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I would love to know how you can tell the sex ..... whats the trick ?

I took about 10 of funky and he moved in every one of them, I didn't want to bug him too much.So next question ..... would they be happy in the cage with mum and dad (will probably give bluey away) I have a home for two of them but I have a blue (dad) allready and mum (green cinamon wing) so I would love to keep the 3 different ones (snowey, nugget, funky) can't choose the 2nd to give away. And if I do give 2 away should I get mates for the 2 I keep or are they happy with mum and dad. Lets face it its no fun to live with mum and dad all your life espically without a mate. yeh it's very deep, deeper than the lenght of the cage I had the 2 in before the egg saga started. They love it they can fly, for the first time, they used to climb everywhere or jump in the old cage. yeh it's very deep, deeper than the lenght of the cage I had the 2 in before the egg saga started. They love it they can fly, for the first time, they used to climb everywhere or jump in the old cage. By they way love your birds, pop is beautiful, what is his colour called.next question .... I saw mum and dad mate today.....what can I do to stop any more eggs? Snowey and Bluey were out of the breeding box this morning when I got up for the first time (so I put them back) but the other two are too young to take out. I have also put in (2day) a cut away inverted ice cream container for them for when they do come out. What can I do to stop more eggs ?Stop press, I just read someone elses posting asking the same question about over active males..... so thanks, you helped and you don't even know it. But still want to know if my 4 young hens need mates of are they happy living with mum and dad (I wouldnt be)

Wow thanks once again Kaz, your tips are so helpfull, you have no idea how much you have had to do with this clutch. Everyone on this site is so helpfull, but your tips inparticular have really worked. I used one today, I put the cut away inverted ice cream container in the cage because 2 of my babies were out for the first time this morning when I got up ( I put them back in the breeding box ). I've posted some more photos in another topic, and asked (lots) more questions too, could you take a look and give me your advice please.

Funky Bluey Nugget Snowey hope these are good enough to sex them, one of them (funky) kept moving.

thanks,still having trouble with photo bucket, but I will try to put on some pics of my babies, last night I was told what colours they are called but was told to sex them I would need pics of the crere's so I'll give it a go

Just updating on last nights questions..... is this a better picture of my cage set up. hope I can work the photobucket thing http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/[/img] http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/[/img]

wow what beautiful birds .... thanks, I never knew there where so many kinds of budgiesThat is the cage ( same dealer too ) got mine cheeper than the one I just coppied the photo off ( makes me feel good ) thanks guys for the tips.by the way my blue budgie's head is heaps bigger than dads, he stuck his head out the hole of the breeding box and dad was right next to him, is that just like a fat todler thing ? or is he just a fat head ?

I'll take some pics and put them on tommrow ( I hope ) when I get to work at about 6ish. I have rolled oats and wood shavings in the box, do I just scatter seed in there or use a soy sauce dish? I have some milk bickey stuff ( cant remember what its called ), I got incase mum and dad wouldnt feed them ( lucky I didnt need it )I dont think I'll breed anymore (didnt plan this lot )this is a picture of the same cage off ebay (easy cut and paste ) cant really see though, you probably need to see birds in it to gauge the size. http://www.gtmall.com.au/shop/images/bird002.jpg

I read some tips from Kaz on using a ice cream container with a arch cut in it when they come out of the breeding box, any more tips, what to feed them etc. The frist one was hatched (blue) on the 18th feb, when do they come out of the box ? noone said if my cage was big enough for 6 birds.

Hope tis works its a picture of mum and dad in their old cage taken after the first egg was laid.I thought you couldn't tell from the crere untill they were older, or is there a trick to it?

cool, my cage is 178cm H x 100cm W x 60cm L , had to look at the add of the same one I got on ebay ... it's big. hope its big enough.. you guys have all been so helpfull, right from the fist egg. I've really enjoyed the whole baby thing I love just watching them. any tips on training? mum and dad will sit on my hand and eat carrot tops, but thats it soo far.mum is a green cinamon wing ( Kaz told me ) and dad is the same blue as the blue baby. Jimmy what do lacewings and texas clearboys look like ? and which ones would you breed with them ? For future reference. I've allready had my life taken over by these budgies ( so much for a pet for my daughter ) now I spend ages every morning grating carrot, cutting apple, a few mung beans and carrot tops, fresh seed and water, millet spray, cleaning the cage and breeding box ( full time job )

are any of them harder to get than the others, might affect which ones I keep. How long till I can tell the sex ? I read the forums on the behaviour (sex wise) but I don't trust myself to guess. I would like to have pairs, if that is the done thing to make them happy.

