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okay thankyou very much Jimmy. Hi I am trying to get my head around some budgie mutations, and I have made a list of reccessive and dominant mutations. If someone could check it and fix any mistakes it would be greatly appreciated. Recesive mutations: GReywing Clearwing Dilute White based budgies: Skyblue cobalt and mauve Rec pied Dominant mutations: Yellowbased budgies: Light green dark green and olive Spangle Dom pied Clearflight pied Sex linked: I am still trying to figure out how this works Opaline Lutino and albino Cinnamon Can someone send me a link to a site that can explain how sex link genetics work or explain it here? Somthing else I dont understand:The grey factor adds on to the white based or yellow based budgie right... then they are eitherturned into grey green (yellow based) or grey (white based) is the budgie then dominant? Thankyou all.

Hi all The skyblue baby from neon's nest is not like any skyblue I've ever bred. Are all skyblue babies dull in colour before they moult or is this baby a dilute skyblue? Compare her to bull if you like. Do you think she is dilute?

I am trying to breed a few more birds then I will join a club and get my own rings. Then hopefully one day I will be able to show for myself, I like spangles and yf's the best.

okay thankyou KAZ

okay Thankyou KAZ and Liv, I will test this tomorow. Just wondering if anyone knows if a budgie can tell the sex of another bird species, eg cockatiel

Thankyou very much KAZ I will try to find some. Most articlesd I have read say that you should ring a budgie between 5 and 7 days old. If I ring my budgies at that age the ring falls straight off. I need to wait till atleast 12 days old before I can ring them. Anyone else have to wait this long?

Hello and welcome to the forum. Plenty of information for us all to use.

I have seen a budgie with 1 leg but that was caused by an injury, this budgie I saw today had no signs of legs ever being their.

Me too Jimmy Today I went to a breeders place and saw a budgie with no legs. He was born legless because he was bred from a brother and sister or somthing, All I remember was he said they were closely related. The budgie is still alive and is now 1 year old. He has his own cage with a cusion at the bottom where he sits most of the time, he can fly but cannot perch as he cannot get a grip. Anyone else ever had a bird with no legs?

Yes Thankyou KAZ Its funny because chomper and summers old babies used to always nibble on my fingers when I put my fingers in the nestbox, now the second clutch babies are doing the same thing. when they all see me they all sit up straight with their heads out and start biting, it must be in their genes to bite, they get it from summer. I need some help with somthing if someone wouldnt mind. Neon and thunders last clutch had these problems: Neon (hen) threw out all the shavings as soon as I put them in their. She gets crop milk all over the baby and their are always droppings in the nest box. Summers nest is always quite clean (i clean all nest boxes every 2 days) Neons nest box gets so dirty, I think these babies have a chance of getting stress moult like the first clutch because they are not looked after properly. With nesting material I think this could change, is their anything I can get that she wont throw out? Like rocks or somthing she cant grip onto? I realise some mothers are just like that but i'm worried abouyt the babies, their legs and feathers are covered in droppings.

Yes KAZ they are gone. I used scatta 7 and it killed them all real quick. The babies are looking healthy and are starting to run around and all. One even jumped out of the nest box yesterday and was on the ground eating seed.

Thankyou Jimmy.

Congratulations on the baby budgie.

Hi The birds are all going well. Summer's babies are all now over 17 days old. They have all been rung. 3 of them looking to be hens and 1 looks to be a male. 3rd baby hatched from bullet and sumo's nest today, all have been fed. Youngest moult bird from neons nest can now fly perfectly fine and will be released into the avairy tomorow. I have got a few new birds aswell I will take some pictures soon. I am thinking about joining a club and getting involved with showing, I will have to look into it first because I have no idea how it works. Thanks all.

The good thing about having more than 1 breeding pair at a time is: If any parent dies or they neglect the chicks you can transfer the chicks to another nest and they will be protected and fed, its so much easier than hand raising the babies. I have another question and it may seem stupid but I honestly have no clue. Can a budgie tell the gender of a cockatiel? or another bird species?

Thankyou very much Elly. Second baby hatched today from bullet and sumos nest, I hope atleast one is yellowface. The birds got millet, hulled oats and lots of other vegetables for christmas, and the calcivet has arrived.

Merry christmas everyone. :28: :22:

Thankyou very much all for the help.

okay so offspring from her and chomper could be: Spangle Cinnamon Yellowface How can this pair produce opaline

Thankyou very much Dave for your post. Here are summer and chompers babies, I originally did think they were yf because you can see blue in their chest feathers. The 2 spangles did not look like yf's But the normals did: What do you guys think now? Thankyou Jaznii and Neville.

Hi all Budgies are going very well. Today I went out to the breeding shed to find beast (cockatiel) sitting on top of the metal cabinet I store everything in. He has bitten through the breeding cage wire and gotten out. Luckily the door was closed and he couldnt escape. I have fixed the breeding cage and all is well .

okay Thankyou very much. If paired to a yellow reccesive pied, could their be cinnamon pairings? And which parent would be split opaline if the hens are opalines? Does that mean the mother is split opaline? Or father?

What do you think she could be KAZ? If she is grey green that means her body colour would be 50% diluted, it doesnt look 50% diluted to me, because she has brown spots does that mean she is definitly cinnamon?

okay Thankyou Dave and Liv. If she is grey green cinnamon spangle is it possible to get dark green normal babies when paired to a green rec pied? Chomper: Green rec pied male Summer: Grey green cin spangle Had these babies: Normal dark green Normal dark green Spangle green Opaline spangle green. Is this possible? I got no grey greens from this paring. And which one of the parents would be split opaline?

Hi all At first I thought summer was a cinnamon dark green spangle, but now I think she may not be cinnamon at all?? I read that cinnamon dilutes the body colour 50% so it means summer coudnt be a light green. She either has to be a dark green or an olive cinnamon spangle? Her cheek patches are silver/white and her throat spots are brown if that helps. Heres some pics. Her wings dont have much markings at all. Her colour looks to dark to be diluted 50% from dark green, dont you think? No flash was used. Thankyou.