Budgie Breeder

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This blog is used to update any interested buyers about the progress of breeding. There will be updates on breeding, hatching, chicks, weaning etc. Please feel free to browse through the blog and see what is new at the aviary.

More chicks and more eggs.

August 15, 2010

La fiesta and Diego now have two eggs. Apollo and Liberty have three eggs. Prince and Violet have three chicks and three eggs. Horus and Ginger's chicks are doing great. I have started hand feeding them a couple times a day.

Posted by Bridget Wheeler.

Chicks colors

August 10, 2010

I can see what colors the chicks are now and I'm excited to say I have a few surprises...

#1 Lutino

#2 Yellow pied I think it's recessive but we will see once he grows a little more.

#3 Albino

#4 Lutino

#5 Normal green

It depends on the type of pied. But I think it's recessive so that means both Horus and Ginger are split for recessive pied. I also have one albino chick. This means that both Hours and Ginger are split for blue as well.

Posted by Bridget Wheeler.

Eggs and chicks

August 1, 2010

Well there are a lot of eggs here that's for sure. Storm and Willow have two eggs. Prince and Violet have five eggs. Apollo and Liberty have one. Horus and Ginger have five little chicks that are growing fast. They have three lutino females and two green males. they did have three males but sadly the youngest passed away yesterday. This happens because the parents instinctually feed the strongest chicks and sometimes the smallest just don't survive.

Posted by Bridget Wheeler.

Again more chicks and more eggs

July 29, 2010

Well there are more eggs and more chicks to talk about. No big surprise. Prince and Violet have three eggs. Willow and Storm still have two but I'm expecting more. Horus and Ginger now have five little chicks. The last two are a female and a male.

Posted by Bridget Wheeler.

Eggs eggs and more chicks

July 27, 2010

The aviary is filling up fast. Prince and Violet are now laying eggs. They have two. Willow and Storm also now have two eggs. Horus and Ginger still have four eggs to go. Their latest chick is a lutino female. I have a feeling I'm going to have my hands full feeding chicks this season. The birds don't usually have a summer breeding season but I think all of the humidity and hot temps followed by thunderstorms helped.

Posted by Bridget Wheeler.

Two little chicks

July 26, 2010

The second chick hatched today. The first is defiantly a female. And the second is a male. All the females will be lutino (yellow with red eyes) and all of the males will be normal green. I can now see the stark contrast between the two chicks because of their eye color.

Posted by Bridget Wheeler.

First Chick

July 24, 2010

The first chick hatch today. It is four days early. It looks like it has developed to term so I'm guessing it just developed faster than normal. I'm not sure but it looks like a lutino but I will have a better idea when it gets older.

Posted by Bridget Wheeler.

Ginger and Horus's eggs

July 22, 2010

Well it looks like we are going to have some chicks if everything goes as planed. All of the eggs are fertile. I put three of the eggs in Storm and Willows nest box. They have started showing signs of breeding and Storm has a large vent so she should be laying any day now. I figured Storm has raised multiple clutches so she knows what she is doing. I thought that would give the first time parents a break. Ginger didn't like it but she got over it in a few minutes. Storm has been sitting on th...

Posted by Bridget Wheeler.