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I will probably be hand rearing a couple of chicks sometime this year. My brother is very keen on having a pet budgie for himself and he has shown that he is very responsible ( he has a fish tank ) with pets. I have been researching my butt off and I have a brooder and the feeding tools. I will get a heat lamp ( my usual one has finally busted ) and I have a bit of hand rearing formula for an emergency ( will get another pack ). Any advice/experiences would be great! PS: I will hand rear in school holidays.

No, not in a club. I don't know a ring register, I'll look it up

Yo Dave, Nothing to worry about mate....the tail colour will moult off within 6 months.....sit back and enjoy the 20 bucks Q: Do you sell the birds you breed or keep them in your aviary?? Big $$ in budgie breeding? What? Chubba Chubs is almost a year old and hasn't moulted them out. I did look at the ring, Dave, it was PH1 something, but they wouldn't let me hold it.

She's mine!

Today is the day!

I was wondering if I would be able to use that play area for my budgies ( without the cage )? As in a play area while I clean out the cage? Or would that be too risky?

Billy went home recently and I explained all of this. The owner is getting a bigger cage, and will be spending much more time with her The owner gave me $50 for looking after Billy and 'curing' her biting issue ( cage aggression, no problem ) so I bought a massive rope perch for the budgies, which the budgies adore.

It's a recessive gene, and I don't think my birds are split for rec pied, so it will probably stay hidden.

She was in fairly good condition ( can't say that for another female budgie who has a very bad mite condition and has been obviously picked on ) , her nails were a bit long, but that's soon fixed. She has a pied spot, so I assume she's split rec pied.

Hen is getting picked up Monday, we're going away for the weekend. I'm on Summer Holiday and I go back to school ( to high school *gulp* ) next Friday, I think.

When I was looking after a budgie for someone, I woke up in the night occasionally to see a dark shape inside the cage hanging from the roof . When I came put the torch on, it turned out to be a budgie! Weird.

Thanks Kaz. No, Finnie, they haven't shown much interest even though I've tried to tell them multiple times how important it is . I even mentioned it in my logical reasons ( number 6 and 7 ) . Thank you Kassidy I haven't heard from you in ages!

How old would she be? I think she's about 8 months going on irises, is that about right? Quarantine cage is all set up now and ready to go.

My favourite logical reason was number two 2. It's either the budgie or a pony!

It worked!! The hen is on hold and I'm getting her Monday! :bluebudgie:

I went back today, and she's still there, but I have to convince my parents to let me buy the hen out of my own money first. I've done a sheet with 10 logical reasons why I should be able to buy it. So now I'm doing a load of jobs that my parents told me to do, and hoping it pays off.

Yep, I'm sorta blonde too. More brown now but I was blonde. It only applies to some blondes, not all!

Ooops, sorry, I didn't see that bit

I name my budgies in pairs for some reason. Skye and Marigold ( both things of nature ) Lexi and Dude ( attitude names ) Chubba Chubs and Thimble ( cutey pooty names )

Should I get the sky blue hen? She looks to be about 6-8 months by irises, correct? Anyway, my parents would probably kill me . I have a quarantine cage. My parents don't 'get' quarantine but when my chicks ( having previously been in quarantine for 6 weeks ) were foraging about the cage dad said to 'be careful of diseases' and I'm like.... PS: I don't think I told you guys, but I pulled Chubba Chubs from the breeding cage as they've starting moulting.

How old are they? The cock looks to be 4-6 months, and the hen under a year.

No, they wouldn't have given me any info. I have asked where they get their birds before with no real answer, only "why do you want to know?"

Damn... I didn't get the code. I don't know if they are from the same breeder, I they probably are as there aren't many breeders here. I've only met one other breeder here and he was a show breeder.

There were three different birds there with the green tail. TBC light green cock. Opaline light green cock. Sky blue hen.