JimmyBanks

which one melbournebudgies all boys or all girls?

have no idea but look forward to finding out.

wow... genetics... it does my head in, but I still find myself sitting here reading article upon article of genetics.

And you thought my fried pigeon was ewwww... Thats nothing short of GROTTY!!! As for feeding your kids.. just don't tell them its pigeon.

:hap: shhh... don't tell anyone... They all think I hate veggies here... He is grogeous Kaz... his markings are so faint... can't wait to see how he turns out after the first moult.. When is Victoria going to stand up and show the rest of Australia that we have fantastic Budgies!!! Correction... that they have fantastic Budgies!!! Been here over 14 years still don't wanna be one..

great to hear kaz!! Good luck with the rest of the clutch!

Yes definately greywing in my humble opinion... as for colouring... the chicks I would say skyblue and the dad... I dont know... very diluted something :(Laughing out loud):

Make sure you gladwrap your boogey board before boarding the plane... wouldn't want any illigal drugs mysteriously appearing at the other end... that couldn't happen could it?? Enjoy yourself when you are over there and don't forget to come back with lots of photo's... So far the best holiday picture I've seen was of fried Pigeon... try and better that...

look forward to seeing the pics Dave.

In some parts of the world humans eat monkeys... now if you adhere to Darwins theory that would also be cannibalism... I don't see many crazy people around though.... Great thread guys Its interesting to get the different points of view...

Kaz... I really apprieciate you letting us know that your lacewings are doing well... but do you have to make us go green with envy by posting so many great pictures... Thanks.

I'm jealous!!!! Your in Florida... Thousands of miles away from the original homeland of Budgies and you have a Lutino and a Lacewing... The gods must be angry with me... I would pair them... but I'm not sure what you'd come out with... When I breed I'm going to breed out of curiosity though, not on what will create great looking birds... even though I may very well achieve that by the pairs I pick...

Good luck with the calcium. Keep us updated. I'm not experienced enough to help but Kaz and the others on here are great.

I think daz was just pointing out possibilities. I think the pairing should work out fine. Keep us posted. As far as everything I have read in the books, in human terms you would call line breeding a form of inbreeding and it would cause serious medical problems... ie South Australian couple on 60 minutes the other week... but with budgies, if you have the knowledge and all the necisary information, it shouldn't be a problem... Just be careful that you don't fix a fault... That said, I've only read books on it and never tried it myself... so I'm no expert

welcome to the forum. I have to agree with the others. 3 clutches in 3 months will wear a hen out thats probably why she isn't sitting on them. Your other hen is to young. While many books out there will say its possible to breed earlier you usually find that these books were published along time ago. Most new books say breed after 1 y.o. . Thats both Hen and Cocks. I would take the nestboxes out.

As long as your covering the cage with a blanket at night your not going to have any trouble... 70 deg.F doesn't sound that cold to me.. Maybe the American Budgies were bred from a weak pairing and are now genetically subordinate to Australian budgies :(Laughing out loud):

His legs do look pretty seriously splayed... hope he tries to fix them... He sounds like he cares a great deal for little Muddy though..

looking good daz.

Ahh thats right I thought the George was Feathers and Amira was yours... sorry been a while since I read the whole thread... Very cute photo... hard to beleve in a few weeks time it will not resemble that picture in any way... SO cute!!

okay So I've been sick the last couple of days and caught up on some reading... I read something that interested me in regards to egg bound birds... It was in an old book but I got the impression from the book that the author didn't really see it as a major problem... Infact he also wrote: So I guess what I want to know, has anyone ever tried these techniques? Do they work? What do you do, if anything, before taking an egg bound hen to the vet?

awww... hope the foster parents look after it. Have you bred with Amira before? if so did she neglect the chicks? I've been sick the last couple of days and have been reading budgie books in bed, a couple of the books suggested putting that info down on breeding cards... do you do that?

good luck neat... hope bubbles starts putting on weight soon...

Genetics isn't my thing... but I've gotta say those pics are great! Like I said Genetics isn't my thing so I can't help, sorry!