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.

Four eggs for Horus and Ginger

July 12, 2010

Horus and Ginger now have four eggs. The second egg was laid on the 8th the third 9th and the fourth 11th.

Posted by Bridget Wheeler.

Second egg

July 8, 2010

Ginger laid her second egg today.

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Horus and Ginger

July 7, 2010

I have been talking a lot about breeding lacewings in the future. So I did a lot of research and asked a lot of questions. I decided to pair up my lutino male Horus and my olive green cinnamon female Ginger to start off. Well I put them in one of my breeding cages a couple weeks ago. They had just finished their molt so I thought it would be a great time to see if they would bond or not. Well they have bonded alright. I have seen Ginger going in and out of her nest a lot lately. In the last c...
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New goal (Lacewing mutation)

July 1, 2010

As I have said in prier posts, I am setting a new goal for the aviary. I would like to breed the lacewing mutation. Lacewing Is a mix either albino or lutino and cinnamon. If you have mixed an albino and cinnamon the bird will have an all white body and light brown head and wing markings. If you mix lutino and cinnamon the bird will have yellow body color and light brown head and wing markings. In both types the cheek patches show up violet. Both also have red eyes. Male ceres don't chang...

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I have three chick left

June 24, 2010

I have three female chicks left from the spring season. They are hand fed and hand tame. It is still a bit hard to get them out of the cage but once they are out they are content to stay out. Here is a photo of the three chicks. If you are interested please contact me.

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Chick update

May 20, 2010

All six chicks are doing well. They are starting to eat on their own. They all know how to get in and out of the nests but seem to be more content out sitting with their parents. I have decided to keep the opaline cinnamon yellow face type two hen. In the future I would like to breed lacewings. The lacewing mutation is a mix between ino (albino or lutino) and cinnamon. The result is a yellow or white bird with red eyes and brown wing markings. Some lacewings even have color on their bodys as ...

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Photos of the six chicks

May 10, 2010

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Chick photos

May 3, 2010

Here are Grace and Apollo's chicks. The first one is normal, light green and the second one is dominant pied light green.

Here are Stella and Dusty's chicks. The first one is opaline, yellow face type two, grey violet. the second is opaline double factor violet. the third is opaline grey violet and last but not least is the fourth chick she is opaline, yellow face type two, cinnamon grey violet.

Today La fiesta and Diego are laying on their first egg.

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Chick update

April 30, 2010

Well I was feeding the chicks today and I was looking at their colors. I stand corrected. Stella and Dusty's chicks are as follows...

# 1 opaline yellow face type two violet grey

# 2 opaline double factor violet

# 3 opaline violet grey

# 4 opaline yellow face type two violet gray

They are beautiful!

Grace and Apollo's eldest chick decided to go for an adventure outside the nest box. I found him on the bottom of the cage today. He was crying and I placed him back in the nest box.

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Chicks

April 26, 2010

Another one of Grace and Apollo's chicks passed soon after hatching. They only have two and they seem to be doing great. I think the problem was the age difference between the two oldest chicks and the two youngest. They where about a week apart and hens always feed the largest and strongest chicks first. The oldest chick looks like it's going to be normal green. The second one is going to be dominant pied green.

Stella and Dusty's chicks are flourishing. it looks like the oldest is going to b...

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