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I've always not quite know if Boof's cinnamon or not but I'm almost positive his partner is. It's always nagged at me a bit because his markings look brownish, but not as brown as our other cinnamon's.

These are some better pictures of Alfalfa (the hen) she was attacked by another hen and lost most of her head feathers, but they're on the mend. Also, does anyone know what mutation Boof (seen below) is. He can't be a cinnamon because his partner is cinnamon and one of their two babies was not cinnamon and the sex-linked genetics of this say that if he was actually a cinnamon budgie instead of just being split for cinnamon (as he is) all his babies would be cinnamon if his parter is cinnamon? Pictured here with his partner, Alouishious (yes, she is a hen!)

Hi all. Interesting thing: two of out females have decided to move into a nesting box with each other. I don't think either of them have partners but their laying eggs anyway and there are about ten in there, with two budgies! Has anyone else ever had hens sharing a nesting box, I was under the impression that they are always very violent towards other hens while nesting, but apparently I was wrong.

Two nights ago I went out to check on our chicks and found the eldest of one clutch lying flat on the floor of the nesting box. I took her out to check what was wrong with her and noticed straight away that her neck was tilted at a funny angle. She was holding it that way and wheezing a lot like she was trying to get something out of her throat. She didn't have any food in her crop but the other chick was full to bursting. The hen hadn't been neglecting them, but it seems that the baby couldn't swallow any food. She was just over tree weeks old and a beautiful green opaline. She had mucus coming out of her nostrils when she breathed and could hardly move. Unfortunately she died about twenty minutes later. Could this have been due to her throat being blocked and not being able to breath or eat properly? She was completely healthy that morning, but obviously deteriorated fast over the course of the day while i was at school. If anyone knows what could have happened PLEASE PLEASE tell me what to do if it happens again, I would hate to lose another of my beautiful babies, especially as this was the hen's first clutch.

Thanks everyone. My computer has decided that it's going to let me put up pictures so here goes! This is my Blanc, he is a little worse for wear after an encounter with Spots where she bit off two of his toes, but he is still my gorgeous boy: Here is Sunshine, as I mentioned, she died in January 2008. I wrote a poem about her for a school assignment soon after and I really recommend something similar for anyone who has lost a friend, bird or otherwise, because it really helped me. Also I mentioned we had twins hatch at one stage, well here is a picture of Wonka, the twin who obiously didn't have enough room to grow. His spine is twisted but it isn't a disability. He has gone on to father many clutches. Notice his interesting looks (shape). This is Pippin, he was a scrawny chick but he's turned into an enormous bird who never stops eating. You can see the edge of his white spot in the second photo. He won first prize and Champion Bird in the Dalwallinu show about two years ago- we were so proud! I just thought I'd put these pictures of Pippin and Wonka's sister who we gave to my aunty. She was a vicious bird and murdered two other hens before a hawk attacked her through the aviary wire in Dalwallinu. This is Bobo. He was abandoned by his previous owners. They moved house leaving two red-tailed cockatoos, twenty-two budgies (plus seven clutches of chicks) with no food, water or care of any sort. A neighbour heard and called the RSPCA who said they could take them after they had collected evidence. Sadly all but four of the eleven hens died trying to keep their chicks alive (only eight chicks of twenty survived). The neighbour gave us Bobo and eight others, we gave four to our aunty and kept foru ourselves. Bobo is the best looking (sorry to say it) of all the ones we kept. Anyway, I've introduced a few of my birds, I hope you enjoy seeing them.

Hi, can anyone tell me what sort of mutations have red eyes as chicks. We have tree with red eyes in our current clutches and the oldest of them all is a cinnamon (very cute). The other two don't even have much down yet but have opened their eyes (which are red). The mother is a green spangle and the father is a dominant? pied. See photos. This is the hen http://i879.photobucket.com/albums/ab355/s...93/Picture1.png This is the cock I was just wondering which mutations have red eyes, either throughout their whole life or just as chicks.

Hi all, I'm new to the site but I have used it before when researching for my beautiful birds. I have a flock o eighteen in an aivary. I started with a pair in 2004, which my parents got me for my birthday. They were supposed to be two boys but Sunshine ended up bein a girl while Blanc at least stayed a boy! We moved from QLD to WA the year after I got them and we sent them over on a plane. Sunshine, my beautiful girl, was a lutino and Blanc is a recessive pied. Sunshine was the worst mother in the world but one of the sweetest tempered budgies I ha ever met. My brothers were given a pair each for their birthdays that year so we had three pairs. One of my brothers' pairs had chicks that year and we ended up with four chicks from that clutch. Spots, the mother is still our most successful hen to date, even managing to produce twins in her second clutch! We still have Wonka (one of the twins, his back was twisted by not having enough room in the egg) and Pippin (the eldest of the first clutch). Pippin looks exactly like his moyer except that he has a white spot on he back of his head. He is not a pied budgie is just a normal blue. Another one of the babies from that cock had a similar spot while not being pied. I was wondering if anyone knows how they got this spot, as my understanding is that only piers have clear spots on their heads? Sunshine died early last year. She had developed a hernia and the vet performed a historectomy successfully. However she developed a secondary infection and died the next week. It broke my heart. I was holding her when she died and her partner, Blanc, was perched on my wrist. He entree a stage of depression and even now, almost two years later he is still a very solitary bird. We currently have a range of colours and mutations in the aviary. We hand raised a splayed chick last year and she is now only partially splayed. Suprisingly she is not bullied by the others, but is instead the dominant female. If anyone can shed some light on how Pippin has a spot on his head I would be very interested. I have yet to convince my computer that it is possible to put pictures on here but when I do I will post plenty.