I saw the strangest thing in the pet shop yesterday. 3 male budgies on the floor chasing each other and kissing each other. 2 of them seemed to be deeply in love and the third was jealous of the other 2. So he picked a fight and before you know it they were all rolling around on the floor wrestling each other. They then got up and started the kissing again. This was repeated over and over again. The lady from the shop said they had been doing it all week. Funny stuff. 2 of them were really big and strong ex breeder birds that were so nice so I bought them! I'm sure once I pair them up with a hen their "gay" behaviour will subside. Not that there's anything wrong with that. LOL!

 

They are a dilute spangle green cock and a cinnamon grey cock.

Edited June 7, 200915 yr by cranberry

Cute

 

PS are you sure the spangle is dilute ? Could it be cinnamon spangle ?

He has very faint wing markings but not cinnamon. I'm probably wrong though. I'll take some pics tomorrow and post them.

the behaviour is normal for males. 99% of the time a male budgie will have no troubles bonding to a hen after having a "boyfriend" - however gay budgies do exist... but many are happy to swing both ways

Budgies bond and their feeding behavior, grooming is not indicating that they are gay by any means but it is a "social" behavior in captivity and in the wild, what you saw is very normal and in fact if you have 2 males only you will see the same type of behavior.

Have you seen the Gay penguins in Germany who are now raising a chick? Birds are wonderful!

Pengiun males do raise the chicks while the female go off hunting.