Posted July 5, 200817 yr Hi there everyone, it's been awhile since I was on, but I thought I would let you see our new additions. We have four little babies. They are so cute. Three of them have dark eyes, I know I read about it somewhere, but what is the meaning of the dark eyes? The fourth one has red eyes, does that mean it is albino? And also I wanted to introduce my new little buddy Samuel. My friend who was sick, recently passed away and she left me her budgie. He is a lovely little green and yellow boy. And yes I did the quarrantine trick with him. We are currently trying to befriend him as he hasn't been handled much. Very slow process but we are persevering with him. After Billie and Oscar retire after this clutch, I am thinking about breeding Samuel. Have to find him a good looking girlfriend though.
July 5, 200817 yr welcome back, look forward to seeing your new babies grow up, you can actually start a journal in our Breeding Journal section . Samual is a cutie. Red eyes in the nest do indicate an albino or lutino but don't be mistaken for plum eyes that can indicate a cinnamon or recessive type of variety.
July 18, 200817 yr Author Hi again, just wanted to show some updated photos of our babies. The following photo is of the little redeyed one, a lutino, is that right? Any idea if the lutino is a boy or girl. I refer to her as a girl as I think she is too pretty to be a boy. The other two photos shows the 3 of them together. The eldest having similar colouring to their big brother Oliver and the youngest is an undetermined colour. I hope you enjoy the photos. More to come as they colour up some more.
July 18, 200817 yr your babies are adorable. l'm not great at sexing them when they are that young but l'm sure one of the experts will drop bye soon
July 19, 200817 yr Now I am probably wrong But I think that the one next to the wall of the nestbox is a Spangle, Now probaly more wrong here i am going to say YF2 - the youngest is ino if it is the other chick that was bron with red eyes?? But lets see what the others say
July 19, 200817 yr I am no good unless it is smack obvious like your lutino, you can take a picture of them and then post it in the Mutations & Variety Forum where it will get more exposure from expert who can tell at an early age .
July 27, 200817 yr Author Hi, just wanted to drop in and add some updated photos of the babies. This is the eldest. I think she is a girl but not sure (still learning how to sex babies) and not that successful at it. She is the same colouring as her big brother Oliver only her blue colouring is darker. Still very pretty though. She is not quite 5 weeks old and has already flown out of the nest box. Is this normal? This is the lutino (I hope). I think he is a boy, but we'll wait and see. This is the little cinnamon. I think this one is a boy too but again, I'll see what the experts say. The pictures aren't all that great and you can't see it in the picture but he has faint yellow colouring over the white and blue colouring down his back and tail. Very handsome little boy I think anyway. The following photo shows up very yellow but he's not that bright. It's my camera's fault. Sorry.
