Marglo my lutino hen has hatched two out of four eggs. The first was yesterday morning and I checked this morning and yippeee.......there's another chick. She is a great first time mum and the chicks are quite loud. Dad is a violet spangle and I have no idea what colours to expect.

I will get some pics posted soon.

Very exciting

Great news :rofl: I look forward to seeing what you end up with too

 

What colour eyes do the chicks have right now ?

Edited May 26, 200916 yr by KAZ

Kaz, I'm a bit hesitant to interfere too much as this is my first time breeding budgies since I was a child. I'm worried that if I go near her and her babies too much she will neglect them. What do you think?

Kaz, I'm a bit hesitant to interfere too much as this is my first time breeding budgies since I was a child. I'm worried that if I go near her and her babies too much she will neglect them. What do you think?

No she wont....read my article....here............

http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/faqs/i...0baby%20budgies

 

 

and you will see its essential that you check babies in the nestbox at least once daily.

Thanks Kaz.......Reading it now. i will go and check then tell you what colour eyes they have......assuming I have fingers left to type with

Thanks Kaz.......Reading it now. i will go and check then tell you what colour eyes they have......assuming I have fingers left to type with

There are tips in that article about how to approach and inspect the nestbox.

Good news......I can still type, so she didn't bite my fingers off! She was very compliant. Both babies are fine, with full crops and what looks to be black eyes (not sure what other colours there are). I did get some pics but were too blurry. I'll try again later. I have used rolled oats and she has scraped some of the wood from the bottom of the box to use as nesting material. All seems to be going well so far.

Good news......I can still type, so she didn't bite my fingers off! She was very compliant. Both babies are fine, with full crops and what looks to be black eyes (not sure what other colours there are). I did get some pics but were too blurry. I'll try again later. I have used rolled oats and she has scraped some of the wood from the bottom of the box to use as nesting material. All seems to be going well so far.

Good news

This is the best picture I have so far.

 

Very cute Time to add a lot more bedding material. Remove the eggshells as they can wrap around the other egg and stop hatching.

so sweet!

Will do Kaz, thanks.

 

What did you mean by eye colour?

 

What colours can you get?

Will do Kaz, thanks.

 

What did you mean by eye colour?

 

What colours can you get?

I bumped an eye colour article up for you but you must have missed it..........here.............

 

http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index....c=23215&hl=

Hi all,

this is an update of Marglo's babies, all three are doing very well and Marglo and Cornelius are fantastic parents.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 16, 200916 yr by KAZ

Cute little spangles :rofl:

Some of the pics are a bit blurry, sorry.

 

Kaz, can you tell if they are male or female yet?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mum and Dad

Photos one and four are females...others too blurry to be sure.

Thanks Kaz,

 

How do you know these things? I thought you had to wait a bit longer to tell. I mentioned before that dad was a violet spangle but I have found out since that it was my cobalt spangle who did it!

Thanks Kaz,

 

How do you know these things? I thought you had to wait a bit longer to tell.

Experience and observation. Others have to wait longer to tell. I dont. I am sexing babies at around age 1-3 days in the nestbox now.

Updates on Joey, Fidget and Firefly. I'm guessing I have 2 females and one male. Joey and Firefly are girls and Fidget is a boy. Fidget is the olive looking one and Firefly and Joey are green. If you have any suggestions as to what they are I would appreciate it immensely. Thanks