*Nerwen*

Julie answer me this Is Sherbet warbling along for ages and ages with the others?

your getting their you ccan be right with the recessive pied as well. In fact I was wondering if the last was one of those birds that have colour all over them but still with a pied spot. (rainbow has some birds like that)

Daz- my thoughts: 1. Looks like a normal green to me (could be a greywing like dad) 2. Green Opaline 3. Normal Blue 4. Pied Cobalt (looks dominate but a picture of the front would be better to work that out) 5. Green Opaline 6. Looks like a Clearflight Pied Mauve. The last is my fave, so differant looking.

ummm I wonder if I could talk folks into taking a trip down to there just for some nest boxes :budgiedance: But if I did that I would be sure to leave with an arm full of birds

Oh look, in the picture his 2 boyfriends are soooo close to him! (Laughing out loud) (Laughing out loud) I didn't even seen budge2 until you said that lin :budgiedance: I would think a boy still since that cere is very purpley pink. Poor serbet and Birdie too I can see he is in moult too You would think by 6/7 months the cere would have changed already but then so do take longer

*Jumps up and down and points* I've been there. That is the best place that bird room is perfect If I had money I would want to make an avairy like that. Althought it is noisy in there

Adam Ricky is a cutie Does that mean you now have two pet budgies?

that's a bit for for me to travel I'm not that happy with Aussie petstore, they are getting dogs in (not a very good set up either, at lest at the one near me) and their birds seems to be in smaller space with more and dirtier Plus saying they are pied birds when there are heaps of others in the same cage.

*falls to floor in shock* Wow its gone up!! was this for their 'pied' budgies, the normals or 'tame' budges

DAZ I love them I love them I love them. You got twins they look like sky blues to me (like bea's budge and Jasper and Bobby??) So very cute Oh I would so love one like that

Azure I'm sorry to hear that, but I think you need to look for another vet. Was this one an avian one or not? He didn't seem to help ease your worries at all, or seem to care that much about the birds. Are your two new ones hand tamed? If not the breathing may have been from panic (unless it didn't ease down after a few minutes of you leaving them be) Did the vet do any swaps of the feces to look under a mircoscope? or just look at them and give you all those vague answers? Good for you for at least caring enough and listening to yourself that something seems wrong and taking them to a vet straight away. Pity the vet didn't help much at all. My fingers are crossed that all is well for you.

Good luck You sound like your doing the right stuff (reading up on it and checking the health of your birds first) As Nasal tufts said remove the tissue and add the shaving, this make it more nature to the bird and give something for the hen to kick out and 'fix' her nest if she doesn't want it. Your male sounds fine and the fact that they are bonded so much to the point of the male feeding her thing sound good. It took my hen around 2 weeks to enter the nest. Make sure you give them freah food like carrots or lettuce. Adding some boiled eggs mashed up fine is really heatlhy for them. Also at pet shops you can get condition food which will help keep them in top form. Make sure they have an iodine block (bell) and a cuttle fish (they will chew throught that every quickly when laying ing raising) errm that's all i can think of right now. Keep asking questions.

I only counted 5

YAY your got a differant one, yes that would mean Daisy is split for blue, seems she doesn't like to give that gene out too much :D

glad to hear that thing are better than you hoped at 3 and up week they have feather to keep themselves warm now so the mother will spend a bit more time outside. And now that you have the stuff at hand the next time (if there is one) this happens you can start hand feeding as soon as possable. Marine (male) is a yellowface type 2 normal. Chirpy another member on here has a budgie called Teapot.

Did the mom do all the work on her own!! Well done to her. Are you breeding them in an aviary or in a pair? Are they all four weeks or is that only the eldest? How many are there? As to feeding them give them some boiled eggs mashed as small as you can and but in the box so they can see help themselves, you can't leave that for long around 3-4 hours or else it spoils. I think you could add a bit of water to it to make it mushy and if they are not eating it themselves use a spoon to tip it into their beaks slowly.

Iris rings come in much earilier than that, and it's a way to judge the age of a bird as ready to breed. All of mine got their rings by the time their first molt was over.

Fast reply but a box at the bottom of the page to type into (I use it alot) Add relpy is as Nash said. Quote you use to quote more than one person. Hit each one you want them hit add reply and they are all there ready for you to add your comments. "reply give you a relpy with a quote to the post you hit reply on.

what is the actually problem? is the eye swollen, is the scratch on the eye or the skin around it?

Thanks for all that info karen :hap: I wondered about the mashed eggs but i didn't think it would be fine enough for this little one, it will help later when he is learning to eat for himself.

great pics :hap:

The poor thing, what did the vet tell you to do? I think it's in real trouble right now. My fingers are crossed and I'm sending good vibes for you.

wow 3 folders of gentic info. I think I should start something like that, print out the info as I find it on line so I can find it again later If you ever do get it figured out please show me the answers Cindy- I can't wait to see the pics, there is a spot on the boards that tell you how to post a picture on here.

nice to meet you Una, your out in the middle of no where Sorry to hear that your first time breeding ins't going to plan. Look over the breeding area here and you should get info that will help. What is baby rice? He sounds to be between the 2-3 week mark. Sorry about not giving much help right now my brain is mush

that's good news, also if you think it's the bath can you remove that from the cage? have you got a spare one. Is it left in the cage all the time, if so is it empty when you are not around to watch them?