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Probably having the 'old' pair in contact still isn't a good idea. Most likely they'll continue their relationship 'through the bars' and will never pair with the new birds you have put them with. If you want to persist with re-bonding them, you'll need to separate them completely. Good Luck!
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Hi Scala, Welcome to the gang. I just know you'll have an awesome time with budgies and with us! Good luck!
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Hi Vari, Welcome to the gang! Love your two gorgeous babies. I have a bird that's just as lazy as your cock. My Mum calls him "Stuffy". Haha. Has yours got a name? Hope you have fun here. Katie
A2 A1 A1 showing some blue pin feathers!!!! SOOO excited!
Of course you'd want to make sure the paint and everything was safe (and create a smaller door somewhere!!!!) But it LOOKs amazing!
Hi and welcome to the gang! Hope you have an awesome time here.
We brought the budgies inside for the first time today for just a few moments after I'd cleaned out the nest box.
A1 A2 At Home
Hi bigfatbudgie, welcome to the show!!!!!! I hope you have a great time here with us.
Even at that age JB you can see a whiter cere for female and a pinker one for the boys. Hen chicks also seem to have more bulbous cere and larger nostrils. Boys have smaller nostrils usually. There are some great examples in the section of sexing budgies on this forum. You are not always right but the more you practice the easier it seems. In my experience the darker skin usually results in normal budgies black barring and the pink will be a lighter bird like a dilute, clear wing, ino etc. Huh! That's cool Kaj. Thanks for going into the effort to find that. I will surely try and practice that. I love learning new things about budgies
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Just by looking at when A1 hatched, I would take a guess that at a MAX the last egg would have a week to go. One of them I'm pretty certain is 'past it's due date' - probably unfertilised. The other is a mystery! I'm just going to have to wait it out and see what happens. I'm all prepared to hand raise if I have to but as you said, hopefully not. Thankfully, I do have the time and whatever to commit to that as I'm working at home at the moment. Hopefully one day soon I'll be able to breed more then one pair. At the moment I only have four adult budgies and the other two had no interest at all in each other. Next time. How do you ever have any clue as to their sex at this age?!?! You're amazing! Haha she does look like she is wearing eye-shadow doesn't she! lol Hey, does the colour of their skin give any indication as to what colouring they'll be. Like A1 has rather dark, greyish colouring on his head and wings while A2 is a constant pink. Just wondering.
A1 A2
Hi All, In the past in my averys, I have had budgies and King Quail together for years with absolutely no problem. At the moment I don't have any quail and I have just located some for sale nearby but they are Japanese Quail rather then King Quail. I'm just wondering if there is anyone here who can advise me on the difference and put me at rest as to whether they can live harmoniously with budgies. My avery is equipped with nice quaily hiding places and grass and places to dust-bath ect. I've kept them before I just need to know about the different species. Thank you!
A1 - Is going to be yellow by the looks of things. I was hoping for some blues but... that's okay! A2 - no idea but looking healthy and happy
I heard that if the budgies have a place to go where they can actually hide and can get out of sight of the butcher bird or whatever then they'll be safe.
while I was cleaning the nest box out big brother, A1 - notice the pin feathers starting to come through
This morning when I was feeding and watching my birdies, I noticed that Billy seemed to have a sore eye. The first thing I noticed was that he was keeping it closed most of the time. When he did open it a little, the actual eye looked a light brown colour instead of a deep black. It does not look swollen and he seems his normal cheerful self. I have included some photos just incase any of you know what this might be. He is quarantined at the moment while being treated for scaly-face. his good eye
Hi Kaj, Thanks for your reply. I had a bit of a look at the eggs this morning. One I'm pretty sure is fertile and the other I'm not sure about. I do know that one egg was laid very late compared to the others - it was a surprise. So perhaps that is the fertile one. I'll leave them and see I guess. Will there be a problem with having a new-hatch in a nest with two week-old plus chicks? I've been thinking about and preparing to take the two older chicks out and hand-feed them while the younger one gets big enough to hold it's own if I need to. Is that a good plan? I've never had to handraise a 'normal' budgie before. (I did keep a deformed one alive for a while but sadly it died.) Thanks in advance for your advice!
This looks like fun. Like JimmyBanks I left for a long long time (shame on me) and I've just recently come back and am surprised at how little activity there is. Back in the 'good old days', no matter what time of the year it was there was always something going on. Well, here's a little about me. How long have you been a member of the forum for? Since 31 May 2007 which makes it almost exactly 7 years! WOW! (I have a silver wings post award from way back then too!) How long have you kept budgies for? Probably eight years I'm guessing, i'm not entirely sure on that. What is your favourite mutation? Um...any! Lutinos are goregeous but perhaps a skyblue pied might have to take the cake. Blue or Green Series? Yeah, blue. How many birds do you keep at the moment? Four + two chicks and two eggs What do you prefer Pet or Show type? Pet. What got you into budgies? No idea! Just wanted a pet I guess. I've never looked back since!