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the cuttle fish we give to them is actually the Bone from the cuttle fish (a type of squid)

yep only heard of it for horses and cattle. he must be thinking salt because the cuttle fish (squid) are from the sea.

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Sorry that it is late folks but I had computer issues. Sent in by: Bec Sta Description: Skittles, my cheeky little brat --------------------------- Congratulations

great pictures! I love the sleeping one

Buttercup is then either a DEC (dark eyed clear) or a DF spangle. The cere in that shot looks pink to me, is this a young bird?? The best way to tell these two genes apart is the eye, if the eye has an iris ring then it's a DF (double factor) spangle if not it's a DEC. This is the outcome of a recessive pied and a clearflight pied split recessive. If buttercup is older than 6 months then I would say DEC and male.

Sorry but can you show (link) to that info? I would be against that line of thought as the green appears later in life as the bird moults, the blue is covered over by the green. From the first post: picture 1: Sky blue nomal. and Yellowface normal (although as Kaz suggested possible cinnamon) Pic2: Yellowface spangle, i can't see signs of opaline on him. cobalt opaline normal the green normal has been answered already and i agree Male.

yes the question is what are you after? more albino's like her? then you will need another ablino or know that he is split for the ino gene. (you would have to ask) if not than pair her to another blue to get more blue birds (and some hidden traits if any)

Great info there :budgiedance:

4 batches! of chicks, is this in a row?? that may mean the hen is starting to get overworked raising young ones and lashed out at the chicks.

what colour are the leg rings? that will help work out age as well. The blue one is a spangle and female like Elly said. A hen can have a pale blue cere when not in breeding condition.

agree you have a young one there and a real cutie. I would wonder about she too as the lighter rings around the nares ormally mean a girl. Coco is a yellowface blue normal.

I"m not that fussed with the Mottled's either. The new Frosted pied looks/sounds interesting. I don't own any of these but just for the interest in genetics I would love to have some blackfaces. They are so striking.

Aww, Kaz they are looking good. Glad mum and dad are doing well.

Joey it's great that you have thought things over and realized in highsight that it wasn't the best way to handle the situation. and although a hard way to do you have learnt something that will help in the future. we are always here to help with birds, even if there where strong feelings from both sides in the past. Care to share about your issue at the moment?

This is Tootie she is a yellowface type 2 texas clearbody. She is the mother to many of the other birds and in retirement now. Do you mean the blue and white one?? or the yellow one? The blue one is Pie and the other is his daughter Ringo.

thanks guys No other way for them to live

I've removed the last of the breeder/parent birds back into the big flight today and so I thought I would snap away some pictures of them all. and the young ones:

i love those pied bird kaz !

sorry to hear that norm it's a pain when they don't go along with your plans.

blue spangles grey spangles blue normals grey normals all the chicks will be split recessive pied.

I like her Norm, care to give her to me

nice looking birds. they are both grey spangles. the mother would have been grey (hidden by the albino gene) and if the dad didn't show signs of spangle then the mother was hiding that trait too.

okay when I first posted there wasn't all of maesie and Libby's helpful ideas 2-3 months is still just the start of training time for a budgie. I think you do need to remove the 'bird' toy as they can become jsut as attached to them as mirrors. And take a few steps back with his training as i suggested before. Getting a wing clip if you are not against the idea can help as he will rely on you more for moving around which means he starts to see that you are a great buddy to be around.

sorry to hear of the loss Kaz, but good that the foster took them in Micky's oldest looks opaline to me in that those pictures am I seeming a flash of colour from the camera?? good to see a lot of pied there