Hi all:

 

Georgie (yellow) and Kazoo (mauve) are my two dear budgies. Well, Kazoo is becoming dear, she is new after the passing of my beloved Joey of 15 years recently, but that is another story.

 

I am not a breeder, and I was wondering if some of the experts here might be able to tell me what types they are, since I am aware there are many and I have read some debate here about which is which. Also, a note about sex: I think Kazoo is female. She is a baby from a, gulp, pet store. But anyone with a definitive answer as to her henship would be welcome, as well.

 

Thanks in advance, and thanks to everyone who has increased my understanding. I read for a while before joining the forum.

Well firstly Erin.... WELCOME!!! I am so glad you made your fist post, ey. What a lovely pair of budgies you have... You asked for experts to give you an answer... so I won't respond... have you ever hear of the terms 'pied' and 'normal' though?

 

It would help as far as gender recognition is concerned with a closer shot of Kazoo's cere/head.

 

I look forward to what the experts have to say.

l'm sorry for your loss of Joey

 

Welcome to the forums.

l'm not sure of what type they are, a closer picture of each would help with the gender and also identifying what they are.

l'll just take a wild guess here that Georgia is a recessive pied but if he has an iris ring then he is a dominant pied and

Kazoo is a normal cobalt. l'm not 100% sure about it.

Phew I'm glad I'm not the only one that thought pied and normal... See Erin... in less than a month you can actually look at a budgie and tell the difference... Now that is what makes this forum fantastic....

 

*waits for an expect to come and tell him he doesn't know what he's talking about*

 

until then though I agree with birdluv...

Thanks to each of you for responding. I will upload some closer shots as recommended.

l'm sorry for your loss of Joey Welcome to the forums.l'm not sure of what type they are, a closer picture of each would help with the gender and also identifying what they are.l'll just take a wild guess here that Georgia is a recessive pied but if he has an iris ring then he is a dominant pied andKazoo is a normal cobalt. l'm not 100% sure about it.

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll263/e...hotos/099-1.jpg New photos, closer up. See above post, I was looking for info on what kind of budgies I had, and also the sex of Kazoo (the blue one). I know Georgie is a boy - actually that is a kind of funny story, I thought he was a girl and named her Georgia until he mounted my hand a few years ago and clamped onto my fingernail and outed himself as a male (his cere is, I guess, mauve, although I had thought it was pink). Kazoo is about 4 months old and her cere definitely looks pink to me.Thanks in advance....Jimmy and birdluv have identified them as possibly a recessive pied and normal cobalt? Hmmm, interesting! (To answer your question birdluv, I don't see any rings around the irises of either of them.) Do they still look to be these strains closer up?

Edited March 24, 200817 yr by Elly
2nd pic over the size regulation of 450x450, turned to link

Do they still look to be these strains closer up?

 

I'm going to go with the same as before...

I'm going to go with the same as before...<BR>

Thanks Jimmy, and thanks for the great welcome. I look forward to honing my ID skills, in the meantime, it's pretty amazing to be able to upload photos of my budgies from Northern Ontario, Canada, and have them seen in Australia!

Cheers and thanks again

Gorgeous birds

Georgie is a light green recessive pied COCK and kazoo is a mauve normal hen

Welcome

after seeing the closer pictures, l agree with libby aout their gender and their type

Gorgeous birds

Georgie is a light green recessive pied COCK and kazoo is a mauve normal hen

Welcome

 

 

Thank you thank you! For both the sex and type information.

Thanks to each of you for responding. I will upload some closer shots as recommended.

l'm sorry for your loss of Joey :nest: Welcome to the forums.l'm not sure of what type they are, a closer picture of each would help with the gender and also identifying what they are.l'll just take a wild guess here that Georgia is a recessive pied but if he has an iris ring then he is a dominant pied andKazoo is a normal cobalt. l'm not 100% sure about it.

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll263/e...hotos/099-1.jpg New photos, closer up. See above post, I was looking for info on what kind of budgies I had, and also the sex of Kazoo (the blue one). I know Georgie is a boy - actually that is a kind of funny story, I thought he was a girl and named her Georgia until he mounted my hand a few years ago and clamped onto my fingernail and outed himself as a male (his cere is, I guess, mauve, although I had thought it was pink). Kazoo is about 4 months old and her cere definitely looks pink to me.Thanks in advance....Jimmy and birdluv have identified them as possibly a recessive pied and normal cobalt? Hmmm, interesting! (To answer your question birdluv, I don't see any rings around the irises of either of them.) Do they still look to be these strains closer up?

 

YELLOW BOY BLUE IS FEMALE