banjo97

I am glad your daughter is happy with the birds Esta,and i had a feeling she would make a pet of "pal",oh and yes your daughter is a very polite little sweetie too,i am sure "pal" will be spoilt.

its a DFS, will try for some closer photos soon, good to see some interest in the crests,i reckon they are great,but i am in the minority.

LusoPeriquito, yes that is a "helicopter", and yes i agree,good thing everyone has different tastes or else we would all have plain green budgies and thats all, all the mutations that have been bred and resulted in the rainbow of colors and varieties we see today simply would not exist.

i have all 3 types of crest,as i stated before,each crest can and will throw each and every type of crest, the crest gene is a complicated gene to explain,example, you can pair 2 crested birds and still get no crested babies, and yet you can pair a crested budgie to a budgie with no crest genes at all and get some crested babies,so as you can imagine, they are a great challenge with plenty of dissapointments but also plenty of surprises, i am still learning each and every day in my breeding programme with plenty of experimental breeding,trying to breed a stud of "crests" that actualy consistently throw good crested budgies.

yes they live as long as "normal" budgies,there are 3 types of "crests" tufted,1/2 circle and full circle,each crest is capable of throwing any or all types of crests,and sometimes multiple crests,have even seen crests on the birds backs,these are called helicopters,but not very attractive in my opinion.

some of this years babies(did this 1 work)

thought you all might like a look see at my crested budgie,hope yous like him

this is one of my crests that i bred last year(hope this works)

not very computer smart am i, but i will see what i can do

Hi all, i live in the western suburbs of melbourne, Australia, i am a current member of a budgie club and try to breed and exhibit budgies, i am at beginner level, i am trying to breed crested budgies, man what a challenge that is,anyways i have about 150-200 birds at present(time for a thin out i think)with a variety of colors and varieties,but am really trying to concentrate on the "crests" and trying to improve on the quality of crests that i started with,it is a slow process, but i think i am heading in the right direction, i look forward to reading some interesting things here on this site and maybe making some new friends who share the same pasion for budgies that i do.