Originally I had a blue cock and a blue pied hen, the majority of thier ofspring are grey/ blueish pied, I would like to ad some colour to the avery and have the offer of a loan of either a yellow hen, or a yellow faced green cock, would they be a good cross? I'd like to get some greens, this green is a good bright green, and the yellow is a nice looking bird too. I'm only going to get one hatching from these birds and then remove the boxes entirely. (I will breed the selected pair in a seperate cage.)

Probably a main consideration would be if the bird "on loan" is healthy and not carrying any illnesses that could effect your birds. With either the lutino hen or the green male you could get green offspring and green pieds.. You may get some blue as well if either bird is split for blue. With the lutino hen you could get some lutinos in the next generation from her male offsping.

Hurdy is right but there are many ways to get a yellow bird, if this one has red eyes then it's lutino but if normal dark eyes it could be a dark eyed clear or a double factor spangle. Or if it has markings on the wings like normal a clearbody. All act differently when breeding.

 

Green is dominate over blue but matching to a grey bird you would get grey greens which look like olives (a dark or karki green)

What if I go and buy a new bird, (what colour?) Hen or cock, and put it with either a blue pied, or something else? My solid blue cock over a different hen? I just want to add a bit of colour to the avery.

I just want to add a bit of colour to the avery.

You could do this much easier by adopting a needy bird (or two or three) or even getting some babies from another breeder.

 

What happened to the babies from your last clutch?

Edited January 13, 200619 yr by eterri

Flying around avery except youngest 2, still in nest, I had planned on stopping breeding, however I would like to add a green or yellow.

 

I just want to add a bit of colour to the avery.

You could do this much easier by adopting a needy bird (or two or three) or even getting some babies from another breeder.

 

What happened to the babies from your last clutch?

 

 

I'm in a small country town, and I don't know any other breeders willing to do a swap, the closest I got was the loan of a bird. (Which would be fine) a lot of people in Australia are still ignorant and just release thier unwanted birds (This ofcourse is sending to a cruel death,) But you can't tell some people.

I really like Terri's idea, of rescuing a couple birds with the colors you need that would be a wonderful way to add color and give a home to those who need it Just to breed to add color doesn't seem right. (just my view..sorry if I offended anyone)

Adding color to the aviary. Loaning... Swapping???

 

You do realize these are living creatures, eh? They aren't baseball cards or stamps. I'm sorry, but that mentality gets under my skin because I've seen how much budgies have suffered from it. You try getting people to do right by them for a while and you'll see what I mean. It is heartbreaking. I hope you reconsider breeding again as your reasons have nothing to do with bettering the species. And that is the only reason anyone should breed. At the very least, the budgies' welfare should be foremost in your mind and it clearly is not.