sorry for my stupidity but which is which, you'll have to dumb it down for me .. i.e. the white one is called .... the yellow one is called ... etc. sorry didnt see last post

I have homes for 2 of them and I'm going to keep 2 ..... but which ones ..... any sugestions ... I would also like to get 2 new mates for the 2 I keep, now that my cage is sooo huge I have room for lots. Is that the right thing to do ? do they need mates or are they happy with each other and mum and dad ? I just want them to be happy.

Thanks Jimmy banks for all your help ..... now does anyone know what the names of my budgie colours are ? I'd love to know, I'm amazed at the different colours I got.

Im at work and we cant download any programs ..... the third photo was an old one I posted of the parents in one of my first post on here, to see if my cage set up was okay.. now I have a new cage it's huge (on wheels )last attempt at the pics of mum and dad "sunny and Rodger " named by my 9 yrs old daughter.havnt named the babies yet [/img]

wow I did it ...... thats my babies ... they don't live in the bucket that was when I was cleaning the breeding box ( every bloody day they are sooo messy )

DOH .... still trying I've followed the directions. it worked the first time I tried a few months ago. is it cool to just give you my photo bucket log in and password (only use it for this wedsite anyway ) and just let you log in and look, or is that not the done thing ?

Thanks I'll try again[/img][/img][/img]Hope that works I was using hotmail code not image code.....thanks.I'm working on it ...... a bit of a techno phobe...... stand by. [/img][/img][/img]

Can someone please tell me what the names are of the colours that my budgies are ....... Kaz already told me the mum is a cinamon wing (green) but what is the dad (blue)called..... and their babies are all different. 1st hatched is blue like dad 2nd hatched is white 3rd hatched is a funny greeny yellow 4th hatched is going from white down to yellow feathers ...... I dont know if these photos are working, perhaps someone could help me with that too, sorry to be a pain.

thanks Ikon and Liv, the cage is big enough for 3 but I was unsure of the family dynamics...... I'd love to keep one (if they hatch)

Well..... an update on Rodger and Sunny, I have 5 eggs (first laid on the 1st) so I am on intense egg watch... I've read everything I can get my hands on, have feeding supliment on hand (just incase) and I am soooo scared I'll do something wrong. I have been giving heaps of greens and checking twice a day, tapping the box so she comes out so I can check, I havn't checked if the eggs are fertile, I'll just let nature decide for me ( I don't have any experience so could be wrong ) Rodger hasn't been in the nest box but Sunny lives in there now and comes out to be fed by Rodger. I have found homes for all the babies (if I get 5 ) ..... but wanted to ask about keeping one baby ...... whats the deal there, do I need a seperate cage ? Will that upset my pair ? ( I have one on standby in case of problems )

Busy day ..... I got some rolled oats (ready for babies) and I sourced some budgie hand rearing formula so I could get it quickly if there is a problem when they hatch.... but the bad news is .. sunny threw one of her eggs out of the nest today, I found it broken on the floor of the cage and took it out, I was surprised how upset I was.

Great idea Libby. I also found rolled oats were good as bedding for my fussy hen Uncle tobys oats on the shopping list, I read the info on the link from Kaz, more scared now..... good news is the little girl in the picture turns 9 on the 16th so budgie babies for late birthday pressie

1. I can now since I moved it down, before I could only look in the side gap, I couldnt raise the lid because it hit the top of the cage, and it is dark in there so I just didnt see them... 2. so I shouldnt move them outside each day any more...... 3. the nest box has been in there 2 days, so she must have laid straight away, stupid but I didnt think that they would be so small, I didnt think about size, I guess I was looking for a chook egg (what a twit I am ) I wouldnt have moved the box if I knew but thats when I saw them, I wanted to put in shavings and make sure it was tied on properly and couldnt move at all. The good news is she has gone back in already, after sitting ontop of it for awhile, now I'm worried I damaged them when I moved it, I was very careful when I put it back but I'm a worry ward.