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Any Pin Cushions Out There?

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Add your picture if you want...Merlin looks like a spikey man :hap: check him out...

 

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Inspite of the new look he is always handsome...

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One of my blue birds, has just finished moulting.

Time for the breeding cage!

 

 

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Hang on! I found one

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Are you shore hes not about to molt?

cuz mine looked like that then they molted now heres what they look like.

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Bailey

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I couldnt add George cuz hes just about to molt

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He is adorable. :o It's a great look. Really suits him. :hap:

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Are you shore hes not about to molt?cuz mine looked like that then they molted now heres what they look like. http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd107/s...rljodie/007.jpgBailey http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd107/s...ie/DSCF0582.jpgLuminaI couldnt add George cuz hes just about to molt
Oh yes is he molting :D, that is why I posted a cute pics of his spikes, your birds are cute.
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He is beautiful looks great :D
He is adorable. :o It's a great look. Really suits him. :hap:
thank you :D

i have a few.... HUNDRED looking like that in the aviary atm also :hap: i'll get some pics tomorrow when it's light if i get time before my partners bbq :o

I found a picture of Balki with a couple of spikes.

 

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Vicky that is excellent :D, they looks so scruffed up but cute.

Two of my boys trying to look handsome in spite of prickle heads

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hahaha!! they look adorable when they have the "pin cushion" look :D

Mine are moulting too. will try and get some pics soon hehehehe

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oh my gosh Kaz that 2nd one is excellent on the pin feathers lol...inspite of looking like a punk rocker he is still talking to himself, his toys and to my thumb of course :D

 

Liv you are so RIGHT they are adorable.

Thats what I don't get with show breeding... pin cushion heads are cute shouldn't show budgies be cute too... that said, what causes the pin cushion effect?

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LOL, Kaz ... that second picture is a riot. I love em when they are all spikey'd. Too cute !

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Thats what I don't get with show breeding... pin cushion heads are cute shouldn't show budgies be cute too... that said, what causes the pin cushion effect?

 

it is when they are molting new feathers, the new feather is grown in but the shealth (protective covering) has not yet come off yet, that is why they are itchier and rub their heads on the cage bars and preen each other more if they have a friend to get it off. All budgies get this show and pet types :)

Violet going through her first moult, she had a little pin cushion but she had a fluff ball look all other. She was not very cute looking when she was moulting.

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I love it when they get spiky heads :wub:.

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Still gorgeous even when a pin head aka Chipy aka Chipster mobile

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I love the look too - Milly and Squee never get them. Milly is so obsessed with keeping her head pretty, she basically demands that I pick at the sheathes until they open up - and if I don't she'll rub her head on her favourite toy until it's all gone. (There's a strangely satisfying feeling at opening those things, too :sad: )

Squee hasn't had a lot of moults yet, and when she does it's gradual so I never see her get spikey head.

 

Great pics. I can't tell you the urge I have to pick at those feathers! Nng!

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FGM I agree he is so handsome, I love that pose.

I wish Merlin would let me rub them off I would enjoy it too :sad:.

Thanks guys he's such a cutie!The other day my daughters friend was over and chipy started doing the wild thing on her friends head!It was so funny!

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Thanks guys he's such a cutie!The other day my daughters friend was over and chipy started doing the wild thing on her friends head!It was so funny!

 

 

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