It's quite funny really but I have two normal green siblings and I gave them different colored split rings so I could tell them apart and I checked on them yesterday and both of them have lost there leg rings.

 

what should I do???

Decide who is who by their behaviour and rering them. No big deal. It happens with skinny legged birds

Decide who is who by their behaviour and rering them. No big deal. It happens with skinny legged birds

 

 

I think one could be male I know one's deffantly female, could I post some pictures up for you to see??

By all means post some pictures

Kiwi

The one I thought was a hen

 

Oushi

The one I thought was a cock

Did you use a flash??

 

Do you remember which one you thought was a hen before the split rings came off??

 

How do you know there names if you can't tell them apart?

Edited December 1, 200816 yr by JimmyBanks

Did you use a flash??

 

Do you remember which one you thought was a hen before the split rings came off??

 

How do you know there names if you can't tell them apart?

 

 

I can figure out who's who if I watch them for a while but sometimes I still get it wrong, It fustrates me. And the one I think is a hen acts like a cock being friendly and kisses, the one I think is a cock acts like a hen and bites

haha well I am hopeless at picking gender so I'll leave that for someone else... are you planning on putting the old split rings back on them or just getting new ones to put on them??

haha well I am hopeless at picking gender so I'll leave that for someone else... are you planning on putting the old split rings back on them or just getting new ones to put on them??

 

 

I dont know. when I bought the rings I bought 30 any way, what do you think??

the second one does look like a cock, but you did use the flash so cant be 100% sure

I dont know. when I bought the rings I bought 30 any way, what do you think??

 

 

Up to you... for future breeding it can be very helpful to have rings on the birds... It really depends on what you want to use the rings for, somepeople use different colours to signify different mutations and stuff... (ie. Spangles purple, pieds, green...) helps if they are split to something...

One thing I was told by my partner when I first got into budgies and had a few that looked the "same" to me, was to look at their throat spots. All budgies have unique and different size/numbers of throat spots

KiwiThe one I thought was a hen OushiThe one I thought was a cock

The first photo seems to be the one you first called Oushi as her throat spots are closer to the cheek patches than the other budgie......I checked back on the earlier photos

KiwiThe one I thought was a hen OushiThe one I thought was a cock

The first photo seems to be the one you first called Oushi as her throat spots are closer to the cheek patches than the other budgie......I checked back on the earlier photos :bump:

 

Damn it I could have sworn that it was Kiwi because Kiwi lost her black beak and Oushi is the younger one and she has more black.... haa I don't know my own Budgie's

haha arn't you glad you posted picks on BBC Thats why its so important to keep us updated with photo's firstly it helps our addiction, secondly it helps us help you :bump: