*Nerwen*

new pictures would be great.

All the chicks from the first clutch look great. What are the colours of the second round? More like him?

Nosher sounds like 'he' can entertain all day. http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/faqs/index.php have a look on the FAQ for pictures and information about cere colours. The age of them will help when there are no pictures. But normally mixed colours on a cere tend to be females. Albino hen get the normal brown cere when older while the males keep the baby pink.

It would be the rain that is setting them off. Since the rain over here my lot have been very flirty. I'm surprised that I haven't seen any eggs of yet.

Yes Karen no leaving her at home this time She is stunning.

well yes that is one thing that is still leaving the idea as just a thought rather than a personal belief.

Yes very lucky.

Mothers know best I wonder sometimes if they can heard or feel movement in the eggs and so know when one is empty.

If she isn't incubating it any more remove it.

Well for started you were every lucky the Hens didn't try and kill each other. Unless they are separated and you just moved the male to each cage. Mineral block - good. Vitamins - what sort? Oyster shells - get rid of them cuttle bones - good. A good quality seed is the best to feed them. Try offering soft foods such as sprouts, mashed boiled eggs and grated carrot, corn and other healthy veggies. Even if your birds haven't touched this before i find as parents they love anything easy to digest and feed bubs. You can also get some egg and biscuit mix to give. They will need to stay with the parent for around 6 weeks and then you should keep them until you know they are feeding themselves before giving them away as pets. There are many problems that can arise with breding some unexpected. One thing that can help prevent splay legs is a good bedding in the nest box, wood shavings/sawdust works well and I have heard of people using cat litter as well. not sure what you mean by " all yellow special". There are a couple of mutation that can give a all yellow bird. However the most know is Lutino which has red eyes. The babies will be all Green normals Unless unknown gene that the parent birds are carrying appear. If the Hen is carrying a blue gene you might get some blue birds as well. Not ever having used one male to two hens I'm not sure how the extra work load will affect him. Hen can raise a clutch on they own if need be. I would recommend you stop them both at one clutch each. Sometimes the males help with the feeding from the first day others do not do much at all. If the hen allows it then they enter the box along with her for feeding and even brooding. How many eggs have you got waiting to hatch? Also have a read through the FAQ system for helpful tips. http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/faqs/i...tion=show&cat=7

Welcome to you and your family. It sounds to me that you are doing a wonderful Job. Reading up and studying the behaviors of your two new friends. The feeding is normal sometimes young one like to continue begging for food for a while after leaving the nest. Do you know their genders for sure? Feel free to post some pictures of them, nice bright clear ones of the cere and we are normally correct in telling genders.

Hath is right Budgie find a hollow area and clean it out to use as they nest unlike other birds who make a nest. It sounds like she is cleaning to make ready for her eggs.

Elly you are right an olive bird is a green based bird with 2 dark factors. Then there is the violet greens that look the same. Is that the part you wanted answered?

Yes Like Kathy I've had one out and looking about a bit too early. I pop them back if the look like they are trying to get back in and at night time.

I had ones with and with out yellowfaces with the same colour. You can see the girl on the left has a teal coloured tail.

Split - a gene the bird is known to be carrying. Only Males can carry sex-linked genes. A Bird can not carry a dominate gene. :/ hope that makes sense. There are some budgie programs out there available for downloading as well. Bird tracker: http://www.cabinsoftware.biz/ and the Budgie Program: http://www.geocities.com/budgerigarprogram/

I have had baby birds with the teal looking tails. They do moult into the normal blue tails as grown ups.

It sounds like she is happy with what ever your doing. Just keep it as one or two at a time. If she hasn't kicked up a fuss with your presence yet she isn't going to.

Yes that is how I read it as well Kathy. Great looking cages and a neat idea with the clips (or what ever they are called) makes for great access to clean after breeding.

Yes This is perfectly normal for a pied. This is Ringo with one blue and one white patch. Pie her dad has one blue patch and one half blue / half white (it only shows as a half patch)

you might want a separate "split" field, to list and ssplits of the bird. Easier to see at short notice to keep track of. Are you using Access for this database?

Love the name and I believe you have a girl.

thanks Elly I was being lazy before not going to look up the info again to reread it.

I understand that just when mine where exploring the world, they would still return to the nest at night time to sleep.