Kylie Chappell

I have a similar little boy I ended up naming Jezza (after Alex Jesaulenko, if anyone knows their AFL!)

okay, can someone please tell me what is going on with my little girl? I know she is supposed to be an opaline, but she is getting darker and darker as she is getting older, both her back and her face . . . . .

No, he is in quarantine at the moment, these pictures were taken while he was still in the cage at the Queen Victoria Market . . . thank you for your concern anyhow, it's nice to be reminded of such necessities every now and then. :fear

Everyone, I would like to introduce you to the newest member of my feathered family. . . This is M.J. The name may be either temporary or permanent, I'm not sure yet. When I put him in my transport cage, he took a ferw steps forward on the floor of the cage, and theh he proceeded to MOONWALK! Hence the initials M.J! When I saw him down at the Queen Victoria Market, I just wanted to pick him up and cuddle him. You know that look when they 'look' fluffy, but aren't 'sick' fluffy? Yeah, well . . . Anyhow, you all know I am also very partial to the yellowfaces, although the only ones I have at the moment are type 2's . . .

Yes, my littlest girl isn't so little any more, but, of course, just as flighty as ever. But she has changed - she has gone from this to this Any thoughts? I thought she was an opaline? Is she just very heavily marked now she has been through her 6 month moult? This is her mother, Olive (actually a grey-green) and as for the dad, we were sure it was a non-green spangle opaline, and the only one in the aviary at the time was Jezza . . .

Name : Kylie Ann Chappell Location : Melbourne Australia Email : kylie_gary@ihug.com.au Cobalt is a cobalt Australian Banded Pied budgie that I have had for a couple of years. I went through a phase of naming after colour/mutation and gemstones. Hence the name . . . Cobalt is an English budgie, and quite a docile bird. I was originally trying to set up an aviary with no green series birds (which didn't happen, obviously) as at the time I wasn't overly keen on your average green budgie - but they grew on me! But this picture took ages, because he's such a fast mover!

What? No spangle opalines? But they're my favourite!!!

What are the possible outcomes for either of these pairings? Moody Blue (Cobalt Spangle Opaline) with Stoney (Normal Mauve) Yes, he really is THAT dark! OR Moody Blue (Cobalt Spangle Opaline) with Cobalt (Dominant Pied) Come to think of it, in that picture I just realised he is clearflighted . . . and just for fun, here is another picture of Cobalt that I like . . .

Awww, he's the spitting image of my Fluoro . . .

Hehehe, that pair looks familiar . . . Introducing a newly bonded pair, Lavendar (Male - Rec. Pied) and Jerri (Female - Sky Cinnamon) I have also caught them in a photo, 'doing the deed', but Lavendar seemed unphased by the camera and kept going! Decided not to put the picture on the forum though, but if you scout around my photobucket album you'll find it . . .

okay . . . .Let me just take that gorgeous Yellowface Opaline off your hands . . .

As a postscript, I'd better put in that the 2nd green (Wriglet) went to a new home and is adapting very well with another budgie friend to play with. Also, Mumbles' nestmate, Snuggles, the grey SF spangle, somehow escaped from the aviary a couple of weeks ago. No idea how, but being only a few moths of age, and where we are situated (Fawkner/Glenroy), there are a lot of crows, etc around, and really do not hold out much hope for his survival. :fear

This is a new addition to the family. I'd had my eye on her for a week or so before I lost Fluoro, at the local Pets Paridise at Broadmeadows. I knew I had to have her when she was still there on Saturday, as rough-looking as before. She looked a little picked on, looks relatively healthy otherwise, but will stay in quarantine for a month anyway. At The Seed Dish On My Perch See My Poor Scruffy Chest? Close Up! Who Couldn't Love This Face? I believe her to be a YF Type 2, as she has blue underwings, and the only feather she lost whilst I was putting her in the cage was a cobalt blue colour (Though I can't hold her long enough to get a picture of that yet). PS - "How did she get the name FeBi?" I hear you ask. . . . SHE BIT ME THROUGH THE BOX!!! :fear: Sooooo, she is a little Feisty Bi***!

