Hi and welcome

 

Here's your bird photos ( next time use the img link and just paste into your reply or post )

 

 

 

 

about the "almost albino" You cant have an almost albino. it is either an albino or it isnt. Albinos have red eyes and are pure white.

 

Which is the one you think is almost albino ?

Whatever his name is must be on our not allowed to say list try typing the name with a space between each letter so we can see what it is

We are very proud of our FAQ ( frequently asked questions ) section on BBC ( link top left ). A lot of knowledgable people put alot of time and effort into it. .....and we have a search function. All the info is at hand here on BBC

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I really like this photo

Very unusual

If there's any suspicions of nutrition issues dont breed another clutch just now.

Moulting time and hormonal cere change time all coincides sometimes to produce a grumpy not so happy budgie. To be on the safe side chick budgie over for sign of feather mites just in case.

Great to see you here

 

Lovely photos.

 

I think you have named him already

 

SHADOW sounds just great to me

She seems to have been moulting and has been rubbing her itchy head on something

Firstly .........you refer to he and he is a she as evident by cere colour change

 

Moults do not always happen at the same time. A moult might also be forced by a change in diet.

Well, this budgie has been looking fantastic for a very long time now. So, I tried him in a breeding cage. All was going well and his hen went to nest to lay her eggs. Then it started all over again, he began to rip out his wings flights and tail and thats when I pulled him out of breeding.

 

He will have to be someones pet or he will have to live his life in the aviary

 

 

 

 

because he sure doesnt want fatherhood !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There's one on gumtree http://newcastle.gumtree.com.au/c-Pets-birds-Baby-Budgie-W0QQAdIdZ284145681 make sure it has all its flight feathers on wing and tail

Contacts through members of show budgie club will help you

Should have a full tail by now.

Hi and welcome Tazman.

 

I loved your video...and the music

 

I used to live in Tassie for ten years and I loved it there

Hi Daz and welcome

 

I used to live in Tassie for around 10 yrs also. Loved it.

 

Re cages....I made up some vertical banks using melamine, and they are on wheels. Each bank has four slots and I put wire cages in like on shelves. In this way I can pull them out and clean...worked out well for me.

 

That looks like a great cage for that purpose

 

 

 

I paid around $200 U.S for mine, so I think with the exchange rate, wouldn't $200 AUS be an even better deal?

 

 

 

you wont get them for that price here...........most are shipped from China so were just a little further for shipping.

I think they were in either packs of four or six ( cant quite remember ) and if you remove the front off the cage and invert it you have a front that you then have drop doors for nestboxes.

Cages from here http://www.petmania.net.au/BreedingFlightCages.htm are a very good deal and they ship too

 

 

 

Item Name: Cage with or w/out Divider

Item Number: BF1

Colour: Black or White

Material: Powder Coated

Size: 61cm x 41cm x 41cm

Price: $29.50 each

Hi Kaz,

 

 

I find the genetic side of budgies very confusing...... I have no idea if thedad is split for blue. ...I could find out from the lady i got them from, she willdefinitely know..

 

When you say that white down makes them female, does that mean all baby budgie with white down will be female ? No, others like inos will have white down as well. The white down in this case indicates opaline and as opaline is a sex linked gene ( father to daughters in this case as Mum isnt an opaline ) that makes the opaline babies females. Father passes it to his daughters.

 

Also, if she does breed again sometime in the future, does that mean i will getall females again ? No. Every clutch is different.

 

Thanks again,

 

jason

 

Check the colour of the babies pin feathers coming through on wings and tail. If the pin feathers are white it means a blue series baby and if the pins are yellow it means green series baby.

thanks I've never seen such light blue

The blue is paler due to the bird being a cinnamon wing. That reduces strength of body colour.

Well done Jason !! The piks are great, especially the clear ones of the babies. Your breeding cage looks terrific too.

The chicks will only come through blue if the Dad is split for blue. White down shows them as opaline so that makes them both girls

Haha KAZ you try and tell them that! I was arguing with them over it for about 10 mins!

 

 

Give me some contact details and I will educate the fools

Well they were wrong then werent they