry (just like baby budgies) when they want their mom. What helps this is to get them socialized very soon in life I did it with both my kids. I started taking both my kids to mom and me classes at 6 months so that helped learn to be around other adults and kids but most still don't like to be talked to or touched which is nice because that is okay.

here is praying it all goes well...good positive thoughts

Yeppers....just looking at the top 20 posters and you can see who hit the different posting markings

I agree patience is the key

Well Liv of course , congrats!!!

Kaz gave good advice, I agree with her there Have a fun trip

Oh I am very sorry to hear this, hugs

looking good

What I did with Pretty was I mixed the seed and veggies, fruits etc...after a while of about 3 months he started to eat it all . Patience.

they all look like they were enjoying themselves, thank you for sharing your pictures are wonderful

that is awesome they thought of you

Welcome, your budgies are so cute