Rudiger

Thank you Nubbly. I actually understood that. I get green is the dominant and I get the dd, DD and Dd theory of dark but thats about it. But I get what you are saying. I went to a breeder last night who had some lovely violet birds but she wouldnt sell them to me. Oh well.

Thank you Nerwen.

Hi. I want to try and get a dark grey as well as a violet. Not together, but as a result of selected colour breeding. Cobalts and Greys seem easy to gain from a supplier. Should I be looking for a particular colour set or is it luck of the draw. For example, if I get 2 pair of grey, from the resultant grey chicks (if any) if they paired would I have any chance of a dark grey or would it only occur if one or more of the birs had the dark gene? Matybe I should just try "luck of the draw". Thanks for your help and please excuse my newness or if the topic has been covered. Genetic and the colour tables confuse the *** out of me.

Thanks Jenny and Robyn. Its just taken my mind of things which is really good. Yep I have enough nesting boxes so all good. Today is the "other day" of laying so expecting another egg from each of the 3 hens. Another couple also seem chummy and she has been spening a lot of time in the nest box. The kids love it too. They get so excited when I announce we have a new egg. I will try and get some pics. But at the moment, the mums arent keen to leave the nesting boxes and I wont disturb them so I have to wait until the leave for their 8 hourly poo. Thanks again for the wlecome. Craig.

Hi everyone. New to this forum having just found it. I bread budgies when I was a kid and had 30 or so, but as I got older I had less and less time for them. This year I was diagnosed with secondary cancer in my lungs and to take my mind off chemo my girlfriend and kids bought me a largish cage whcih I soon filled with some young budgies. I got an aviary off afriend and buolt a couple of breeding boxes and as of tonight I already have 11 eggs. I have had a passion for budgies since I was 12 and it has all come back to me again so quickly. Been finding it hard though to find some good dark blues to breed with. I have looked for a little while but the pieds and mixed colours seem to be popular. Anyway, thanks for letting me join.