okay I will check now. Beast (the male) is very vicious and bites me when ever I put my hand in the cage... so maybe it is him. I checked both babies. They both have bald patches on their head but I can see little feathers starting out. Their is no blood and both cockatiels dont have any blood on their beaks.

Edited October 27, 200816 yr by pearce

What have the cockatiels got to do with the baby budgies ? Are they all in together ?

Hi

 

Some pictures:

 

 

 

 

These birds are baby cockatiels. Are these the ones you mean? Im abit confused. They are in their own seperate cage as are all my breeding birds.

Edited October 27, 200816 yr by pearce

that explains it then :rofl:

 

 

You had them mixed in with your budgie topic and also mixed in with budgie baby pictures and didnt say anything about them :rofl:

Edited October 27, 200816 yr by KAZ

They are baby cockatiels. The eldest is called jack and the youngest is jill (easy names to remember). This is what they looked like as babys:

 

 

 

The photos I take are pretty bad and make the cockatiels look quite small. They are about the size of an adult budgie at the moment. Is the feather loss on the head normal for baby cockatiels? I hope they are not being plucked.

 

Thanks very much for your help

Hi

 

When ringing baby budgies and using the "two toe forward, 2 toe backward" method, is it normal for a baby to chirp really loudly?

I am putting the two toes forward through the ring then pull it up abit more and then use a blunt feather quill to pull the other toes through.

When the two toes are through and the others are almost pulled through it loses circulation in its foot and it goes red. Am I doing somthing wrong or do All breeders have this?

I am doing exactly what a show breeder showed me.

 

Thanks

All the breeders I know use the 3 toe forward and one toe back ... I am sure someone will answer your question soon ... As I havent rung a chick yet

okay thanks Neat

Three toes forward is best and you should not have red toes and circulation problems...have you left it too late to ring ?

No if I do it any earlier it just slides straight off. I will try the three toe forward. thanks

Ringing a budgie once you get the hang of it is a 3 second manouvre

It takes me like a minute being as carefull as I possibly can. I will have to try the three toe forward method and hope it works.

 

Hi This may sound like a stupid question but I have looked in the faqs and could not find the answer. Are budgies colourblind? The reason I ask this is because maybe some hens dont like certain coloured males and refuse to bond with them? Thanks

 

P.S It will not let me make a new post so I am posting it on this one.

Edited October 28, 200816 yr by pearce

Hi

 

The babies are getting very big and growing very quickly. The eldest ( 4 weeks) keeps escaping the nest box. Can babies eat seed themselves at this age?

I checked him for blood and he had none so I highly doubt the mother kicked him out, she is very good.

 

Any comments would be greatley appreciated.

have you put any millet in the nestbox? always worth a go... If it doesn't look like he is getting picked on then I wouldn't worry to much... Just observe him a bit more to make sure.. Might just wanna grow up...

Hi Jimmy

Yes their is millet in the nest box and I think you are right, he wants to grow up and leave the cage.

I will keep placing him back in the nest box until he is old enough.

 

Thanks for the help

How old are the chicks when you were legringing them ? Split rings are they ?

Edited October 29, 200816 yr by KAZ

Hi

 

It depends on the size but most babies are between 6 and 8 days old when I ring them, yes their are split rings.

Hi

 

Is it possible to get blue babies from a

grey green female split to blue

and a

Skyblue male

 

Is it possible to get blue babies from a

Grey green female

Skyblue male.

 

Thanks

Sure is

Blue babies can come from any green parent provided they are split for blue :fear

okay Thanks very much.

I am not sure but one of the babies in the nest looks to be getting blue pin feathers.

Hi

 

The babies are growing up very fast. The eldest is also developing blue underbelly feathers aswell.

When they are moved into the baby cage I will take pictures and hopefully someone will be able to tell me the gender and mutation for records. Here are some pictures today when I had to clean the nest box out. My camera is a slow action camera so when I click the trigger it takes 3 seconds to actually get the shot, by then they have moved so the pictures are not very good. It is funny how they all poke their heads out the nest box hole together and start chirping for food.

 

 

 

 

 

 

You have 2 female normal greens

1 male spangle

1 female opaline spangle

wow thanks so much Liv.

 

May I ask which one is the opaline spangle? is it the youngest spangle or the oldest one?

Edit: Is it the eldest? He has black tips on his wings where as the younger one does not?

Is it possible to get opaline from a yellow recesive pied male and a cinammon spangle dark green female?

 

Thanks very much

Edited October 31, 200816 yr by pearce

Your opaline spangle is the youngest one

Was that the one that was feather plucked pearce? The youngest one ...

 

 

At the age of 4 weeks ( answering earlier question) Not all babies are able to eat on their own .... Best to leave with parents that extra week or 2... Doesn't have to be in the nest box they can have ( depends on how you have your set up )

1. Nest box in cage : Take lid off the nest box

2. Nest Box outside cage: Use a upside down container ( Kaz's Igloo)

3. Aviary : Have a larger container in the floor and have babies in there full of seed ...

 

All these options have worked