Hi to all, my name is Richard. I've been breeding budgies on and off for around 10 years, have never been a member of a club or shown my birds but have always been interested in the genetics of the budgie. There are so many different colour combinations to experiment with when breeding these little birds and the enjoyment they bring to me and my children is endless. My 9 year old daughter is currently hand raising a lutino hen chick, one of five chicks from our light green spangle cock and double factor spangle hen. It was a surprise to end up with three lutino's in the nest as we were unaware the cock was split "ino". These surprises are what keep us intrigued and give us much enjoyment.

I hope to contribute to this forum regularly and learn a lot more from others, so looking forward to it!

Hi rich, welcome to the forum.

 

There is loads of information on here so take your time and look around!

Edited November 12, 201113 yr by Finnie

Hello Rich and welcome to the Forum.

Your DF spangle must be masking ino, yes it is a surprise sometime, My lutino cock is masking grey wing.

Hello Rich and welcome to the Forum.

Your DF spangle must be masking ino, yes it is a surprise sometime, My lutino cock is masking grey wing.

 

 

Thanks Splat, looking forward to conversing with other budgie breeders and learning new things. With regards to my birds, my understanding is that my light green spangle cock would be the one masking the ino gene as it is sex linked and the hen cannot mask it. My hen is a yellow double factor spangle, not lutino as she has the dark eyes. If she carried the ino gene she would show it with red eyes?? In the nest we have 3 x lutino(red eyes), 1 x Yellow DF Spangle(dark eyes) and 1 x Grey green spangle.

Hi Rich

 

I grew up in Geraldton. Also a good number of our club members for Metropolitan Budgerigar Club and Southwest Budgerigar Club come from Geraldton too.............Chris Huck, Norm Wheatley, Mike and Deb Gearing and Wilma Bunter...they travel all the way to perth and Mandurah for club meetings.

 

Look forward to seeing your budgies too.........

Hi Rich

 

I grew up in Geraldton. Also a good number of our club members for Metropolitan Budgerigar Club and Southwest Budgerigar Club come from Geraldton too.............Chris Huck, Norm Wheatley, Mike and Deb Gearing and Wilma Bunter...they travel all the way to perth and Mandurah for club meetings.

 

Look forward to seeing your budgies too.........

 

 

Hi KAZ , it's a small world we live in! A couple of the names you mentioned ring a bell, I have bought birds from Wilma before in the past, few years ago now.

Hey Rich Welcome

Hello Rich and welcome to the Forum.

Your DF spangle must be masking ino, yes it is a surprise sometime, My lutino cock is masking grey wing.

 

 

Thanks Splat, looking forward to conversing with other budgie breeders and learning new things. With regards to my birds, my understanding is that my light green spangle cock would be the one masking the ino gene as it is sex linked and the hen cannot mask it. My hen is a yellow double factor spangle, not lutino as she has the dark eyes. If she carried the ino gene she would show it with red eyes?? In the nest we have 3 x lutino(red eyes), 1 x Yellow DF Spangle(dark eyes) and 1 x Grey green spangle.

 

Whether or not the hen were ino, she wouldn't cause it to show up in the chicks anyway, she could only make her sons be split for it. So it is definitely the dad who is split to ino.

 

 

Oops! Forgot to add: Welcome to the forum, Rich.

Edited November 12, 201113 yr by Finnie

Hi Rich

 

I grew up in Geraldton. Also a good number of our club members for Metropolitan Budgerigar Club and Southwest Budgerigar Club come from Geraldton too.............Chris Huck, Norm Wheatley, Mike and Deb Gearing and Wilma Bunter...they travel all the way to perth and Mandurah for club meetings.

 

Look forward to seeing your budgies too.........

 

 

Hi KAZ , it's a small world we live in! A couple of the names you mentioned ring a bell, I have bought birds from Wilma before in the past, few years ago now.

 

I have known Wilma for years as I went to school with one of her daughters and used to hang out at their house in my early teens and younger. My brother still lives in Geraldton and dad did to till he passed away 2 yrs ago....we still have to sell Dads house on Brand Hwy.

Hello Rich and welcome to the Forum.

Your DF spangle must be masking ino, yes it is a surprise sometime, My lutino cock is masking grey wing.

 

 

Thanks Splat, looking forward to conversing with other budgie breeders and learning new things. With regards to my birds, my understanding is that my light green spangle cock would be the one masking the ino gene as it is sex linked and the hen cannot mask it. My hen is a yellow double factor spangle, not lutino as she has the dark eyes. If she carried the ino gene she would show it with red eyes?? In the nest we have 3 x lutino(red eyes), 1 x Yellow DF Spangle(dark eyes) and 1 x Grey green spangle.

 

Whether or not the hen were ino, she wouldn't cause it to show up in the chicks anyway, she could only make her sons be split for it. So it is definitely the dad who is split to ino.

 

 

Oops! Forgot to add: Welcome to the forum, Rich.

 

Thanks Finnie.....as I thought.

Hi Rich

 

I grew up in Geraldton. Also a good number of our club members for Metropolitan Budgerigar Club and Southwest Budgerigar Club come from Geraldton too.............Chris Huck, Norm Wheatley, Mike and Deb Gearing and Wilma Bunter...they travel all the way to perth and Mandurah for club meetings.

 

Look forward to seeing your budgies too.........

 

 

Hi KAZ , it's a small world we live in! A couple of the names you mentioned ring a bell, I have bought birds from Wilma before in the past, few years ago now.

 

I have known Wilma for years as I went to school with one of her daughters and used to hang out at their house in my early teens and younger. My brother still lives in Geraldton and dad did to till he passed away 2 yrs ago....we still have to sell Dads house on Brand Hwy.

 

We've lived in Geraldton now for 10 years, we like it here and have no plans to leave any time soon. Houses haven't been easy to sell of late but hopefully things get better soon, same as a lot of places I guess....

Hello,welcome.