Elly

good news...that is wonderful, keep us updated.

Fingers crossed, look forward to pics when you have a chance

very cool idea...any budgie living with you is going to have a feast of it's life

I agree with Kaz with so many beautiful ones but I do tend to lean toward the yellowface with not as much wash through the body .

can you post a picture of the parents again? here on this post.

Welcome , they are beautiful. I noticed you said you got him a few days ago but I didn't notice that you said that your new bird was in quarantine. It is very important that new birds are quarantined before they join the existing bird or birds to ensure that your new bird is healthy and doesn't get sick from any stress from being moved into a new location. Birds can carry underlying illness (unlike a cat or dog) that can be passed on from bird to bird in a snap. Since it has been a few days it is probably too late for quarantine but heads up for next time. Keep an eye on both birds for any signs of illness just in case.

, I hope it works, keep us updated

I am glad that BBC and the FAQ's could help you out!!! Glad to have you hear and your budgie is okay.

I just love baby faces and when they turn their heads so cute...very nice you must add a picture to Budgie of the Month Contest , you can find the link under subforums under Budgie Pictures.

oh I love the names, and they are so cute....

they work it out themselves keep saying the words and they will get clearer on their own

wonderful news thank you for the update

Yes I would say he has been speaking better since he has been home over the last 2 weeks, he didn't learn any new words but is clearer .

Your funny Neat ....we just had this discussion http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index....showtopic=18994 a lot of what you are finding so cool...keep reading and you will learn even more .

I don't breed but just from reading I think closed breeding is must safer all in all?

Welcome to the Forums , I have to tell you that you are going to be upset what I have to say but that cage is not a good cage for a budgie, round cages make birds feel very insecure along with that the bar spacing is too large for a budgie. Please read this Article CLICK HERE NOW TO READ about the right type of cages for 1 budgie and more, there are examples of cages that are good and bad. The branch you have as long as it is on the safe list for woods or bought from a pet store is very good to add to the cage.

interesting article some of it confusing lol but what I am seeing the "damaged" gene as the ino or lutino gene creating the same affect? I have always thought it interesting that blue plays the main role in both yellow & white birds but blue is recessive to yellow & blue = GREEN

and better his talking is becoming so clear, I know another video is coming soon lol I have heard now who is the pretty baby pretty baby teaching him kissy kissy but he makes the kissy noises since he came back from my mil along with the wolf whistle sweet baby baby birdy and it is getting clearer for everyone to understand then of course he jumbles it all together which is funny

your welcome...I was reading here on another site and I can see where you come up with the sex-link gene being recessive it say something like it is recessive to normal in a male bird but not a female bird but that to me is too confusing because recessive is recessive and dominante is dominante etc... but I hope I didn't confuse you more, like I said others on the forum here helped me in the beginning understand the why and I always asked so many questions. I am not an expert but I can handle the generalized stuff and understand it.

Not my favorite pet shop but it is by us and I have never been it so I decided to check it out. I wasn't thrilled about it but I do have to share they had this Indian Ringneck oh my gosh could this bird talk...in a matter of 5 minutes I heard Polly Want a Cracker Give me a Kiss I am a pretty bird Pretty Bird and others but the thing that cracked me up was when he was on the front of the cage hanging leaned back and laughed - I nearly fell over it was SOOOO funny... I just had to share...

Genes are recessive, dominant or they can be co-dominante, or sex-linked. Each gene needs to be take separate of the other gene some genes like all the dilutation genes reside on the same allele so you can't have a greywing split to dilute it is one or the other but when they don't lay on the same allele they can be mixed up into the genetic pool and that is where surprises come from. So when I talk about genes I talk first about the color green or blue & then next I take each mutation separately it helps to understand because they each do something different. Example: You can have a Green Spangle paired to a Blue Normal, if the Green spangle is split for blue you can get Blue Spangles do you see the Green and the Spangle gene are not together now. Gray, Violet are added factor and not a dominante or recessive genes they are color added factors. Example adding gray to a green bird will create a green grey bird or to a blue bird which creates a gray bird. Does that make sense? At least that is how I am able to figure out things in terms of expections, I don't use the calculator, I don't have the % down to the tee but what I like about it is I know how and why it works. I learned my genetic knowledge from many on this site.

that would only work if one of the birds was carrying the yellow face gene (1 or 2) remember an ino could be a type 1 yellow face double factor and have a white face and would only be proven through genetics and a lutino could be carrying the yellow face gene and we can't see it because he is already yellow (which i have read different articles on if the green series carry the YF gene or not).

with tender loving care I bet in a month or 2 they will be unrecognizable and look gorgeous with your care

Sex-Linked is not a dominante gene like green or blue For example you can have an Lutino Spangle the sex-link gene was NOT dominante over the regular gene. Ino = blue bird with no blue Lutino - yellow bird with no green Green is dominant over Blue so when you are talking about the 2 genes together Lutino is Dominant over Ino ONLY.

Daz she is basically pure yellow, there is barely any paleness in her flights/tail is that normal? Most lutinos are females it is rare to get a male because of being that the male needs to carry 2 lutino genes to express it visually. Lutino female will give the lutino gene to her males making them split The albino male will give the ino gene to his female offspring so you would have ino