Posted January 21, 200817 yr Hi, I'm Loreli. I have used the BBC site for a long time, and have decided to register! Im a young budgie enthusiast, I have two budgies, Ollie, 5yrs, and Zoe, 3yrs, both hens. Im interested in breeding. :yellowhead: thankyou!
January 21, 200817 yr The five year old may be a little "over the hill" but the three should be okay for now... congrats on registering and i'm glad to have you aboard.... I suggest you get a breeding cage and a cock for your three year old hen, something that works well with her colours... read up on starting to breed in the FAQ section and any other info you need feel free to ask forum members that are experienced :yellowhead: once again... welcome
January 21, 200817 yr Hi Loreli, Good thing you decided to join after hanging around for awhile If you are going to be breeding in the future remember two very important things 1. Study, research and learn first 2. You have to have a boy, as two hens wont breed together :hap: PS Sorry for the joke...I couldnt help myself :yellowhead:
January 22, 200817 yr :ygbudgie: Hello and welcome, glad you joined and you will learn proper breeding practises from the EXPERTS here!
January 22, 200817 yr Author thankyou all for the warm welcome! yes, ollie the five yr old is much too small anyway, my vet, ray butler said she would probably get egg bound. zoe is a grees and yellow aust pied, i havent seen her in breeding condition yet, her cere is quite pink. thankyou all again!
January 22, 200817 yr thankyou all for the warm welcome! yes, ollie the five yr old is much too small anyway, my vet, ray butler said she would probably get egg bound. zoe is a grees and yellow aust pied, i havent seen her in breeding condition yet, her cere is quite pink. thankyou all again! If Zoe is a pied and at 3 years old has never had a coloured cere indicating ahen in breeding condition....are you sure Zoe is a girl ? Recessive pieds have a pink cere all their life if a boy....coloured brownish if a girl. Dominant pieds would have coloured ceres. Do you have any photos ? Edited January 22, 200817 yr by KAZ
January 22, 200817 yr Author thankyou all for the warm welcome! yes, ollie the five yr old is much too small anyway, my vet, ray butler said she would probably get egg bound. zoe is a grees and yellow aust pied, i havent seen her in breeding condition yet, her cere is quite pink. thankyou all again! If Zoe is a pied and at 3 years old has never had a coloured cere indicating ahen in breeding condition....are you sure Zoe is a girl ? Recessive pieds have a pink cere all their life if a boy....coloured brownish if a girl. Dominant pieds would have coloured ceres. Do you have any photos ?oh ofcourse! i forgot about that rule! , i'll try to get some photos, although im not sure how to get them on here... thanks!here is a photo of them both from a while ago, when they were spring chickens i hope it works, zoe is on the right.here is a photo of them both from a while ago, when they were spring chickens i hope it works, zoe is on the righttake two.. ttp://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj73/loreli_bucket/laurenpictures012.jpg ">sorry, i messed up this post, i thought i did three seperate posts from miss oh-so-computer-savvyzoe today">zoe today, sorry about quality First picture oversize, changed to link but didn't work, sorry try again, believe me, it takes time, just ask me! Phoebe Edited January 23, 200817 yr by Phoebe
January 22, 200817 yr Recessive pied looks like. Now a clearer one of the cere But if at 3 there has never been a brownish look to the cere, it MUST BE a boy
January 22, 200817 yr from what I can see of the photo (kinda fuzzy on the cere) I agree with Kaz, it looks like a male with the bright purple/pink color.
January 23, 200817 yr Author okay, here we go. these were taken today, :ygbudgie: <a href="http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/jj73/lo...nt=P1181019.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj73/lo...et/P1181019.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> <a href="http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/jj73/lo...nt=P1181020.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj73/lo...et/P1181020.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> Yes, you would want to insert the IMG direct link (last option on Photobucket) for your pictures to show up. Phoebe Edited January 23, 200817 yr by Phoebe
January 23, 200817 yr Very cute . If you want your pictures to show in your posts, paste the 'Direct Link' from photobucket rather than the 'HTML Code' :dbb1: .
January 24, 200817 yr Author thanks everyone, well there you go. it seems instead of getting a cock for her i chould be getting a hen for him! how embarrassing! ah well, im here to learn right! :parrot:
January 24, 200817 yr thanks everyone, well there you go. it seems instead of getting a cock for her i chould be getting a hen for him! how embarrassing! ah well, im here to learn right! :parrot: And the good news is that if you can get a hen that is about 12 months old (no younger) you will get upto 3 years of breeding out of your pair .
