Posted November 17, 201014 yr Hello all ! First I must say "thank you" ... i have been browsing this site and all the forums for some time and have found a wealth of information! I owned and bred budgies as a teen and didnt realise I had forgotten so much! Earlier this year my 11 year old son asked for a pet budgie, so "Charlie" joined our little family, and then a few months later followed by "Snowy" for my 14 year old daughter. Both birds were bought as parent raised and hand tamed and are gorgeous, funny, entertaining and loving little members of our family. I believe both are male, but after reading a few forum posts i'm now not so sure and welcome conformation or correction. Not that it really matters either way... they are companion pets only and we love & adore them and it doesnt really matter As soon as i can work out how I'll upload some pics. Today we added to our feathered family and purchased 2 adult birds from the man my kids call "The Bird-man"... where we also purchased Charlie and Snowy. He's a fantastic breeder and bird shop owner, and has become a great friend since re-igniting my passion for all things feathered! We are hoping to breed with these 2 new birds, but I'm taking things slowly, and using the process to not only delight my children, but to inform and educate them too. Anyway, thats enough rambling from me for one night! haha Michelle lets see if this photo thing works....forgive me if it doesnt! Edited November 17, 201014 yr by michellet
November 17, 201014 yr They are adorable you should enter their photo in December Budgie of the Month under the contests. They are both males from what I can see.
November 18, 201014 yr Author Thanks for the warm welcome everyone Elly, i'd love to enter my photo in the monthly competition...but i'm not entirely sure how to. (i know, i know...i'm going to be one of those painful newbies that asks lots of dumb questions for a while! hehehehe) I'm sure i'll eventually, and probably acidentally, work it out...unless someone would like to give me some step-by-step instructions Edited November 18, 201014 yr by michellet
November 20, 201014 yr Hi and welcome, To enter b.o.m. competition. Scroll down to Miscellaneous. Competitions. click on green dot. b.o.m. Find Dec b.o.m. it's got all instructions there, then just post picture the same as you did on this post,.Add reply etc. Cheers. Edited November 20, 201014 yr by robyn
November 21, 201014 yr Author Hi and welcome, To enter b.o.m. competition. Scroll down to Miscellaneous. Competitions. click on green dot. b.o.m. Find Dec b.o.m. it's got all instructions there, then just post picture the same as you did on this post,.Add reply etc. Cheers. Thanks Robyn
December 8, 201014 yr Author Hi again Just curious..can anyone tell me what colour/s, variety our 2 boys are? Before his first moult Charlie was more bluish than green...and Snowy has a small patch of bluish/purple on his lower belly and lower back. Thanks
December 9, 201014 yr Hi again Just curious..can anyone tell me what colour/s, variety our 2 boys are? Before his first moult Charlie was more bluish than green...and Snowy has a small patch of bluish/purple on his lower belly and lower back. Thanks Charlie looks like a spangle, dark green spangle maybe? And Snowy is hard to tell in the picture, but looks to be some sort of pied.
December 9, 201014 yr Hi and welcome! Snowy is a recessive pied either grey or sky blue, looks blue to me in the first picture and grey in the 2nd lol. And I agree with Harry, that Charlie is a spangle dark green
