Elly

My heart goes out to you, I am so sorry Vicky she was beautiful, she will always be remembered here in our hearts as she was like of our own. :(

Grey is a dominant gene and when you get Double Factors it does take over because the % get higher. All mutations are exactly that a "surprise" mutation that just happened and then breeders built off of it like any type of breeding in any type of animal. You don't see blue budgies either ...it was a fluke of nature and the person who got the surprise in the nest went with it.

very nice birds, love their names , welcome to the forum, you should enter one of your pics for Budgie of the Month in the Competition Section.

Good on you Cathy, getting an older dog they all need love, that is what I did with Cabela, someday when the kids are gone off on their own, I will get an older dog once again that just wants love and snuggles. . Buffy is adorable

Oh brother Rose, I can only imagine what some pet shops do it is probably not good at all, at least he was cleaning that is a positive note huh, some don't even do that.

hugs, I have been there sort of, I got my dog's tail slammed in the door about 6 months ago and when I tried to get it out she was crying and biting and bite my finger it hurt like a you know what...I was naughty against the advice of Kaz and didn't go to the MD but I should have but it hurt like ***, the first week is the hardest after that it is all up hill but be careful because it can become infected very quickly. Keep us updated.

I still struggle to understand how a grey can be bred from 2 blues, Wouldnt the 2 blues have to be showing grey for this to happen? There is the "rare" recessive grey gene that the blue is actually split for grey but this is very uncommon, it happened here 1x on the board so far. As for the grey gene doubling up it means that if you pair greys together you will get a Double Factor Grey not a Single Factor Grey. So if you pair 2 Double Factor Greys you won't get darker and darker they will be darker greys but they will be Double Factors & if they have any dark factors it can make it even darker also. This is also true with the violet gene too. Also, When pairing say a.. light green to a skyblue. All chicks are light green, but how many are split skyblue? is it all the chicks? or only some? What determines this? You would have 50% Greens split to blue and 50% blues. To figure it out you have to do a table so example: G = Green b = blue Gb = Green split to Blue bb - blue (can't be split but they carry 2 genes just like the bird above) G b b b This is your table above then you have to combine the genes from the 2 birds together you do that by going diagonal. G b b Gb bb b Gb bb Gb = Green split to blue bb = blue I hope that makes sense. Thankyou.

OMG Vicky, I am so sorry, hug HUGS to you

Good advice too...Kaz One point I didn't see is they can keep filling eggs but are they healthy enough to raise a clutch with the hen when they are older or do you just like the hen raise them? Raising a clutch can wear on the health of any bird especially since the cock does a lot after the babies are hatched.

well done, keep this up I love to read about the success with clicker training

Adding more pictures from today they were in the snow Here are some pictures of the boys in the snow. Cabela wanted nothing to do with it but Sonny had a blast. It is so hard to capture his face and eyes because his eyes are so black Cabela, you have to be kidding me, let me IN Sonny...enjoying it all Love this photo Hope you enjoy, I tend to take tons of pics

how cute he is , you should enter the 1st picture for Budgie of the Month.

Im having trouble with grey budgies. I have read that grey chicks can be bred from 2 blues, but grey cannot be split, so how is this possible? When grey is on a white based budgie (blue) then the bird is grey but on a yellow based (it creates a grey green) I thought grey was an adding factor that goes over the previous mutation, eg: Grey turns a green into a grey green Grey turns a blue into a grey this is correct

Beautiful, you will have to keep us updated after the first couple molts to see if she keeps those dark spangle markings, I just love them.

Actually search the site I think we have it here too

Deb that last picture is just so dang cute Dave, I love the cut on the boys, isn't nice having the same sexed dogs you just say come on boys LOL :bump: Great pictures everyone....keep them comingn!

so awesome, I am going to ship Merlin to you so you can teach him too

what do you mean by old? like what age?

I agree with maisie plus if you want to get that aviary started best to have a relationship starting with an avian vet incase your new birds need treatment for anything. Keep us updated.

oh boy hugs Deb what a nightmare, one day you will look back and laugh

Very nice!!! Glad you are back.

So sorry for your loss, you did everything you could to help Blueberry. Big hugs and welcome to the forum.

not that it was funny by any means but you put such humor into telling us how it happened . Hope your fingers are better today.

If you do a search in the Health Section, you will see topics on other members who have dealt with feather cysts too that you may find information. Your birds are lovely.

OMG, and you wrote up the story so cute that I actually giggled isn't that horrible, I am glad you are okay, boy you are going to be sore though HUGS. Can't believe you can type.