Hey all. I've had some experiance with indoor budgies (owning two for the last year) but am quite new to having outside, and obviously more wild budgies.

 

My indoor two are quite tame. These two I have just bought today and very scared of me. I assume that people that house birds outside have these birds untame.

 

Being new to outside aviaries, are there any special requirements these might need?

 

Quick pics. (Pics were resized to 500x375 to get as close to forum requirements as possible without ruining aspect ratio.. hope this suffices)

 

 

 

 

Not sure what to call them yet. I was thinking 'Huey' for the white one as I originally picked that name for a white budgie but could never find one when looking at respectable breeders for my second bird. The yellow has a nickname of '******' because he bit me hard and that word just came out. heheh..

 

Pretty sure they're female.. Anyone confirm?

 

Also good news.. clipped their wings myself! Was pretty happy with that.

 

Cheers for reading and any comments/info you have.

 

Rob

Edited August 27, 200816 yr by **Liv**
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They are very pretty birds. Can't identify their sex, will need to see their cere's.

Is that a nest box? I'd remove that for a start.

Why did you clip their wings? The only time wing clipping is necessary is when they are indoor birds and it might be required for training. I think it's rather mean to clip outdoor birds' wings.

Why remove the nesting box? I placed it there for when there is harsher weather they could escape it.

 

I clipped wings because this aviary has a small side door only. The roof needs to be removed for maintenence. No roof and birds with wings.. Not a good thing! They proved to me that they could jump to any ledge in there today as I was watching.

I can't their sexes either.

They both look like recessive pieds so they cere will stay pink if male and go to the regular tannish if female.

 

Karen was saying to remove the nest box because it can promote breeding if you don't want it them to breed yet. What does the whole aviary set up look like?

 

If the roof still needs to be repaired I wouldn't put in any more birds until it is repaired and you have a double door entry and exit. Karen aka Bubbles has had enough escapes she can tell you. Clipped or unclipped they will get around and still get out. If they get out you would rather have them clipped at least you may have a chance to get them back unclipped they are still too fast to catch and don't even have a chance.

 

I see you did it for safety but I would take care of the problem the roof. , because in the end it really is not safe to have outdoor birds clipped. If they are going to live wild and more of a natural enviroment they need to be able to fly get away from another bird (such as a bully) if necessary and the beauty of watching them fly is wonderful.

 

Don't take anything wrong just put it out there .

The roof isn't in need of repair. It is firmly secured with no chance of escape. It doubles as a door when needed, after four firm latches are removed.

 

You can see the full aviary in the first picture. The nesting box never produced problems for my indoor birds, they explored in there when they wanted to. Just extra fun. Especially when i'd throw a treat in there occasionally.

You have as Lovey said two recessive pieds. One that you call huey is a cobalt recessive and the other could be a green or dark green.

 

Huey is a blue base and the other a green base.

The green base is a male but I also can't see the sex of the rear one. It looks female but that could be the Flash of the camera

Edited September 16, 200618 yr by daz