Mirren

Yes, 3 nestboxes and a hollowed out cocounut they all adore. Thanks. It'll be interesting to watch them and see what they do.

Thanks for the quick replies! Ahhh, young makes sense. They could have been just too old to sell as babies, so they're sold as adults, but still are young enough for that first moult. Next question, do you think my hens will breed with the males in the colony? I have a male and female that seem bonded, so we might have eggs there some day, so I'm not overly worried. The budgies are good company if they breed or not, really, but I'd be good to know what to look for.

Hi all, this is my first post here, so here goes... I went to the pet shop this morning to get a few things for our feathered friends and saw they'd stocked up a few new birds. I always stop to admie whatever they have, even if I have no intention of buying! Anyway, they had some adult budgies and one female was the loveliest shade of blue and white. As I was admiring her and wondering how my colony would welcome her, I looked cloesly at the birds in with her. Several of them (her included once I looked closely enough) had dry-looking, hard-looking feathers on their cheeks. It was only 3-4 on either side. A green/yellow male had white hard-looking reathers. The blue and whites had mostly dark blue ones. The female had white mixed in with normal looking white feathers. Now I've only had my budgies for a short time, so maybe this is normal, but mine came from a breeder and none look like this. And also, is it usual for 2 females to form a special friendship in a colony? My yellow girl Sugar and grey girl Cutie spend a lot of time together preening and feeding each other. They do socialise with the boys too, but not to the same extent. Unfortunately, I'm not sure how old they are. It's possible they are mother and daughter, but they are adults, so I'm not sure they'd continue as they would have have as mother and chick. Any advice would be welcome on either perplexing quesion! okay, maybe not THAT perplexing, but interesting anyway.