*Nerwen*

Carrots are awesome, mine love the grated. Try some celery leaves they may enjoy if the liked the carrot tops.

As others have said the cere is a pale blue/white tone and a male of this age (3-4 months) is bright pink. Any cere that is a mix of pale colours is normally a hen.

don't worry about egg laying it doesn't happen often with out a box. if she does just remove them and be sure to offer calicum rish foods to keep her own supply up. egg with the shell mashed in with it and a cuttle bone are good. Chewing and destroying thing is a natural behaviour for bird it helps their mind to be active and stress down. It far outweighs the small chance of her laying. Stressed birds can start to bully others, pluck feathers or other strange behaviours.

girl. still very young with bars to the cere. the mounting is a dominance thing as well, fathers can sometimes do this with their fledging chicks

grass seeds and from my own backyard mostly - all free to give. Wet them for a bath moment too personally i've never baked but the have only used wood from my own garden and bird are outside. i wash them and sun dry before adding to cage.

http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index.php?showtopic=9574 the thread here showing many recessive pied

you can only get a cinnamon male if the hen is cinnamon.

agree with Hilly. I'm not sure I would call her olive based on that picture she seems more dark green (single factor)

type 1 yellowface. The babies most time have a faint yellow mask. lucky you

sorry, I'm more technical with the types of budgies, didn't mean to sound harsh. sounds like a recessive pied if there isn't much body colour.

sounds like you are doing a wonderful job. Twitter found the right home for him.

sorry Bird Junky but you do not HAVE to hold the egg to see the viens, Robyn is correct that you can use a very small torch in the box to see if they are fertile or not. Yes you can hold the eggs as well (i have done this in the past) but be careful not to shake them around too much as you will addle them causing the developing chick to die. You should now check the box daily (twice is good but once is okay) not only to watch for more eggs but to check on he mother as they sometimes don't like to come out of the box. Be sure to tap on it gently to warn her that you are there and open the lid slowly. I also talk to them and after a while just me talking is enough for the hen to jump out of the box.

posted in your other topic: http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index.php?showtopic=32275&hl= i would love to see this bird you are getting as there isn't black in budges. The closest so far is a dark grey and that is still a rare gene.

i would love to see this bird you are getting as there isn't black in budges. The closest so far is a dark grey and that is still a rare gene.

what Hilly said

true finnie, Dark factors will make it hard to see the violet gene in action in green birds.

thinking two girls

i would say female. a male that young should have a bright pink cere

seeing that last photo I agree that it could just be plucking issues from the nest. As to the feathers in ether case it is a wait and see deal. I would keep up the warmth and fresh food as it is always good in times off stress (new home, moult)

i answered in the other post. http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index.php?showtopic=32253&hl=

I take light to mean sky violet if cock is not split blue: green cinnamon hens and cocks 50% with the violet gene making them look dark green All slpit blue 50% split rec pied Males split Opaline. if split for blue: Same as above along with Violet cinnamon hens and cocks Blue cinnamon hens and cocks

try can get shots that don't wash out the cere colours - can you tell us what colour you see the as? yes hens can bite more than males bu it can also be that the green was handled less and the wing clip seems messy so poor handling could cause the harder bite. I think you green is a hen the violet could be male. both birds are young

i was going to ask before if he was french moult bird, as his feathers are a little 'patchy'. He is standing okay if a little wide but as Nadene said some young ones do for a while for balance. Since he can perch and move you don't have to worry.

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Twitter is a young bird - the colours will darken/get stronger with his first moult.I would lean towards saying he is a grey-green as the one bit of cheek patch not affected by the pied gene doesn't look dark blue but more grey blue.