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2 Male budgies and cage for sale. $45. The sky blue budgie is much bigger than the yellow one but doesn’t look like it in the pictures. Pick up is from Marleston, 5033. Adelaide http://i225.photobuc...1229_111454.jpg http://i225.photobuc...1229_111527.jpg http://i225.photobuc...1229_111545.jpg

Hi kaz, I got some more pics of the black headed baby that you said isnt an opaline.... I took a few pics off its cere and hoping you can tell the sex for me. The pics arent too good, but hopefully you can get an idea..... One picture ( the LAST ONE ) was taken with the flash on and the others with it off. This last one is the flash picture - I think.... Im hoping its a male, but going by things ive seen online im swaying towards female.... thanks

okay thanks.... I will put some new pics up tomorrow of the one with the black head.....hopefully i can get a good picture of the cere so you can determine the sex for me.... So, if the black head one isnt opaline, any ideas on what it is based on the previous pics, or do you need more close ups of its back and front ? cheers

Hi Kaz, thanks for your reply... wow, so i possibly could have a male ? wow i hope so. which one isnt opaline ? the one with the pinky coloured head or the one with the black coloured head...... once i know that i will get some more pics of that one.... thanks again. jason

Hi, Just wanted to get an update / opinion on my new babies..... Kaz kindly informed me that they were both female, but Im a little confused about the difference between the 2..... Once again here is the Dad Mum and dad The 2 babies, photo taken today. one is 17 days old and the other is 16 days old. The one the pinky white head is the oldest at 17 days old and the one with the black looking head is 16 days old..... Im assuming they are both going to be Blue like the mother, but Im confused as to why one has a pinky white looking head and the other has a black - grey looking head... Thanks, jason

Hi Kaz, I find the genetic side of budgies very confusing...... I have no idea if thedad is split for blue. ...I could find out from the lady i got them from, she willdefinitely know.. When you say that white down makes them female, does that mean all baby budgiewith white down will be female ? Also, if she does breed again sometime in the future, does that mean i will getall females again ? Thanks again, jason

Hi Kaz, Firstly, i Just want to thank you again for all the help andadvise you gave me with my 1st time breeding, It helped a lot... Just a recap for you in regards to the 7 eggs the hen laid. EGGS 1st Born 17th June 6am 2nd Born 18th June 6am 3rd Born 18th June – 3pm ( Premature, very small, yellow belly – Dead 19th June 8am ) 4th Born 21 June (Died 24th June 3pm – had not been fee bythe hen ) 5th wasnt fertile Henchucked it out the box 6th not fertile I removed it from the box. 7th Dead in shell, I removed it from box So basically I ended up with 2 babies from the 7 eggs. Bothseem very healthy and are doing well I guess it's not a really good result from 7 eggs, but Imvery happy I have 2 babies. By the way, The cock and hen are both 1sttime parents. So, Here are the pics I promised. Here is the Cock Here is the Hen. I couldnt manage to get a picture of her with a normal camera, so these pics are taken from my webcam which is hidden in the room. here are the 2 babies, taken today. They are 11 and 12 days old.. Any Idea on what type of colour they will be ? All blue like the hen, all yellow like the cock, or a mixture of both ? if I take a picture of the babies cere in a few days, will you also be able to tell the sex ? Or is it too early to tell ? Jason

Yeah I think a jar feeder is a good option, thanks

Hi, I seem to be waisting quite a bit of seed everyday.. I usually just half fill their bowl and change it the next day....... i know you can blow off the husks of the top, but i like to change it everyday....... So whats a good amount to give the birds per day.... i read that 2 teaspoons per bird is a good amount...... is this correct ? thanks Jason

I have a webcam set up in the spare room and finally got some video of the birds mating.... Video 1 video 2 would those 2 short mating sessions be enough to fertilise the hen, or will they need to do it much more often......... Shes been going in the nestbox quite a bit but only stays in there a little while then come back out....... The male has never been inside, he seems afraid to go in......is this normal ? he does sit up on the perch near the entrance but she oftens chases him away Jason

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Hi, Just got a question regarding scaley face as its a very new topic for me...... I recently bought a male and female from a breeder..... The day i picked up the birds the lady told me SOME of the birds in her aviary had scaley face, but she had recently treated all the infected birds..... Im not sure if the ones she sold me had scaley face or not..... Im pretty sure the male doesn't have it as he looks fine to me..... However, Im not sure about the hen.... I know a healthy hen can get a crusty looking cere which my hen seems to have.........but im unsure how to tell the difference between a normal crusty cere on a hen , and a hen that has early signs of scaley face...... Ive been looking online to see what birds look like with scaley face and the pics i saw were pretty obvious as the pics were of severe cases......but what about early signs of infection..... Ive attached a picture of my hen.... its not a very good picture but hopefully its okay to determine if shes fine ... If you need a better picture let me know and i will try to get a clearer shot * Also, in the picture of the Hen, theres a little brown spot on her beak, just under the cere* ....Just wondering what that is also.... Im pretty sure the male is fine, but will show a picture of him too Thanks Jason.

