BUDGIE L0V3R

hi and welcome, the bird on the left is a hen and the one on the right is a male so yes you are correct to think you have a male and female.

Hi and welcome, First picture both look male from the angle but will need a front on picture of the cere Second picture i think is a hen Third picture a male Fourth picture a hen

The 2 that had shared a box before laid 7 eggs, 1 hatched yesterday but died and another has hatched today and seems to be doing well. The 2 that have never shared have laid 8 eggs with the first to hatch sometime next week, not all eggs look fertile but I think there should be around 3-4. I don't candle the eggs but I can tell the fertile eggs just from looking at the shells after about 10 days. It's quite interesting the watch how they go about sharing the box, for the first pair, 1 hen constantly stays in the nest while the other hen occasionally goes in and sits on the eggs. She protects the front of the box more than incubating, she will also jump out of the box when I open the lid while the other will stay in. With the second box, both hens stay tight on the eggs and won't move even when I inspect the box, I pretty much need to push them out of the way to see the eggs.

Introduce some fruit and veg to the budgies, mine love corn, carrot and silver beet but there is a wide variety that can be given to them. Thanks

Hi and welcome, you will be able to learn heaps from the forum. Good luck with it all

nice little male you have there

I'm not sure if you can, you need a photo bucket account to upload from

male

I've never tried to tame a baby, but they do bite a fair bit when you touch them I have found. Yes it's possible to tell the gender at this age, if you post a picture of your birds cere we'll be able to help you with the gender.

Hi all, Last year in my breeding I had 2 hens share the same box and they raised 7 chicks the first round and 4 the second. I have placed my boxes back into the aviary a couple of days ago and the same 2 females are in the one box again, and also 2 different females that have had clutches before (in a box by them selves) are showing the same behaviours by sitting in the box together and preparing their box. Anyone else have any strange things like this happen before?

I'm not too good with mutations but I would say a cinnamon Texas clear body

The birds will be old enough to fledge, you could remove the mum and allow the dad to finish raising them. The female most likely attacked because she wanted to lay again

Male

If the cere has never gone brown and the budgie is now a year of age, it would have to be a male. I would say a opaline yellow face T1. dominant pied, with either spangle or greywing

How ever many pairs you put in the aviary you normally need to put twice the amount of boxes. So 10 pairs would mean 20 boxes.

Hi and thanks for the reply, I have given my bird eucalyptus and bottle brush before and they enjoyed it.

I would say male

They will stop laying now that the boxes have been removed. Budgies will continue to mate but without a breeding box they will not nest. You may find some eggs laid off the perches but that should soon stop. I recommend you rest your birds for a bit longer than 6 six months. Make sure to supplement them with calcium (cuttle bone) and also give them lots of fruit and veg of mixed variety.

How old do you think she is?

Did you breed this bird yourself? Budgies can be hard to determine there age once they have been through their first moult. You will get some budgies that are always skinny and then others that turn out to be big birds quickly. Weight isn't always an indication on age

I'm pretty sure it means she is starting to come out of breeding condition Thanks

Do you know how old the bird is? If over 5 months I would say male if younger than 5 possibly female but I'm still leaning towards male

Looks male to me but will need a close up of the cere

I'm not 100% sure but I think it is possible for a male to be both split to cinnamon and ino. If possible it would explain how it has occurred. Was this baby bred by colony breeding? That could be another explanation Thanks

Looks to be a young lace wing hen, male would be split meaning you are correct about her being a female.