Elly

Looking good :yes:

How about a gift card to a Bed, Bathe and Beyond or a Decorating type of store? Or just a department store .

the 2nd picture came out very good, thank you for sharing

she probably hurt it flying around, it will heal quickly, I remember Merlin did that once to himself too.

Don't put anything on it, it will heal on it's own, just keep an eye for infection. He probably rubbed his cere on something sharp, check your cage for any sharp objects, the bars on the cage, if he is with another bird maybe they got into a beak fight.

MB he is cute lol and such a gorgeous color Kaz your newest addition is very pretty.

Yes, especially when I am driving in the car Do you like to take long car rides?

I agree with newspaper on top just always make sure it is clean from feces, Merlin doesn't go down on his but because she does and she is foraging you have to be extra clean about that, you can put layers too that helps so like 4 layers and then she only chews the top or if it gets dirty you take off the top layer and you have a clean layer underneath, that is what I do. Roxie is such a stinker

There is a link called Members Budgies and it has different links to all the different mutations, in the FAQ section there is a Mutation Section too where it goes over different information along with Ravengyspy's Website that she allowed us to link from the FAQ to her site, I believe that would help you out a lot .

awesome Dave, knowing your birds is KEY.

good for you , hopefully you were able to make a good impression on her.

can you post a picture please

Kaz they are beautiful, congrats.

sounds like he is recovering well , keep us updated, good on you calling up the avian vet ASAP

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What a nice day that is awesome and your birds are beautiful that you picked.

sorry to hear about your loss

Just on the opaline thing, you said for pair 4, that the cocks would only be split opaline if the hen was cayying the opaline gene. Well, isn't opaline a sex-linked trait, so the hen cannot carry it, if she had it it would display. For the male to be opaline, then he has to have 2 opaline genes. If he had one, he would carry it and not display it. The cock is guaranteed to pass on his opaline gene to all young. The hen is not opaline, so she does not have it. That means that every young will have one opaline gene, thus the hens will appear opaline, but the cocks will not. Because the hen is a Lutino if she was carrying it then it would be masked that is what I meant, so that is correct a hen can not be split for it but she can be carrying it but masked by another gene such as the ino gene in this case. Sad news as well. I went into the avairy this morning, and Big Bird was dead. He was eating off the ground yesterday, and with all the rain we have had, that is not a good thing to do. I am looking at more ways to weather-proof my aviary. I am considering who I will replace Big Bird with in the breeding structure. Maybe Hug - a DF violet pied. Not a big boofy bird, but very long. Might be a good quality to introduce into the mix. Very sorry to hear this :ohmygod:

I have always read to be careful with the grey gene as it can take over the aviary since it is dominant in both green and blue series birds. Pair 1 - Green Normal Cock to Cinnamon Wing Opaline Grey Normal Hen Outcome - Assuming that the birds are not split, all young will be grey greens. 50% of cocks will be split for cinnamon and split for opaline You will only get 100% grey greens if the hen is a double factor Grey, but if she is a Single Factor then you will get 50% green and 50% grey green, 100% cock birds will be split for cinnamon/opaline. Pair 2 - Grey Normal Cock to Sky Blue Normal Hen Outcome - Assuming that the cock is not split, all young will be grey split to blue. If the DF Grey = you are correct 100% Grey split to blue BUT if it is a single factor Grey 50% grey and 50% blue Pair 3 - Opaline Grey Normal Cock to Sky Blue Yellow Face Type 1 Hen Outcome - Assuming that the cock is not split, all young will be grey. DF Grey will give you these results but if SF then 50% grey and 50% Blues All hens will be opalines whilst cocks will be split to opaline. 50% of young will be Yellow face 1. True unless the Grey is a double factor Yellowface 1 Pair 4 - Opaline Grey Green Spangle Cock to Lutino Hen Outcome - i have no idea what the lutino could be hiding, so assuming she is not hiding anything major - 50% of young will be grey, 50% young will be green. Unless it is a DF Grey and then 100% will be grey green. Of all the young, 50% will be spangles. All hens will be opaline and cocks will be split -ino and split opaline. ** the cocks will only be split to opaline if the hen is carrying the opaline gene and yes all cocks will be split to ino. Pair 5 - Opaline Grey Green Spanlge cock to sky blue hen Outcome - 50% young grey, 50% young greens. All young split blue. All hens opaline, all cocks split opaline. 50% spangles. Pair 6 - Sky Blue Cock to Opaline Grey Hen Outcome - Assuming the hen is not split then all young will be grey. Only if it is DF Grey, your outcome is right for a SF Grey. 50% of cocks will be split to opaline. All males will be split to opaline Pair 7 - Green Normal cock to YF Grey Spangle Cinnamon Wing Opaline Spangle Outcome - Assuming the cock and hen are not split to anything, then all young will be Grey Green. Only if it is a double factor grey, if it is a single factor then 50% grey green and 50% green. 50% will be spangles. 50% of cocks will be split for opaline and cinnamon wing. 100% of split for opaline and cinnamon Pair 8 - Double Factor Green Spangle Cock to Cinnamon Wing Grey Dominant Pied Hen Outcome - Assuming that the cock and hen are not aplit to anything then all young will be grey green spangles, - Only if the grey is a double factor if single factor then 50% green and 50% grey, 100% single factor spangles, 50% will be dominant pied, 50% of cocks will be split for cinnamon wing. 100% cock split to cinnamon Am I right in these predictions? I hope I got this right I am a bit tired so I may have missed something. Remember a cock bird is xx and a hen is xy she give 1 x to her male off spring so any sex-linked gene ino, cinnamon, etc... the cock off spring will always be split for. Also Grey comes in double factor/single factor so you have to do both predications if you don't know if it is a SF/DF. A lot of grey greens to come from these pairs. Is that a good thing? Not know the splits will prove interesting.

oh boy sorry to hear about the male bird :ohmygod:

WOW you don't see that where I live in our state, thanks for sharing.

cute idea and he looks like he like it too :ohmygod:

this is cute

nothing yet , I have to get moving on that.