okay, Some pics for you all to drool over . . . Fuji - Is This My Best Side? Cheeky Fuji - Looking Mischievious Headless Budgie! Just Kidding, It's Fuji Having A Scratch! Moody Blue - I Didn't Do It, Mum! Honest! Moody Blue - Is This My Cute Side? Mumbles Cute Little Shadow 1 Cute Little Shadow 2 Cute 'Little' Sprinter (See MY Pudgie Budgie?!?!?) :(Laughing out loud): Sprinter - I'm Ready For My Close-Up Now Sprinter's Back Pattern 1 Sprinter's Back Pattern 2

Hehehe. . . I'm not saying being a pudgie budgie is a bad thing, Mr Blinkie, I just think there is just more to cuddle when you have a pudgie budgie in the house. . . Will try and post a recent picture of one of my current season babies, Sprinter. Now SHE'S a really pudgie budgie!!

Amethyst

Opal

I think the closest you can get to this (at the moment) is the black faced anthracite (but can't get either mutation in Australia). Anthracite : http://www.budgieplace.com/c_anthracite.html Black Face : http://www.budgieplace.com/c_blackface.html I was talking to a friend tonight, and he told me that when his father bred budgies years ago, he bred an albino that had pink feathers under the wings . . . :blush:

Emerald

*giggles* PUDGIE BUDIE!!! Hehehe, don't mind me . . . too much coffee . . .

Name : Brownie Type : YellowFace Type 2 cobalt Other Mutation/s : Cinnamon Gender : Female Passed over the Rainbow Bridge 2005 Name : Ocean Type : YellowFace Type 2 cobalt (perhaps also violet) Other Mutation/s : Single Factor Spangle Gender : Female Passed over the Rainbow Bridge 2006 And, of course . . . Name : (Crazy Little) Squirt (Squirtles) Type : YellowFace Type 2 Other Mutation/s : Ino Gender : Male/Female? Still a little uncertain . . .

Budgie's Name : Rossi ( Named after Francis Rossi from Status Quo) Budgie Slave's Name : Kylie Chappell Location : Melbourne Victoria, Australia Email Address : kylie_gary@ihug.com.au okay, this is Rossi, one of my crazy budgies. in his bath while wrestling with his pet (plastic) spider . . .By The Way, this is how he gets his back wet when he has a bath . . . he rolls over! Image Address : http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/kyl...6;/DCP_1010.jpg

I noticed a few things . . . Yes, the grey is a nicer feathered bird, but I believe it has dropped wings, as well as having a 'bump' on the lower back, as the green bird has a much nicer stance. As for the 'looking at the trees' comment, I believe the perches in the grey's cage are too close together, therefore not confoming to the cage standard, and may had been disqualified, perhaps?

Yeah, I have a creamino that was given to me as the hen was attacking due to wanting to lay another round. This is Squirt, and this is the only picture I have hosted at the moment, all the rest are on my computer at home. Will try to get some 'early days' pics, when he came to me all scrawny and with hardly any feathers. . .

Sunshine hasn't had a mate yet, but I would really like to pair him off with Olive, mainly for size reasons. Fluoro was bonded with a cobalt opaline hen named (what else but!) Opal, who has sadly since passed away. paired with They produced one chick - Wriggles I'm sure it was love at first sight when he met his futune 'wife' when he was just 6 weeks of age! His wife was named Cheese, and so far they have has one clutch of 3 chicks, Moody Blue, Wriglet, and Fuji. As for naming the chicks, Moody Blue was giving smooches when she decided I needed a lip piercing and wouldn't let go, Wriglet is the spitting image of his father, Wriggles, at the same age, personality and all, and as for Fuji, let's just say it involves a reverse cycle air conditioner. . . .