**KAZ**

Over 6 months is not breeding age. I am asking about iris rings to conform approximate age. 12 months is a suitable breeding age.

I was asking about IRIS RINGS not nostrils.

I remove, wash and sandpaper and put them back.

Taking the mum out wont work if your uncle is colony breeding these budgies..is he ?

Well I have ahen right now that two days in a row has opened eggs too early and I find the egg with only half the shell left on it and a dead cold chick inside the egg.....I put millet in her box now as a distraction

Remove the mother from the cage as she is trying to start another round.................let Dad feed the babies....leave them in the nest.

What exact colour are their iris rings ?

My yellowbellied babies were early hatchings, where the hen helped them hatch too early. They still had umbilical cord attached and or open navel for germs to get in.

You seem to have moved your photo in photobucket causing a broken link...........can you send me the new link so I can fix this topic ?

all budgie types 5 yrs.....but show types around 3 yrs

Dont rely on any pet store to give you good or truthful advice on either ages or sex of budgies.....they mostly tell you what you want to hear

is that bird a normal elly No its a spangle..........spots on spangles dont mean split for recessive............it can be part of spangle heritage.

$114 plus $16 ppackage and post

It is a green spangle

which one ?

Its not that they have greywing "in them ".............they are greywings............... skyblue greywing hen and skyblue opaline greywing cock.

I like the blue chick I was down in the birdroom after dark earlier, vacuuming and cleaning up. Birds had the radio on and were singing along. Just as I was turning off lights I saw these two skyblue babies settling down for the night ( well one of them anyway )

Pictures still up Elly

bacterial infection ?

Apparently the horse lick ones are fine for budgies but dont buy the cattle ones.

Young chicks with yellow belly in my experience are due to being hatched too early and not fully absorbing the eggsac before hatching. Some Mums help the chicks out of their shells early. I may be wrong, but this has been my experience with it.

Hope so

A few breeders have HORSE LICKS in their aviary for the birds need for salt and minerals.

Just watch them in the future. There is no hard and fast rule about this......... some people say a plucked baby in the nest becomes a plucker itself...this is NOT TRUE. A hen may feel anxious over one clutch of babies and pluck and may be fine the next time. She may single out just one chick and be fine with the rest. I would watch them and be aware but I would not cull. However if the hen was the kind to scalp a baby I would not breed with her again and she may well be culled in a more permanent way.

Great news