Elly

I find when they are younger they do let you do more scratching with them and then some grow out of it some don't, Merlin liked it but he won't let me do it at all anymore. You can continue to work with it or just accept it, that is what I had to do with Merlin because it was more stressful on him.

she is so adorable, she is coming along wonderfully and weaning nicely .

Feathers wrote this up for our FAQ about eggbound hens.... Eggbound Hen . This is a very serious condition and should be considered a medical emergency. Egg binding occurs when a hen is has difficulty in laying an egg. There are many signs and symptoms that a hen that is egg bound may display. These include: a hen that looks distressed a hen sitting on the bottom of the cage a hen that has very large droppings that are very runny or contain blood a hen who whips her tail or strains painfully a hen that looks weak, depressed or is breathing rapidly a hen that looks nervous or moves rapidly from perch to perch a hen that is trying to stretch her body up to get relief If you look carefully, you should notice a slight roundness of the underbelly or you may be able to feel the egg if you lightly palpate the area.. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO NOT TRY TO REMOVE THE EGG. If you do this and the egg breaks it can result in the death of the hen. There are many causes for this condition including: a hen that is too young an egg that is too large an egg with a rough shell an egg that is too soft the hen's oviduct (where the egg comes out) is not elastic enough poor nutrition, a lack of vitamins or calcium a hen that is kept in a room that is too dark, cool or damp a hen that has laid too many clutches with no rest in between As stated before, this is a medical emergency and a visit to your avain vet is essential. Avian Vet Look-up You can try to assist the hen by placing her in a warm environment, such as a hospital cage that is covered and has a soft cloth bottom (ensure the hen's claws can't get caught in the material) and dripping some warmed castor oil onto the vent. However this will usually only help if the egg is visible at the vent entrance. Keep the hen as calm as possible and transport her to your avian vet as soon as possible. Tags: - Related entries: 196/2%Last update: 2007-04-25 15:54 Author: feathers aka Aly Revision: 1.0

cute picture, love it .... looks like she is saying a little privacy PLEASE

interesting, especially #6

I agree with Kaz conclusions, they are very pretty, because of all the opaline going on and pied I am going to assume they are sibling and she got them all in the same lot especially since they are all hens, I bet your last hen if has red eye is a lutino is probably masking opaline too. A better shot would conclude if she was a YF vs a green base, I do see the green hue on her.

To be more exact Patches is a Clearfight Dominant Pied (the mutation is all in the same) as for taking the bonded pair and seperating them I will let someone with more experience in that area answer this question. General Outcomes: some members will do exact %'s Raine and Sunny (Sky-blue Yellowface II Greywing Split Recessive Cock and Recessive Green Pied Hen): if your hen is split for greywing you can have the possibility of more greywings, you will have yellow face 2 birds, all babies will be green unless the green pied is split to blue then you have a chance of blues, you have chance of recessive pied since you know the cock is split to recessive pied and the hen is a recessive pied. Innocents and Patches (Albino Cock and Dominate Pied Green Hen) All birds will be green unless the hen is split for blue, ino/lutino babies will be hens since they get this gene from their father, you will have a 50% chance of dominant pied chicks. Tinker and Peral (Opaline Green Cock and Opaline Mauve Hen) All babies will be green unless the hen is split to blue, 100% opaline babies There are always surprises in the nest from recessive genes, I think I covered it all if not someone else will .

you have already received good advice, thank you birdluv for putting up my article , welcome to the forum.

Great pics, I love the first one with all the budgie butts too cute.

Baby #3 photo should be submitted for Budgie of the Month really it is SOOO CUTE. Greywing comes when both parents are carrying the recessive gene the greywing gene there are 2 types of greywing he is a greywing and a gorgeous one . So you can make a note that they parents throw off greywing chicks.

busy busy.... you are doing great.

that is cute, I had to copy and paste and send to a few friends

Welcome to BBC .

