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Thought I would update with new pictures.Have named the oldest budgie "smiley" as it always looks happy. It is really dark on his wings and on his body,woth dark feathers coming on its belly aswell. close up of cute smiley face. Second baby has no name but I have noticed no spots on the middle of the back of its head.Also has light colouring on end of right wing and some on the left wing,so hoping this means it might be a pied. Couldn't resist this photo of head/nose. The only thing I don't like about baby budgies ............ they grow up to fast!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Nerwen.Will know soon I guess.

Elvis and sloth are just beautiful.Keep the photos coming!!!

picture is blurry but there is nothing cuter than a baby budgie!!!! Congratulations!!!!!!

My budgie has two eggs and when I try and look at them with a light they seem to have a very large air space.It is at least 1/3 of the egg.Is this normal or should the air sac be smaller.When I first checked them I could see the yolk and also red veins in them.

So true Nerwen about Snowball but I also know that Snowball is an old budgie and could be shooting blanks.I got him with my aviary and the lady said it was the first budgie she bought,which could be up to 10 years ago.I also got two other males with the aviary which have passsed away this year aswell from old age.

No black dots on the body that I can see.I checked on the babies this morning and the second one now has dots in the same place aswell,they are just starting.No white babies this time.Thanks Nerwen

love your photos bea.I'm glad I'm not the only one who can't get enough photo's of her pets. hehehehehehehehehhehehe

Hi guys,haven't posted since before xmas as I have been busy busy busy! Anyway Snowflake's eggs hatched,originally there was three babies but the middle one died. Think other birds killed it as Snowflake is very quiet,thus next year only breeding in breeding cages. Anyway here are some pics.First baby has black spots coming through. and second baby seems to have no spots coming through. Snowflake had two boyfriends,although I have only seen Aussie feeding the babies. Aussie has a small yellow patch on the back of his head and has had pied babies before. Here is Aussie and here is Snowball 2nd daddy

"Put that tongue away,you never know where it's been!!"

lovely photos!

I wish I lived on the other side of australia.I like pieds. They are all so adorable.

I don't know about genetics but what beautiful birds they bith are. Is the crest gene dominant or recessive? Good luck!!!

What a cuteeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can you clone him and send one my way! (Laughing out loud)

Thanks cheeta,Rocky is in quarratine/hospital at the moment as she had a fight with snowflake and came off worse for wear.She is doing fine now but I can't put her back in the aviary as snowflake has eggs. Thanks for the reply

This is Rocky,please excuse the poor photos but she is hard to photograph.Has anybody got any idea about genetics.I bought her thinking it was a boy,but of course it is a girl,she has layed eggs.

carrot faces are sooooo cute.I love oh oh he is stunning.

Thanks bubbles,I thought this was the case,only a few weeks to go. Yippee new babies for the new year.I think I will be spending lots of time at home. (Laughing out loud) Thanks again and Merry christmas

Here lies the problem Snowflake has 6 eggs She is in an aviary situation and I wanted to know if I move her and her mate into a breeding cage will she still brood on her eggs.I have other budgies I want to put back into the aviary and was wondering if this would work.I don't want to put the other birds back in as she has already lost a baby to another female that I took out earlier in the year. I am happy to leave her though and the other birds are quite alright in quarratine cages. This way I could also keep an eye on the babies and stop the other females breeding by removing the nest boxes from the aviary. Will be rethinking aviary/breeding cages thing next year and definately making changes from lessons learnt this year. :angel1:

Zai isn't his brother,the other baby(Popp) still hasn't left the nesting box.Zai is small and has something wrong with his feathers.He has been seen by a vet but we don't know why his feathers don't grow properly. Bubbles do you know when I can take Tweety away from his parents,how will I know that he is eating by himself?

This is so exciting,baby Tweety has been flying around in the aviary.Here are some pics of his first adventures. Look at me,I'm a big budgie now!!! I still go home to see Mum though,when I'm hungry! (Laughing out loud) Help dad Zai is trying to push me off!! Back in my spot,thanks Dad!

I was trying to reply to this post when my computer froze and then I couldn't get back onto the forum for days.Very frustrating.Anyway here are the pics of Mum and Dad and Tweety is flying in the aviary as of yesterday.Very exciting!!!!!! Here is tweety and poppy again Tweety was a surprise as I didn't know dad was split lutino.

that is so sad Karen.I feel so lucky both my babies sre doing well. Sending you [{hugs}]

How cute,maybe you should get a green and red one for christmas colours.(Laughing out loud)

Hi guys,thanks for your replies.Tweety use to bite us but has now stopped and will sit in your hand if you quietly talk to him and he loves scratchies.Poppy was quiet but now does the biting which stops after awhile.Their parents are mossey and Fluro.Dad is a normal green and Mum is a lutino. I appreciate your replies.