Elly

When you upload your pictures use the message board choice which is 480x640 then you won't ever go wrong. Look forward to a new picture.

What were the parents? I agree with Kaz

Keep us updated on her avian vet appointment. You DO need another cage, this means to me that you probably don't quarantine your birds if you don't have extra cages, this is a MUST. We have many topics on quarantine on the boards to read please do so when you have an opportunity. You can purchase a small cage for less then 15.00, where you can use for quarantine for 1 bird and a hospital cage too. I personally would get one today so you can separate them.

Kaz is right , I am sorry to hear of your loss.

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First mating a budgie just because it is laying eggs is NOT a solution it only ADDS to the over population of unwanted babies and inexperienced breeders. Just My Honest Opinion People breed for various reasons breeding for this reason is not a good reason. It is best never to encourage breeding just for this reason alone. This is in response to mattdog reply not saying you are going to do that. (no offense mattdog again this is my opinion) Our avian vet said this is very common in budgies and cockatiels and one of the reasons I decided the boy route for a pet budgie. The honest reply is that you may never get her to stop laying once they do it can be a chronic issue but there are ways you can help the hen work through it to ensure if she is going to do this that you can keep her in optimal health during these stages. I do have a friend that went through the injections and the bird did still lay eggs so it may work with some it may not work in all budgies. I would document this and see if she has a pattern like every so many months this starts to happen or maybe this will be a 1x thing. If you do this you may find the triggers. Triggers: longer daylight hours, running water (such as a fish tank or washing machine by her cage), did it rain outside that day, toys that she is getting obessed over, places she can lay, shredding toys in her cage etc.... I am sure there are more. Provide her with: limited daylight hours it will take a couple weeks to throw her off the cycle - meaning keep her covered for 12-14 hrs, and then on a normal basis at least 10-12 hrs, you can tell when they get really flirty with either you or the toys that you should do this even before she starts the laying process, provide her with a lot of cuttlebones, there are Calcium Supplements (you can read about good ones in the breeding section), make sure she is getting a variety of food from seed to fruits to veggies (we have a Food and Nutrition Section in the FAQ's where you can get ideas on how to get her to eat different foods).

Congratulations Kaz, they are all very beautiful and healthy looking chicks.

Texas Clearbody In the Texas clearbody variety, the color of the budgie's body feathers is diffused or absent, and the wing markings are dark at the top and fade to a light grey toward the tips of the wings. The standard for the Texas clearbody budgie is to have no color in the body feathers, leaving only yellow or white (depending, of course, if the budgie is yellow-based or white-based). The Texas clearbody can however, have some color in the body feathers of up to a 50% dilution. In this case the body feather color is stronger toward the vent and rump feathers. Source: http://www.budgieplace.com/c_clearbody.html Here is why, the description is above, we don't have it in our FAQ's

okay that is what I came to conclude, I did change it in the title for you :hug: too and in the post because not everyone knows that this symbol / means split, so when we are talking split it is better to spell out the whole word vs just putting the /, I hope that makes sense.

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okay are you confirming they are Opaline GreyGreens split for lacewing or are you saying they are Opaline Grey Green visible lace wings (sorry to be a PAIN but trying to understand what you mean), because I don't see visible Lacewing in them at all. Is that what you mean when you put the / as in that equals split? If so let me know and I will change it in your title to the word split or you can if you like because that is more understandable for the novice, the way it iw worded it makes them look like you mean they are lacewings (to some of us not all :glare:, maybe it is just me :doh:)

That is okay but they don't look like Lacewings. In the Green Series a Lacewing Body is yellow and the wing coloring is cinnamon., plus the cere of a lacewing cock stays pink it does not change to blue. That is why I asked if you meant split. They look like Opaline Grey Greens

The first thing you can do is isolate her from your other budgie, put her in a smaller cage, keep her covered on 3 sides, keep her very warm at least 75F in a room, make sure she is eating and if that means only millet then give it to her, and check her poops to see if they are normal. IF they are watery and all white it means she is not eating if they are all black with no white it means she is not drinking. Call your avian vet ASAP.

Click http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index....c=16973&hl= here for pictures of our member's Texas Clearbodies.

Wonderful photos and you got some really cute poses, you should enter this one for Budgie of the Month it is so cute :glare:.

If you go to the FAQ section and click on Nutrition you will see a Post about different recipes including Egg and Biscuit :glare:.

I agree it is hard to tell because the flash was used if he is a mauve or grey a better picture would be wonderful, closer up and no flash but daylight lighting.

If you got them at the same time they are most likely sisters. From our FAQ http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/faqs/i...&artlang=en When breeding for a specific trait, you need to know that there are 4 factors that could reside that the same place on the chromosome that are responsible for these mutations. Greywing, Clearwing and Dilute factors are all recessive to the normal gene. Meaning if mated with a normal, the resulting babies will be split. The Greywing factor is semi-dominant over the Clearwing factor and is dominant over the Dilute factor. The Clearwing factor is dominant over the Dilute factor. Dilutes cannot be split for Clearwing or Greywing.

No it would not be the same mutation (yes still the same breed a budgie).

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Congrats, and you must post a picture of your new dog, I would love to see what this mix looks like.

Gorgeous colors, love the pictures. This one is my favorite you should enter it for Budgie of the Month

Hey we missed you but now we know why you were gone and a wonderful reason!! Congrats :glare: to a beautiful daughter.