To answer the question above, when the mom is an opaline all the males will be split for opaline, you only get opaline chicks if the dad is split for opaline or is an opaline. You will have yellow faces, mauves, violets and if mom is carrying the recessive pied gene maybe a surprise. With that combo you can have violet mauves and wow that will be pretty too , can't wait to see them feather up.

My girlfriend adopted a rescued Electus with a lot of issues they have the same exact problems that your greys and other big birds have. In general big birds from what I understand need constant companionship and if not trained in the early years to be a bird then you will have a lot of behavioral seperation anxiety issues, also the big birds do tend to cling to one person as their mate. I think the biggest I would go because of the time I realistically have would be a cockatiel the other thing that has pushed me away from the bigger birds is the life span I don't know anyone who would want my bird when I am passed on so I would need to find a good bird rescue organization that would let me will my bird to them. I would start with a rescue organization with bigger birds and talk to them they are very knowledge and even if you did a petfinder in your area on the type of bird you are looking if you are really serious maybe consider adopting one that has already been through the teen years this is when most birds are given away because people are afraid they will bite them, their family members or they have a baby and don't have the time necessary for the bird.

Congratulations Ladies!!

what an experience but in the end so very sad for the dog in the end

he is a doll, you should submit his picture for Budgie of the Month . Keep on working with him but keep him out of the kitchen.

I dont believe in quarantining birds as most viruses and harmful bugs are air borne. When I had Miss Lacey (about 4 months ago) she was sick when we bought her home, we had her for a week and then died. She was in the cage next to Chirp and Chirp never got sick. Theyre cages were always next to each other. Also, it wouldnt matter even if I had Muffin in a separate cage (assuming she was a sick bird), Chirp, Abbie & Dale would all get sick too because they all breathe the same air in the same house. Wouldnt matter if they were in separate ends of the house or not. Its the same as the flu in humans. Its logic. And if we quarantine our birds while theyre young and protect them from all the deadlies, when and if theyre bred, it makes a weeker bird. Thats how I look at the quaranting issue... I can relate to your point the same thing happened to me Pretty died and Merlin didn't get sick at all but that was forunate fate in my opinion. The advise that you have been given is good advice in fact EXCELLENT advice because though you can make excuses why you shouldn't you can't bring back any birds that have died and that is even a bigger guilt in my mind what if I would have quarantine would of it happened. The logic you are working can be used on some bird disease but not the ones that you quarantine for and when you read through this forum you will find that not only avaries and beloved pets have been wiped out from no quarantine but members on this forum such as Kaz have gotten sick from her birds. The advice is expert they are not spouting off at the mouth, it is not meant to be mean but a word of caution. We give advice so we can hopefully change your mind about the iimportance and teach others about how important it is for the safety of your existing birds and your own health.

A little bit of everything in moderation is good I believe here are some articles from our FAQ section. Pellets are a personal choice some are against them completely others are not you have to do your own reading to make a decision. One thing you never do though is to quit cold turkey with their diet always mix and make sure they are eating, also if you have a 1 or a couple budgies you can weigh them to ensure they are not loosing weight. CLICK TO READ: Why not an All Pellet Diet CLICK TO READ: Teaching your Budgie to Eat A Variety of Foods CLICK TO READ: Budgie Diet CLICK TO READ: all articles

she is so precious and has made such an impact on our forum, everyone has been pulling for her deb, she looks wonderful, goo job on being a wonderful mum.

glad you were able to get him to the vet Michelle and you found someone you could trust and liked, glad to here everything is going to be okay inspite of the toe he will recover wonderfully and you won't even know he is missing it after a while.

Congratulations Neat on creating such a COOL signature. I thought all of them were exceptional!! Thank you to all who participcated. Here is the winning signature.

I think it is a another type of search engine like google and such...

I hope they can find out what is going on though that is a healthy weight that is a lot of weight for a budgie to loose so quick