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Hey Marlo and Charlie. Great to see you. Thanks for the update on Charlie. So pleased he is doing well.

Looking good - I hope all goes well

What a fright The little boy who was killed by a falling gate here in SA 2 days ago was best friends with my young cousin . Life is so precious and it can be taken in a whisker of time. Treasure every moment

Yes it's quite normal. not all budgies do it, but he is just getting carried away with his flirting

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Very exciting We did things to get a girl too. Gender of the fetus is decided purely on the male sperm, no diet you eat will change that. Personally I put it all down to timing - worked for us. Male sperm is smaller and faster than female sperm, but the male sperm tends to die sooner too. The idea is at ovulation to have as many living female sperm as possible and as little male sperm. This is normally archived by regular (daily) intercourse up to 3 days before ovulation and then none thereafter until at least 24 hours after ovulation is complete. Some men just don't have much sperm of a particular gender, so despite all your efforts you could still get a boy. Good luck and i hope it works.

Thanks Elly. Here in SA spring is about the only time a garden looks any good. Come summer it will all be dead Hence, why I LOOOOOOVEE spring SW, blossoms are so lovely, i bet they fill your garden with their sweet sent - Bumble bees are so cute - we dont have them here. thanks for shearing them

(((BIGGEST HUGS AGAIN))) I am so sorry

Personally, If you dont want the opaline gene, dont breed with any opalines and use all normals with your spangles.

WOW!! This bub is going to win you some prizes - I can feel it :D

I'll get a better picture tomorrow - It was an excited rushed photo ???

BIGGEST HUGS!!

Here is a great link with videos on the different stages and types of candled eggs ---- > HERE Here is a quote from a site i found while looking into another topic A symptom of Canker ---> HERE

From the site i just gave before....

Get a little LED torch. I got an energizer key chain torch from big W (about $13) and i candle the eggs in the nest, Just place the light next to the egg and you will see right through it. no need to touch or move the egg. The below egg is one that was laid by one of my hens today so you can not see any veins or spots etc. However it has a double yolk so if i am lucky might get twings

Sorry Big Ash, your images didn't work, could you post them again please.

Always tap on the box before you open it and as you open the box, gently encourage her to move aside of hop out he box - careful she doesnt panic and scramble the eggs. She will get used to you checking (i do it 2-3 times a day) and it will make checking the babies easy as they should trust you more by then

You did great with the egg candling . what you describe is fertile and developing eggs

Here is a great link on Canker ---> HERE

that would be so exciting to get twins :D I know the reality of them developing and hatching is slim - it's so great having help so readily available

There are huge debates about seed vs pellets. Neither is wrong nor right. Personally i don't feed pellets. I prefer to feed seed and vegetables.

I LOOOOOVE spring and i thought it would be nice to share some of the beautiful flowers that are blooming at the moment Here are some from my garden

LADY laid a double yolked egg today Its a lot bigger than the others and i can clearly see 2 yolks when i candle it. Picture You can better see the shadow of the 2 yolks when the image is smaller

Photos would help a lot