Nadene

Hi and welcome to the forum. I agree with Rich about the head start and you will be able to get some BEAUTIFUL birds. Budgies are contagious

Make that all 3 hens laying I hope your babies start to hatch soon Robyn

Glad to hear you found some

It was her first clutch and she only had 2 chicks but she just attacked the one which was the most demanding so I really think she did it because she wanted to lay again. I'll have to keep an eye on her with the second clutch and probably take her out when the chicks are old enough to be looked after by the father so she doesn't do it again.

Two of my hens are finally laying at the same time, I have 3 eggs between 2 hens and my half naked chick is growing its feathers and down back YAY!!!!

They're lovely Robyn. That yf spangle is absolutely GORGEOUS!!!

I do have some good news on the plucked chick, a lot of the feathers were broken off rather than pulled out so hopefully the permanent damage will be minimal if any

I use rolled oats when the chicks are there, I think they are softer and non toxic so they can all have a nibble

They are looking fantastic!!! You must be soooo happy I would put some bedding in the boxes now. It will help you when you need to clean the boxes and it will help stopping them getting splayed legs.

It was mum, she had a bit of blood on her face. I think she wants to lay again. This is what the chick looks like now I'm going to let pair 3 try again. They were given to me and told to try them but he is a older bird and this was her first round, so fingers crossed. I split up pair 2 after the trouble with the eggs because she's done it before and I don't want to go through it again.

Now to top it off I go out this morning I go out to check the only 2 chicks I have to find the youngest has been PLUCKED!!! I'm glad to hear everything is going so well in your second round Robyn, hopefully mine will be better. You will have to put some baby pictures, I love to see your babies and keep us posted on the Albino.

Ben I will give my friend a call to see if he has anything for sale and if you send me a message with a contact number I may be able to get him to contact you. He lives in Yerrinbool.

What a disaster I'm having with this round. One of the eggs in the incubator hatched but died at three days after looking great, the same hens last egg which I fostered out because of the gap between the chicks would have been to big hatched and is now not being fed by the foster hen and I have been feeding for the last 24hrs and to top it off pair 3 laid all clear eggs. I feel like I want to cry On a better note here are the 2 older chicks

He's so cute! Great name for him

They are looking great Paulie. You must be soooo happy

They look great Paulie They are a much healthier colour. Handling the chick wouldn't have killed it, just if you are going to pick them up I always make sure my hands are clean. I put bedding in the box when all the eggs have hatched. I'd wait until the eggs in box 2 start to hatch and foster a chick if you need to.

Even though it was expensive it was good you found out about the canker before you lost any birds.

Hi Ben welcome to the forum. I am a member of the Macarthur Branch and we have a few members form around that area. You would be quite welcome to come to one of our meetings or I could have a talk to them

Paulie you would be better to contact the BCV ring registrar because that's where breeders get their rings from and they will know the breeders code. Their name and contact info will be on the BCV website.

I have put band-aids on and the egg that was the most damaged that I don't hold much hope I have put in the incubator. All I can do now is keep my fingers crossed. It's the same hen, I don't know why or how she does it

Good and bad news Pair 1 chicks are doing great and chick 1 has its leg ring on Pair 2 had a 4 day break and has laid 2 more egg but the bad news is she put little holes in 2 of the egg which were due to hatch in a week Pair 3 has laid their first egg

Re: April All that eating was such hard work she needed a nap

I have a bird that does that too. As soon as he gets stressed he sounds like he's going to have an asthma attack and fall off the perch but he's been checked and they told me he is fine it's just him. He does go back to normal when he calms down. Good breeders wouldn't sell sick birds but the problem with budgies is that stress can very easily bring on an illness, that's why they should be quarantined for at least 30 days after you buy them no matter where you get them from.

Hi and welcome to the forum. Yes you can breed them but I think you need to do a few pairings first. I think it starts with crossing a Dutch pied with a recessive pied then crossing the Dutch pied chicks (because they will be split) back to a recessive pied. I am new to all this genetic stuff so a more experienced person may correct me if I'm wrong.

I give my birds hard boiled eggs shell and all