**KAZ**

Best one pair to a cage for breeding or you risk fights, stress, broken eggs and damaged or killed chicks. Two boxes for two pairs is half as many nestboxes as you need to have in colony breeding. There must be choices. Best one pair to a cage in all ways.

I was given a tailless cock awhile back and bred from him and all of his daughters have full tails. But I believe he lost his tail when it wouldnt regrow after being pulled.

I have a couple but it is rare these days.

Not exactly. Spangle is more a reverse patterning on the wing...and the reason I say not exactly as you have described is.....body colour though wings is also an opaline traits and it needs to be explained better than that spangle and normal differences like this normal wing pattern on the left, spangle on the right. Opaline is meant to have a V pattern to differentiate but rarely these days will you see that clear V patch at all.

Some males think any female put in a smaller place like a cage ...with them are there for pestering for budgie sex. You will have to watch. If that pressure is put on them you may have to house them seperately.....as the stress from that may make them sick.

Cool should be A GOOD DAY Too hot for the famous chicken and sweetcorn soup eh :rofl:

Welcome I would think the trip is do-able with the budgies. I guess it boils down to space requirements, weather conditions where you will be, and thinking through the travel boxes or cage needs while the car is in motion. Take their regular seed so you dont have to change along the way...changing seed can force a moult. Others who have travelled with their birds may jump in here with more advice. We have had some past topics on travelling with budgies. Cheers kaz :rofl:

Frannie and Mac ..............MOULTING :rofl:

I used to have some. They can look like budgies :rofl:

Its okay Ratzy......we just do the best we can to help where we can...all advice offered is well intended

I was just about to say what Ratzy said. They are rosa bourke parrots not budgies

Not quite.Need to know what yellow budgie he has. Yellow is a green based budgie.Red eyes or not...is it lutino, is it recessive pied ....lightly marked, is it DF spangle etc etc.Need more info and or pictures.

Anything longer than an inch and a half will hang a budgie so make it something thicker

Maybe....needs a good hard think...........failing that remove the chain and use something else.

They can get claws or toes caught in chain. Maybe if you thread some raffia or natural leather or similar through the links to take up the gaps you could make it safer ?

Pictures will help. There is a link in my signature on HOW TO POST PICTURES. Follow directions and we should see your pictures soon

My golden rule is any white on a budgies cere in young budgies is female.

I cant provide full insight here but I have heard of tail feathers being pulled so new ones grow in for big shows, national selections etc and the tails that were pulled didnt regrow. I was reliably informed in these cases the follicles were damaged by the method and timing of pulling the tail feathers out.

Size wont make them bully the others. Might be the other way around. Show types are generally quieter and less energetic in the aviry than most pet types.

Can be due to cage climbing. Can be due to things like quill mites amongst other things.

There has been some good clearwing topics lately on the forum. Try the search function and type in clearwing and see what comes up for additional info

Nah

A couple of my good ones havent tails

well both our hearses have names but the others dont..............Morgana for my hearse and Ms Lily for Kens

here is an article written up for help with colony breeding http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/faqs/i...lony%20breeding But also, use the search function on here....search colony breeding and see where in other topics others have done the same. Might be an eye opener for you with regard to issues you WILL have