Dave_McMinn

Another cold day in here sydney, so it is hard to tell how the hatchlings are going. this is mainly due to protective mothers. Milly and Humphrey have 2 as best as I can tell. Milly is a docile mother, she will sit on her young and eggs maintaining their warmth regardless of knocking on a nestbox or strange faces appearing. Sebby and Cheese have 3 - this I am sure of as when i knock, Sebby scurries out of the nest box and lets me look in. She is the only one that moves. Angel and Hugo look to have stopped at 6 eggs. Angel is a very protective mother, not only does she not leave with polite tapping, or any tapping really, she will squawk like mad and will look to nibble on your finger if you get too close. Tralia and Nibbler have 3, maybe 4 eggs. Tralia is sitting on the eggs well. She is very protective and has stopped being so flighty. She hardly appears to leave the enst box now. She has learnt bad habits as well. Tralia is the daughter of Angel, and her temperament is like her mother. She is a squawker and will bite if given half a chance - (Laughing out loud). Nibbler is the son of milly, but his temperament does not come from his mother, bu then his father was also calm. Must be an expectant Dad thing.

Norm, do you ahve any pics of a blue series TCB? I would love to see what one looked like. Could you explain it? I cannot even picture it

Any pics? What colours did you put with what colours? Share please?!?!?!?!

Awesome looking birds Kaz. I had no lacewings in my aviary. I have never seen a lacewing with such dark wings before. Amazing!!

sounds like everything is going well,Dave. i would be happy to help out if you need somewhere for your young to live.i have a new aviary that needs filling. :hap: Hi Deb, I am quite willing to give some away to good homes. I would rather give them to good homes rather than sell them to pet shops. When more hatch, I will let you know what we have, and then we will see. I will keep your offer in mind. Cold day here in Sydney, so when i checked on the little ones, I could not see any as Milly and Sebby were both spread out over the eggs and checks keeping them warm. Good mums.

hi and welcome

Hello Kaz, Thankyou and yes that was me on the weekend, I hope to take some better pics of my better birds but its a bit hot... Good to have you here Rob. I am the lady you met with the hearse :bluebudgie: Lady Death I presume, come to claim my soul????

Congrast Ikon. It really is bubby budgie central at the moment. Which is good. I need to decide what to so with some of the young though. I am not going to keep them all. Sell some, and possibly give away a few. Depends on the colours. part of me is hoping that Sebby has laid some dud eggs - (Laughing out loud)

I was mistaken on the last update as Milly must have been keeping one of her little ones warm. one egg was indeed missing, but that egg had hatched, Milly was sitting with the little one tucked underneath so it was warm. So it stands at milly and humprhey - 2 young, 3 unhatched eggs sebby and cheese - 2 young, 6 unhatched eggs angel and hugo - 6 unhatched eggs tralia and nibbler - 3 unhatched eggs All is going well

Name: Zeus Mutation: Yellow face II sky blue? others: carried the violet factor passed away late 2007 Aphrodite Mutation: Yellow face II sky blue (just like Dad) other mutations: nonw known Athena Mutation: yellow face II sky blue Other mutations: non known passed away early 2008 at the back of this picture Beauty Mutation: Yello face I cobalt Indpendence Mutation Golden Face II Mauve Tralia Mutation Yellow Face II Mauve Other mutations: Cinnamon Wing Spangle Ozzy Mutation Yellow Face II sky blue other mutations: spangle/split to cinnamon Flew away early 2007 Macaroni Mutation yellow face II other mutations: sky blue recessive pied Cheese Mutation yellow face II other mutations: sky blue recessive pied at the front of this picture Brewster mutation: golden face II cobalt blue

I think you are right with your comments Kaz. I look at my aviary now and I definitely do like the show type birds mroe than the pet types. I have decided that after Sebby and Cheese have this clutch, then there will be no more breeding of pet type budgies. As for the bigger aviary, whilst i would love to, not possible due to council regulations. Might need to move house. Hmmmmm.... not a bad idea. I will keep you posted.

Do all "good gened" babies have feathers like that? Not sure I have ever seen that before

Honestly, I did very little - (Laughing out loud). Really looking forward to more hatchlings, and from all parents now. WE ARE A GO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Like i said Kaz, this guy had some good birds. Good of him to let me get these. I was impressed with what he had

They are hilarious. hail did nto worry them, in fact, they thrived. As for the sending of the rain, perhaps you should be asking mackay and Rockhampton residents

Bought some new additions today - they are in quarantine Oscar is the grey whilst Wilde is the Green Oscar Wilde Wilde is a little older, Oscar is only a year old.

Today we had a massive thunderstorm, rain, hail, thunder, lighting, the works. I love storms, so do my birds. To that extent, I tried to get some pics of them enjoying the rain. During the storm, the rainbow appeared. Scramble for some to try to get wet Result - some soaked birds Peggy Independence Venus - hiding at the back

okay, new update with pics included. Sebby and Cheese now have 2 bubs. they are working 100% so far. They are so little, pet budgies breeding, damn my soft heart!!!!!! Milly and Humphrey have their first. They had much bigger eggs, so I expect a bigg bird. Humprhey is strutting like I have never seen strut before - funny old fellow is Humprhey. Just noticed that one of Milly's eggs cannot be seen in the photo. She might be sitting on that one. not sure. She has never eaten one, and it is not on the cage floor. I would say she is giving one extra attention. I was unsure if Hugo and Angel would work well together, but I am so pleased I paired them now. Angel is very aggressive, protective mother, so I was unable to get a shot. Good news is that she has 6 eggs, and they are all fairly large, like Milly's. hope they get Dad's size, and his sweet temperament - (Laughing out loud). Tralia and Hugo now seem to have they hang of this egg thing. They now have 3 eggs, as canbe seen in this blurry picture. Sorry, try better next time.

What exactly does this mean? Everyone skimmed over this. do you mean that budgies do not need to be quarantined?

Egg update Sebby now has 7 eggs, and 1 little bub. I had forgotten how small the newborns are. Milly still have 5 eggs Angel is very protective - she will nip and screech to get you to stop lloking in her nestbox. No leaving, jsut noise and a show - 4 eggs, at least Tralia - 2 eggs now.

I will take new pics in a couple of days, that way i can wait to see if some new little ones are born

Welcome to the forum. Your pied looks very cute, however it is hard to tell if it is recessive or dominant at the moment. Though an early guess of recessive has my money. Would love to see some better photos of Frodo.

It is pretty exciting.

i would love to, but the bloody council - boo hiss, boo hiss

You know, that is not a bad idea, not the budgie ****, but the webcam. part of me thinks that is great. I could do that. Anyway, that is for another day as there is even better news. I did a check of the nest boxes when I came home. Sebby and Cheese have 8 eggs with the first is due to hatch Sunday 24th February. This is all she will lay, so it is a waiting game now. Milly and Humprhey have 5 eggs with the first is due to hatch Sunday 24th February. This is all she will lay, so it is a waiting game now. Angel and Hugo have 4 eggs with the first due to hatch on 10th March. Angel may lay more eggs, so we will see what happens here. Tralia and Nibbler have their first egg - woohoo - layed today. I am so excited. This is such great news. I am so pleased. 24 days from now is the 16th march, so here's hoping all is good, with many more eggs to be layed from this pair.