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Red eyes or plum eyes ? plum eyes at hatching and for a few days afterwards indicate cinnamon. http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index.php?showtopic=23215

My initial thought was that she was a df dommie pied also due to markings HOWEVER is she was all her chicks would have been dommie pieds. Since they arent it makes her a badly marked or lightly marked sf dommie pied. Her lack of markings could be due to being cinnamon and opaline

so next clutch you may have some dommie pieds

Trimmed feather do regrow..................why do you think some budgie breeders trim a tail feather so it dies and drops out in enough time to regrow another ready for the nationals ? Not all breeders will pull a tail feather in case it damages the feather follicle and then wont regrow. To say a trimmed feather wont regrow is sheer nonsense. Sure they wont grow longer like hair does but they will die and need to replacement and replacing feathers isnt what a FD needs to be doing more than it has to. Under normal circumstances a cut feather dies and drops out and then needs replacing. That would create an extra toll on a duster. Even a blind budgie can find its food and water, so a duster will be able to as well. I think trimming feathers is something people do to feel better about the bird and may not be whats best for them. Even like this Dusty could still see me coming from 12 feet away.

If you have one drop down sliding door.....simple solution is to cut in in half or one third two thirds, so the smaller section stays down all the time and you only lift the top half

I didnt trim the feathers of mine at all and she coped fine. Trimming may cause the bird to have to replace the trimmed ones sooner and they are already under enough strain in the feather production area already........my thoughts only.

She is still dominant pied not recessive

Sorry to disagree with you Bird Junky ................Mum is NOT recessive pied she is dominant pied. Anyone who is observant can tell she has iris rings and please seek treatment for the Dad because he has scalyface mites

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Now can you please load individual photos not the artistic collage ones that are too small

I disagree. Quarantine means another room another airspace at least 5 metres away. A bird can be a carrier of disease and live quite happily with it. Its when you mix them that trouble starts. Leave them separate....the further away the better. Play a radio near each if you have to.

please take another photo.

It seems you used the flash on your camera. Try taking a natural daylight photo...no flash

I agree with Robyn about the mirror. And as far as depriving her of food so she eats from your hand ...you should never take food away from them, not for any reason.

There is little point in guessing anything till the CLEARER PHOTOS SHOW UP

no......................WAIT AND SEE...........ITS POSSIBLE HE ALSO HAS FRENCH MOULT BUT TIME WILL TELL ON THAT ONE

There is little point in guessing anything till the CLEARER PHOTOS SHOW UP

sometimes it looks like they are incubating but more often they are just in there to prepare for laying the next egg.

Dont foster the eggs yet and certainly not if Aqua and patches have begun incubating them because Cinn wont be yet.

I would say Dark green

The mothers stop going in the nest at night once they feather up.; As far as crops being full./its the DADS that are the main feeders from the age of 2 wks so its the dad letting the side down here right now not the mother. Are you providing soft foods for them everyday to accomodate the growing needs of the babies ?

Bitsa is NOT grey green

Yes they can. They can become eggbound at any stage of the egglaying

If he is tail bobbing it will be respiratory and will need the vet

If he is tail bobbing it will be respiratory and will need the vet