Hi, I was visting a breeder the other day to look at some of his birds... He got two birds out the aviary that were paired up and put them into a breeding cage.... before he put them in there, he turned them upside down and plucked out quite a few feathers near their vent area.... I asked why he did this and he said, he does it with all the birds he puts into breeding cages....Im still not sure why he done this.....Does anyone else ever do this ? Thanks Jason

Hi, Not sure if i posted this in the correct section... What type of budgie is my male.. Thanks, Jason

Hi, No, I havent been letting him out since i put in the female..... The only time i go in there at the moment is to change the seed and water etc.... The male seemed quite anxious for the first week when i came in the room, but now has settled down

Hi, Ive had my male budgie since 9 weeks of age. hes now 2yrs 9months old and has been by himself all this time...He is very tame, speaks alot and bonded with me.. I want to breed him.... I was speaking to a guy who breeds budgies and he told me that my male budgie probably wont ever breed as hes been by himself for so long and probably wont know what to do...... Is this true ? Has anyone ever had a very tame budgie that is bonded with them, and has also sucessfully bread ? Thanks Jason

Budgies come into condition when all things are right..............health, food and interest related to the season. A budgie would breed all year round if they could and were in condition. We can affect them being in breeding condition by good food, good conditions and keeping them in good health. By the way........your breeding cage is very good :rofl: Hi, I have a few more questions please as I want to learn as much as possible.. :rofl: You confirmed that it looks like she may be about to go out of breeding condition..... You then said try her without a nest box for a few weeks...... Does that mean it’s possible for her to go back into breeding condition in 3 or 4 weeks ? Also, what does removing the nest box actually do ? I will remove it,,,, but I’m just curious as to why you would need to remove ? Thanks jason

The females cere is at the stage where the brownish wrinkly part is about to peel off and reveal the whitish blue that indicates going out of condition. I suggest removing the nestbox and waiting. okay, I will remove the breeding box and wait...... what exactly do you mean by waiting ? Until spring 2011 ? I read that "Budgies only come into breeding condition certain times of the year. This seems to coincide with the Australian spring/summer " So if its spring now, and shes going out of condition, do you mean to wait until spring next year ? Im really confused now, as the breeder I bought her from told me she was in condition... :rofl: Thanks

we dont need to be comparing your piks to another website to know what we are talking about here :rofl: Im sure you dont need to. I was just trying to be helpful. :rofl: anyway, here are 2 better shots of the females cere.

The Male is 2 years 9 months, and the female is 1 year 2 months old Yes, Ive done Plenty of research from various different web sites..... I seem to keep getting conflicting information though, thus the reason im also asking here.....

Hi, I would like some help please to determine if my male and female are in breeding condition.... Im pretty sure the female is, but not 100% sure about the male... I was looking at this website as it has lots of different pics regarding breeding condition. http://www.birds-online.de/allgemein/geschlecht_en.htm The reason I'm unsure about my male is his cere doesnt look as dark blue all over like the pics at that website..... to me it seems a a blueish / purple colour ? ? Can you please have a look at my pics then compare them to the above website pics......... please advise about the female too. Also,,,, I have no idea exactly what varieities this male and female are so can please tell me that too.... If these 2 birds were to breed , what colour would the babies be ? Thank you, Jason This is him when i got him at 9 weeks old Now this is the female... it was hard to get a direct front picture of her,,,so hope you can tell This is their current cage Moderator’s Message Changed pls to please. Only use approved shortcuts as listed in the forum guidelines.

Hi, Thanks for your comment, i was starting to feel disheartened thinking they wont become friends because hes too bonded with me.....but if youve had success there is some hope...... from the pics ive seen online about budgies in breeding condition http://www.birds-online.de/allgemein/geschlecht_en.htm ,,,im pretty sure the female is in breeding condition....Im not too sure about the male though.... those pics from the site are a little hard to work out for sure..... No, i dont have mirrors in the cage, but ive dowloand some budgie mating noice from utube which i have been playing on loop....so it sounds like theres lots of budgies around constantly....the nest box is towards the top of the cage..... the female hasnt been in it.....the male half stuck his head in but just to chew the wood

Hi, I have male budgie that i got from a breeder when it was 7 weeks old..... He's now 2yrs 9 months old. He's bonded with me and is very tame and talks a LOT. I recently bought a female budgie from the same breeder and she is 1yr 2 months old. I did the 30 day quarantine with her and have now put them in the same cage as i hope to breed them...... the first 2 days they stayed completely away from each other........on the 3rd day i saw a brief ( 4 seconds )kissing , or tapping beaks between them, initiated by the male.....then they went back to opposite sides of the cage again.... Since then i haven't seen the male do the beak tapping again,,,,, and when the female did get semi close to him, he jumps down from the perch and runs from her... they have now been in the same cage for 7 days and still most of the time they stay on separate sides of the cage with their backs facing each other.... I know it's only early days, but i was starting to get worried that they don't like each other and never will ??? how long does it usually take for a male and female budgie to bond together ? Thanks, Jason