Kaz you are a brave girl. I call them around 14 to 21 days but never that young.. :bluebudgie:

you have a very cute bub and i am glad it is doing well.

Well done with the little one- its tiny isnt it!!

Well Kaz has a 50% chance of being right anyway

I wouldn't even try guessing until about 3 weeks old.

It looks very bulbous which I would say is why Kaz is guessing male, I would have to agree

Kaz you are a brave girl. I call them around 14 to 21 days but never that young.. :cake:

I can mostly sex mine now at 5 days Daz. Harder when its a photo on here. BUT I find if I sex them at 5 days or so from my nestboxes and make a note of it, it is 99.9% right

It looks very bulbous which I would say is why Kaz is guessing male, I would have to agree

The shape has nothing to do with me sexing a baby budgie. I dont hold to that theory at all...never use the shape to influence my sexing of babies.

can you explain why you think its a boy?

can you explain why you think its a boy?

Colour of cere. BUT I have to go off your photo and not me seeing a baby budgie in my hands, so I have to hope the colour in your photo is as I would see it in real life :cake:

ill have to compare tomorrow. Ill take new ones tomorrow morning anyways :cake:

I love pictures! heheh

Edited December 6, 200816 yr by KAZ
edited for dhortcuts which are not allowed

ill have to compare tomorrow. Ill take new ones tomorrow morning anyways

I love pictures! heheh

 

Promises, promises, promises...

 

 

 

Sorry Jim, The past 24hrs has been crazy!

 

 

 

Great photos

 

If that doesn't win budgie of the century, I'm the next pope... (for those thinking that is a possibility... I'm not catholic)

 

They were all worth the wait but that one is great!

Edited December 10, 200816 yr by JimmyBanks

Those pictures are so sweet

At what age should I worry about splayed legs? Also what age can I pull it from the nest?

At what age should I worry about splayed legs? Also what age can I pull it from the nest?

You only "worry" about splayed legs if it has them. Looks fine so far.

Why do you want to pull the baby from the nest ? It isnt necessary.

Edited December 11, 200816 yr by KAZ

Id like to pull it from the nest early and finish rearing it myself. What are peoples opinions?

You're game... I'd be petrified of doing the wrong thing if I tried hand rearing..

Id like to pull it from the nest early and finish rearing it myself. What are peoples opinions?

 

I prepared a brooder and hand rearing food / supplies just for that purpose thinking of taking the oldest 2 or three and relieving the parents of a bit of strain so they would be fitter for round 2. However, i dont really think i have the time in the day to do it now and the parents are doing fab. I would do it if i needed to, and im not saying you shouldnt (because i almost did ) but I tend to think the parents are almost always a better option :fear.

 

Unless you want a super tame chick!

Well a supertame chick was the idea.

It really doesn't make any difference with budgies, it's all down to their individual temperaments

OMG I just had the most amazing experience. I just candled my 3 eggs for the first time and 2 are clearly fertile, one.. im not to sure.

 

BUT!....

 

I saw the little embryo and heartbeat of the first egg. A HEARTBEAT! How exciting and amazing.

 

PS. Egg number 4 didnt come today. Do you think she might be having just 3 eggs?

 

I had the same experience with my first clutch!!! I love that you were just as excited as me - brings back those wonderful memories!!!

I would not remove the bub from it's Mum. The best start in life they can get is to be reared and fed by its Mother. If you handle the bub everyday, s/he will still be very tame.

Handling the bub every day while letting it still be fed by its parents still results in a very tame bird, as tame as hand reared ones. I think they are even better too, because they still know they are a budgie so they don't have so many behavioural issues.

I have heard that handreared hens can become quite bitey too or are more inclined to become bitey.

I still have three of the babies I handraised from the first round. They all got an equal amount of TLC. The oldest is fairly quiet but happy to be held and cuddled, the middle one would tear your fingers offif she got the chance and the youngest is a snugglepuss...