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Framework is up and we are ready to do the roof

Here is the new guys related to Omelette.... Split blue grey green normal cock his mother cinnamon opaline grey green dom pied hen cinnamon opaline cock cinnamon opaline hen cinnamon opaline cock

No not really. But I knew Omelette's breeder has dilutes popping up in her breeding program also. Omelette's mother was Darman bred and carries dilute and greywing as I have since found out. The hen from Darman breeding was the one that brought the dilute factor into this breeders birds. an email I got re the mother of Omelette........ As to the Irene and Joe Darman bird, my memory of this is that she was a pied, which cost $600 in a BRASEA auction.We didn't get any details, as we were endeavouring to help Jan establish a stud of Dominant Pieds, and it was just an outcross. (Darmans did have greywings and Jan has from time to time produced dilutes)

She is a green opaline hen chick

She did it a little with her first chicks, and not at all with the second clutch. She did it with all the chicks in this nest. Just the down not the feathers once they came through. Another thing is....as she has done before, she is already trying to begin a second clutch with her chicks still in the nestbox. I will wait a few days and remove the chicks to a tub on the floor of the breeder cage. Omelette is never worried about being amongst her chicks in the nestbox when laying a second clutch. But with all that activity the eggs can become addled. Also, I picked up some of Omelette's relatives today to add to my breeding program. Here is NASTY and the greywing who seems to be a cock The cute little cinnamon grey four of Omelette's the chicks and her two others in other nestboxes.....second youngest youngest and here is two of Omelette's grandchildren These two babies are nieces or nephews of Daves DUMB and DUMBER

NASTY was out today. I had changed the nesting materials yesterday so the level in the nestbox was lower so the chicks couldnt get out but she managed just the same When I found her she was having an argument with her father

Liv...........slip him an extra martini or two and post that other pik

Great job !!! Looks really professional

Well said

Renee had a chick once that took forever to catch up and grow and maybe she can add some help here. I had one or two as well....they did catch up in the end. Might be the parents recipe for feeding them...not all parents get the crop milk part right. Look forward to seeing if you do have TCBs in the nestbox too

Yes.....look in the topic of omelette breeding. Those chicks are still in the nestbox.

It will reduce some in size but will stay spongey feeling.

All these babies are now out of the kindie cage and out in the aviary.

If it helps here is a female budgie similar age and same type

Usually as stated before its because they are either young and silly or first time parents. it can also be due to stress. I dont believe she will always be an egg eater as most often they are fine at another time. Give her the long holiday as suggested and try again when she is more mature. Calcium levels is rarely a reason they eat eggs, if at all. Its one of those old wives tales.

They cannot bath in it if they are using a drinker instead of a water dish.

I would remove the mirrors and bells

Male budgies or any budgies should never have mirrors or reflective toys. They bond to the "other budgie" they see in the refection and not to the owner / trainer. Removing the mirror and bells will be best for the bird. The mirror and bell is the male budgies mate and is seriously interfering with training, bonding, and the emotional state of the budgie. he bites because he is protecting his "mate"...the one he sees in the reflection

Omelette was nibbling off the down from all her chicks like she did once before.....so until their full feathers came in they were nearly bald. One that didnt have many feathers at all was moved into Omelette's daughters nestbox and within a few days had regrown the down back again. Before........... and a few days later................

That will work too

I would say you are fine...reason being a lot of budgies will not drink water with meds in and 24 hrs may not cut it. Better wormers are to be found at vets and bird suppliers....most of them are based over 3-5 days which ensures they will work.

She has decent bodyweight, good backskull, and top of head feather. She is sweet natured

Here is more of NASTY the greygreen opaline the dilute who I now think is a greywing

A lot of wormers say 3-5 days.

The pairs baby today .....a grey hen