BUDGIE L0V3R

When looking at a young budgie, if the cere is pink or purple, good chance that it will be a male. If the cere has any white on it good chance it will be a female. In my breeding book, my first baby that hatched was on the 02/08/2011, so been breeding for almost 4 years now. I kind of just pick the prettiest bird , i'm not a show breeder so I don't look for anything special in a baby. Just what ever looks nice and one that I think will suit some of the birds I already have for future breeding. I always have around 30 birds, i like to get closer to 20 but I just can never get rid of my favorites Asking questions is the best way to learn, so keep asking and reading

The cere is way too white to be a male I just don't have the time to tame the babies, my birds live in a large aviary. I sell the babies when they are still young and people have tamed the birds that they have purchased off of me.

doesn't sound too good for some of your pets at the moment, hopefully all get better soon! Sometimes pairs will throw the eggs out and start again, you probably could have let them try again. Usually 2 clutches in a row is okay, depending on how many eggs/babies from those 2 clutches could possible allow for a third. Three clutches should be your max, 2 is probably the better amount you allow each season. Your hen is a spangle and your male is a normal green. Unless your male is split blue you will be getting greens. 50% of the greens will be spangles and the other 50% will be normals. This is what will happen if none of the birds are split for any mutation. You may get some surprises if they are split to anything. Good luck Also your female is an opaline, meaning your male babies will be split to opaline. Unless your male is split to opaline you won't be getting any visual opalines.

Hi, I've had some hens look like yours currently and other hens who look fine. I may be wrong but I think it all comes down to the bird itself. Do you have any other pairs with eggs at the moment, you may need to foster eggs to help her out. Continue giving the fruits and veg and just keep an eye on her

Hi, when you said double factor were you meaning double factor Dom pied or double factor sky blue (sorry if it sounds a dumb question) If you were meaning df Dom pied, what is your reasoning behind it? Thanks

Looks like a female rather than a male, she is an opaline with violet gene. I don't tame my birds but it sounds as though your budgie has become close to you and is now bonding and feeding you as though you were another budgie.

The picture of them both sitting together confirms that both are males, also the age suggests they are males. By this age the cere would have turned brown if female

Under 3 months old, can tell from the bars on its head Sky blue spangle Dom pied, it's a pet type (australian breed)

I'm not sure exactly how long and at what temperature is needed to kill the babies inside the eggs. I would imagine a whole night without incubation would lead to the babies not surviving. Some females will continue to sit on the eggs even if they are not fertile. Leave it a good amount of time or candle the eggs to see if they are fertile. If they are infertile I would dispose of the eggs

the picture of Yoshi as a younger bird I would be leaning towards female, but then the older picture of him looks male to me. Do you know the age? Dee and Yoshi are both double factor dominant pieds Princess looks like a type 1 yellow face recessive pied Neo looks like a type 1 yellow face violet (Please someone correct me if I'm wrong)

Are your birds kept inside? If the female isn't sitting on the eggs over night, I would think that the eggs will be duds. But they may survive depending on the temperature of where they live. Budgies can be a bit of trouble with where they nest, they will try and nest in anything if they are really wanting to.

That's good you know about the ages of breeding and that you have extra cage for more room. Budgies will breed at any stage they can, cold or hot they will breed all year round if you let them, so it's best to remove boxes when they need a break

Looks to be female

Looks to be a young male

Hi, Welcome to the forum, not many active members anymore so might be difficult to get an answer to a question but still post it. Just be mindful of the ages of the birds that you have breeding, as the 4 birds in your last picture all look very young

All right genders except for yoshi who is a male, very nice looking birds

I believe that hole is the ear, just monitor them. A new male may be attacked even worse

Female is out of condition

I don't think it could be a dark eyed clear as you need a clear flight pied and a recessive pied to produce one. Also couldn't be a df spangle as you don't have any spangle parents (lutino could be masking but male isn't one) Are you sure the eyes are dark and not red?

Is the bird pure yellow? It seems strange that it came out with black eyes

Is it just my screen or is the cere pink, I would've said that it was a male. The bird appears to not have iris rings which would mean it is still very young, I think around the 6 month age

Very nice birds, the pied looks like he might be spangle. Budgies can get out of the smallest gap, sorry for your loss

Hen 1 Opaline spangle Hen 2 Cinnamon Cock 1 Opaline spangle Cock 2 Spangle

That's not a normal thing to happen, it's a good thing that they have both calmed down. A dead baby doesn't normally cause a problem between a pair, I would keep an eye on them and they may need to be separated if the problem arises again.

She's a female