i used to have a budgie when i was younger and have always loved budgies..
i was given 4 birds a few weeks ago from a family member that was moving and couldn't take them, they came in an avairy and were paired off already. they had eggs a about a month before i got a hold of them but none hatched. i have had them in the avairy at my house for a few weeks, one of the hens has been inside the breeding boxes alot, but the other hen and her cock were always disturbing her. yesterday they began to fight so i figured that they were competeing for who was going to have what box.. i decided the best option would be to separate the two pairs and see what happens so they are not in separate cages with boxes and if they decide they want to breed they can, (as it is beginging to cool down here in victoria i dont have high hopes of them breeding until it warms up at the end of the year, as winter is only around the corner)
any way i though i would upload some pictures for everyone to have a look at, if you could tell me what the colours are called, and what they would be expected to have if they do have chicks that would be appricaited
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t273/H8FRDS/IMG_0920.jpg
this is the first pair they are the ones that were attacking the other one as she was trying to nest (dont no if you can tell but the hen is the white/blue one and the cock is the whie/yellow/blue one
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t273/H8FRDS/IMG_0934.jpg
this is the hen from the second pairing . (the one that has been trying to nest) she has been very happy in her new cage and explored the new nesting box almost instantly.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t273/H8FRDS/IMG_0935.jpg
this is her cock, he wouldnt stay still for a photo he was pacing back and forth after i put him in the cage i shall get another picture of him one day, but he has a yellow face with a mixed green/blue (turquise) chest and a more bluey colour underneath his chest
after i begin to learn about the birds and how to breed them etc.. i would like to build breeding cabnets and have a few more pairs and breed the birds as a bit of a hobby..
thanks for looking