*Nerwen*

I believe a lot of the question are coming from little kids (meaning 13 and up) thinking they are being smart alexs. I answer the ones that I think really need to be cleared up and to post about this place, then if the asker really want the truth they know there are better places out on the web that that.

aww that look cute, two recessive pieds it looks like to me

http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/index Something the makers of yahoo have done, a Q and A place about anything, I found it just the other day and thought o check out the pet area * Insert hair ripping smilie here* I just wanted to die at some of the answers given to budgie questions! I have answered as many as I thought needed ( even got a best answer on one ) and directed the askers to here for better answers and respect to the questions. One asked about getting a budgie for her child after the hamster died a while back and that is what the child asked for, and stated she had a cat. The answers given : The cat will eat it don't get one!! I think I got a bit mad in that one :(Laughing out loud): someone else posted that budgies don't live past the age of seven what are perfectly fine one day but just kick off the next becuase they turned 7 ??? But then people are silly, it's very easy not to answer if you don't know the answer, but no they have to continue spreading misinformation. [end rant] sorry didn't mean to get grumpy let me know if you know about it or what you think now that I've pointed it out.

wow what a big bird I'm glad he is looking heaps better than at 4 weeks, have you taken him for a vet trip?

okay first things first, you said you didn't mean for this to happen, but you can still stop this, since you believe your birds are too young I think this is the better option to take: REMOVE THE EGGS AND BOX NOW! Pure and simple, this is not going to harm your birds the hen might lay some more for a while but should stop. Breeding and raising chicks take a lot of work from the mother and after wards takes months to recover fully from giving all to the babies. Young mothers have twice the work since they are also still trying to get all that their body needs to be at tip top condition. As others have stated, young budgie parents have trouble with raising babies sometimes by not feeding or even attacking the babies once they hatch. If later you’re thinking of breeding them, use this time to gather all the knowledge you can.

I leveled mine to match one of the feeding doors and hung it on the outside see if you can do that if you want more room. They will breed like that, but I would be worried with the other two getting upset becuase they can see a nest site and other budgies are breeding but they can't, the hen might turn on her friend or try and attack the other hen through the bars. OF cuase they could also be fine with it all, it's just a maybe. personally I would either move the other pair and give the breeding ones run of that whole cage, beucase remember with breeding you need room for all the bubs as well when they are learning to feed themselves. Or move the breeders into a new cage for all the same reasons.

If you look at the very top of the cere it looks as if the brown has just started to flake off, which means she is coming out of condition.

well for a single bird 18 by 18 by 18 is what is normally okay for them, really just get the BIGGEST cage you can afford. I think my cage which I housed two birds in ( and use now as a breeding cage) is 30 cm long.

toilet roles are good as long as the rolls are not scented. I use string all the time, if it looks a bit ratty from chewing I replace it. I must say Ricki looks stunning.

What a looker. *adds to steal list*

Great pictures missdawne :hap: My pick is: baby 1 is a normal green baby 2 is green normal (might be a light green) baby 3 is a blue (any shade of blue is a dark grey fluff) baby 4 is yellow dominant pied (might be a light green) I love the head spot on number 1 it looks like it's onl two feathers I'm glad they are all growing well. I can't wait to see what they look like in the end.

I think SHe might be a mauve. Just looking at the colour on her rump. Wish there was nor colour to the cheek patches to see. She does look a bit like a dutch dominant pied but I still think she is recessive. Call her Chase Cheeta I love it

maybe they meant having a hen in a flock that has been ahnd raised to accept humans as other birds can be more agressive to other birds when wanting to mate.

Now I would say differently, let the cat see the bird and be int he same room with it at the early stage then you can train the cat not to try and hunt the bird. Not many folks thing this but cats can be tought just like dogs to do trick and walk on leads, but it needs to start as early as you can. I have a cat and no I don't trust her with a bird out of the cage but she is free to spend time where ever she likes, be that in my room which has a caged bird or outside near the avairy. If the cat grows up with the bird and you teach her (him?) that casing is not allowed then for the birds and cat's life all should be fine.

looks like it. black wings like hers are the nomal for budgies. If the bird was green then the edge of the feathers would be yellow instead of white. Where did you get the information from?

no it doesn't, he has the spot becuase he is a pied. It doesn't matter what sort of pied you have all will have some form of spot on the back on the head. There is never any way to tell by looking at the bird what it might be carrying (spit for) Yes all will get one recessive pied gene from the mother but for them to show they need two gene. Daz is right you will also get some normal babies, if your dad is only a single factor pied, this means he has the one dominant pied gene and a normal gene that is hidden.

we all do that with the chicks He is looking great, handle him about twice a day every day and he should settle nicly into being handled.

one idea... you getting that close to see that sort of thing would be a big interuption.

well that what I read the question as.

The fact that you could say clearly that he had/has a pink cere I would say you have a male. He will start to fade to change to a purply blue and end as a bright blue.

Sometime depending on their bond with humans there can be problems with breeding while the bird tries to understand everything. But if giving the right factors they wil breed. A tame parent give you a better chance to tame the young while till in the box becuase the parent isn't afraid of your hand and past that fear to the chicks.

They arn't both recessive Clearflight pied is a dominant gene. If my reading is correct the DEC only happens with the dutch pied gene. I might be wrong.

The first is a girl and at least 5 months of age, she still has bars at the cere becuase she is a recessive pied. The second looks like a young girl (opaline too ) The third is a bit hard to tell it looks like an even colour like a male would have. Again that one is an opaline. The last one is a girl, slightly older as well like the first one.

thoses ages sound good, just remember hen are normally stopped at age 3 but can have another clutch at age 4 years. If they are fighting it's best to split them up, you can retry to see if they get accepted again. Was it a big fight or was the male trying to court her a bit to strongly? Sometime no matter what we want the birds will not take to a partner that we pick.

Opps yes that's what I meant not that she was looking unheathy. I love the name Your little one has a great taste