Bea

I agree with the others that it doesn't have to be a bad thing that he won't come out on his own. :bluebudgie: My brothers little demon budgie is a horror to put back in his cage because he likes to do things himself. He's marginally better though when i keep him clipped and he has to rely on me to move him around.

Wow, it's a good thing your son thought to bring them home! They're very cute, i'm so glad they're safe and not being left to die in the wild.

Very cute chick!

Here's a few photos i took of Blinkie and Fizzy today, Ozzie wasn't feeling photogenic. Fizzy chatting up his reflection Preening his under-wing And Blinko Stinko Talking to a toy hook

Spinach ? But we get spinach here too, i think they're different...

Charlie sure is a handsome little boy!

Yes he is, but he's still a scrawny pipsqueak.

A Canon Powershot S2 IS. I'm still waiting on my birthday present - a Canon Powershot A650IS. There's been a design fault and the camera's have been recalled, but i'm hoping by the time the place i bought mine has some in stock they'll be part of the repaired batch.

Here are some photos taken with dads camera today! I discovered the super macro setting which proved useful for taking photos of the budgies - until today i was having HEAPS of trouble taking close ups with dads camera, the regular macro setting wasn't helping at all. And here's Ozzie talking to "shadow friend" - he has so many friends... Then i bought out the bath with some sprouts. Ozzie was interested in the sprouts but not a bath And then Fizzy took the plunge Bottoms up! And i convinced Blinkie to jump in next - i told him he would smell bad and Cookie wouldn't want to go near him if he didn't wash. And let me tell you Blinkie KNOWS how goofy he looks after a bath and he was NOT going to let me get a photo easily *flaps* Oh no you don't!! *squawk* I said NO!!! You delete that OR ELSE!

I'm sorry Gracie didn't make it. At least she had someone loving and helping her in the end. *hugs*

He's a beautiful colour!

It's so nice to see Nathan's old flock. They're all gorgeous.

Another curious situation here Kaz, now you got me thinking!! The first time i bred budgies it was in my bedroom and i got one boy, one girl. After that i started breeding in the living room which has air conditioning. First clutch had 4 babys, 3 were male and second clutch had 5 babys, 4 were male (Blinkie was one of the four). After that i started breeding in my bedroom again and what do you know, no air conditioning and lots of girls: i had one clutch of 2, 1 girl; one clutch of 3, all girls; one clutch of 3, 2 girls; and most recently one clutch of 5, 3 girls...makes you wonder a bit i guess. :rip:

You've got some gorgeous budgies there!! :rip:

I hope you get some great lacewings! :rip:

Welcome to the forums Scotty!

I'm not a professional breeder and i don't have a breeding room. I just bring the breeding cages into my bedroom if i breed my budgies.

Glad the split hasn't got her spirits down, that's a good sign! Hope her leg gets better in no time at all.

A quick google search found a few site referring to poultry in particular but birds in general suggest that eggs which are kept cooler produce more males and warmer produce more females. The average temperature to keep them at (around about 34C) would simply produce 50/50 males or females so unless you were incubating the eggs yourself and specifically set the temperature you wouldn't see much of a difference. I didn't find anything budgie specific but it seems it would be the same. Anyone else know about this?

okay,thanks for your advice again!. Would It Be Good To Have it In A shed or like a mini shed Thanks Bea! If it's well lit and ventilated it shouldn't hurt to have them in a shed. You don't want it to get too hot or cold either, so i guess it depends on your shed. Our shed is a dark spidery place with no windows but i know some are much nicer...

I'd only ever heard that with reptiles (specifically crocs). I didn't realise that was true for birds too, i wouldn't have thought so seeing as how mum birds move and turn the eggs, they would all be kept about the same temp...

No problem. I'm not sure what space you have available, but i found having my breeding cages indoors but within ear shot of the other budgies worked best for me.

I've found that it's better to put the breeding cages somewhere outside of the aviary. When i tried to put them in the aviary all the budgies that weren't paired off in the cages tried to get in and i had a lot of fighting happen.

What gorgeous new additions!

As long as you're not colony breeding (i.e. there will be no nest boxes in the aviary) there shouldn't be a problem having babies and adults in an aviary together.