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first of all my apologizes for not keeping all of you updated on the 6 chicks my budgies had awhile back.well the chicks are doing great, two chicks are going to their new homes today! im fortunate enough to have found 3 people that want to take two, so this way the chicks will have at least one budgie friend, and they will stay together.anyways here are some updated pics:

Alright thanks for the advice. I moved the hen to a different cage. While the female was still in the cage, I have seen the male feed the chicks only a couple times, you think that he will figure out that he still has to feed some of the chicks right?

Oh by the way after I posted this, I checked on them and the second oldest also left the nest!One thing Im a little worried about though is that the female got into a little squabble between the oldest chick, and the 2nd that fledged keeps biting the other chicks foot. I was going to wait about 2 or 3 days to move the chicks into a different cage, but do you think I should do it sooner?

Hey guys sorry I havent posted pics in awile, the camera software on the computer wasnt working. But Im glad to say that the oldest chick fledged the nest today! Here are some updated pics

im excited to see the outcome of these two!when is the first due to hatch?

Yes its very exciting, and whats awesome is each chick is changing every day, and now it seems another one of the chicks is like the female.

Alright here are some updated pics of the crew. It seems all the chicks will probably recessive pied the male, except for this one,he seems he will be just like the female, but a little lighter and less green:

I will get some more pics, but this is one that I just took.

I will put some more pics up shorty. Their feathers are coming in very nice.

This isnt the best picture, but here is a little update on how they look, obviously there are more than in the last picture I posted, and the there bigger haha

Haha thanks. Oh great idea kaz. I completely spaced on that, Ive just been so excited with the chicks hatching. I have a huge bag of nesting material sitting right in front the cage too haha.

haha okay so here they are. There are now 3 that have hatched! And 3 of the other eggs look fertile. I have need to help them with feeding eventually. They are doing a good job of it now though.

The 2nd egg layed hatched today. it only took 17 days instead of 18, and that one was suppose to hatch tomorrow. Oh and the first egg layed didnt hatch.

yea the first is suppose to hatch on the 21st, but Im pretty sure that the first is infertile. And she stopped at 7 eggs

Yeah I did notice yesterday a third egg looked fertile. If the female was to lay another egg, it would be today, so when she comes out, I will check if there is a 7th egg.

heres a picture of the eggs, but now that I look at the pics with a little more light it seems 2 look fertile(sorry for the blurry picture, I tried to take it fast)

haha of course I did, and its all paying off, the female is doing great with incubating, and the male is also doing great, and no health problems, such as egg binging or anything like that (knock on wood). Next time I check the box when the female is out, I will try and get some pics. It looks like only 1 is infertile,and that was the first one layed.

5 eggs now

Wow thanks!. When you say DEC you mean dark eyed clear right? I was doing a little research on them, and it says you have to have a recessive pied, and a clearflight pied. I then did some research on the clearflight pied, and I think thats what my female might be. All her flight feathers are clear, and she does kind of have clear feathers near her neck and chest. Which it said a budgie usually has when they are a clearflight pied. So I think the Dark Eyed Clear is a big possibility!

First egg layed January 3rd

I was wondering if anyone can tell me what color babies I would get from a pair I have.? The male is a yellow/green recessive pied, and the female is a green dominant pied opaline clearwing. Im not really sure if the male and female are split to anything else, but can someone give me a general idea of what I might get?

Just an update, I am expecting some eggs here in a little while. Echo's droppings are getting pretty large, and her vent in a little swollen.

I am somewhat convinced that my female may be carrying an egg, for the past two nights she has been going in the nestbox more, and staying in there longer, to kick around the nesting material. And I noticed that it seemed her vent was getting a little swollen, but I couldnt really tell. Two days ago her droppings werent noticably bigger, but yesterday they seemed to be a little larger. Then this morning she had a pretty large and watery dropping. Well here are some pics: (Oh and Im not sure how this will work because I couldnt use the normal image hoster that I usually do) And here is her dropping and the males around it, the dark blotch around it, kind of shows how watery it is

Thanks for all the encouragement :fear. Im not really expecting any eggs yet, but I will watch out for some signs. By the way if you guys put leg bands on your babies, where do you guys order from?I found a couple websites. I think I will order from here: http://www.abs1.org/bands07.htm , but does anyone know how quick they ship so I know when to order?

Alright so today, so far Ive only been in the room a couple times to get things from there. I was just in there about 5 minutes ago, and I saw my male trying to mate with my female. I didnt want to walk out really quick because it might disturb them. I stayed really still. The male didnt achieve the right position, and fell off. I walked out after that. I am happy that Ive seen them attempt to mate 2 days in a row, and who knows they could have tried this quite a few times today :hap: