This is the lovely couple:

 

 

 

 

Here she is on the nest - very protective:

 

 

 

After politely asking to see her bubs she moved over (honest):

 

 

 

 

What is the possible outcome of this pairing?

nice birds Karen.

 

Do you know if the green is split blue?

 

if not then green and grey-green normals

I don't know if he's split to anything.

I got him from the Ipswich Bird Spectacular in June this year.

I bred the hen from an Albino hen & Cobalt cock.

ahh okay then.

 

If you get any blue or grey babies you can mark down that he is split for blue then.

Isn't grey dominant as well as green?. So she could get greys as well. These bubs are cinnamon so they are girls..

Like Lady said the surest thing is that you will have all Cinnamon hens, then the chances are high that the cock is split for Blue. So Green, Grey Green, & if he’s split Greys & Blues. Also the hen’s mother, the Albion must have been masking Grey. And her father split for Opaline if he wasn’t one. Then if the Cinnamon cock is split for Opaline, some Opalines of both sexes. And then any Recessives they both may be carrying.

Isn't grey dominant as well as green?

Only if he is split blue which is why I asked. To get a Grey to you need two blue gene (one from each parent) as well. Grey is not dominant over green they are on equal footing so to speak and so mix giving you the grey-greens.

 

Is he cinnamon I wasn't sure since the throat spots looked black to me, but as Norm stated the hens will be cinnamon if that is the case and males split.

Gorgeous pair karen! Love the cute little pink jellybeans!

Yes, he is cinnamon.

How are they going Karen..

I had to move the bubs and parents out of the aviary as the bubs got attacked. I couldn't tell who did it as I'd just fed them strawberries & they all had red faces.

 

I was a bit worried about whether she'd accept the bubs back in a new cage as well as a different nest box. I didn't need to worry, she's a good mum.

 

 

 

Bit of an unhappy story here.

One of the parents - and I believe it is the cock - has been plucking the bubs (thanks Lady for picking that up).

Yesterday I removed the cock bird & noticed the youngest had an empty crop.

This morning I checked again and 4 bubs with a full crop & the youngest still had an empty crop. I pulled the youngest and put it with the lacewing pair & their 2 bubs. This afternoon when I came home the bub still had an empty crop so I again pulled it and made up some Roudybush. The little one refused food & was gasping for air. I gave it a thorough examination and found a mass in it's neck.

Unfortunately I doubt the little isn't going to make it. It somehow has it's food tube connected to it's lung and whenever it gets fed, 25% of the food goes to the lung. I believe there is a hole as it's breathing was bubbly. I was able to - through massage - get most of the food out of it's lung but it is weak. I managed to get about 1ml of Roudybush into it's actual crop without getting it in the lung.

All I can do is hope it passes comfortably with the love of a female keeping it warm in it's final moments.

 

edit: Just went outside and it is still alive & it's new foster mum is being very attentive.

 

Since Penny is now a single mum, I removed the green baby and put it with the Lacewings so that Penny only has to look after 3 bubs by herself.

 

 

 

Final time seeing all 5 bubs together:

 

Edited October 21, 200717 yr by karen

Good luck karen. I hope all goes well.. And the bubs recover..

Edited October 21, 200717 yr by Lady

Maybe you should try using a crop needle, that way, it shouldn't get any feed going into its lungs

Good luck Karen. How are things going?

The little bub died and the green one is doing well.

sorry to hear that Karen It seems you have an bit of a mix with the colours from this pair!

Sorry to hear you lost your baby Karen.

Bubs are doing well and their feathers are starting to grow back nicely too.

 

 

Hi Karen

 

they are looking good. They should be pretty little budgies in no time.

 

 

Feathers.

Penny's remaining bubs.

 

Can anyone help out with their mutations?

 

 

 

 

They have all successfully fledged:

 

 

 

 

This is the fostered chick also fledged:

 

They are very pretty babies