Rainbow & Dazzle down under

[Tealc40]

Interesting story how this nesting box was started. Crackers:evil: our evil egg cracker layed 2 eggs deserted the nest layed one more on top of another box so I put that one in with the other 2 and then on the 24th of July Rainbow started sitting on those 3, in the end i put crackers and her mate in a seperate breeding box in my daughters room:angry1:. Rainbow however is a great mom she started laying her own eggs on the 28th of July she laid 4 sitting on 6 one of crackers eggs were cracked so i took it out.
19 days after the 28th first one hatched (B2) Ive called them B1 B2 B3 B4 etc as we have 21 eggs in the Aviery so B2 is Rainbow & Dazzles first hatchling, B4 was hatched today its day 3 today at 4:30pm all is well and both babies have a crop full of food:happy4: Rainbow is the Yellow & Green one she has 2 difined colours on her chest, Hopfully her babies will too Dazzle is the purple one awsome colour, one day i will study the genetics of breeding budgies to find out what is passed on & how. The photo in the middle is rainbow with the 3 eggs of crackers which i dont think were fertile by the dates of the first hatching. if all of rainbows are fertile 2 more are due this week:D I tried a video but it wont load even from photo bucket:mad:. I will keep trying If anyone knows how to change videos:S.

[allyyh]

Yayy! Congrats on the little bubs. They are indeed very adorable. :) Keep us posted! :D

[A-n-M]

Congrats on the chicks.
Cute!

Can't wait to see them feathered.

[Tealc40]

Day 4 for B2 the first of Rainbows Chicks He/she is growing fast twice the size of the sibblings, Today B5 was born only one day after B4 :jumping1: You can see in the photo B4 & B5 are similar size and B2 is huge.:cool-smiley-025: (B1 & B3 are mentioned in the Journal 'Pixie & Hammy'.

[FrankieGomez]

Wow how exciting I reallly like your aviary or cage it looks preety sweet and congrats on the babies.

[Tealc40]

Rainbow & Dazzle are doing well as parents, another one hatched today:clap: Thats 4 , I sure hope they get thier dads looks he is a great bird. He is protecting them from my vicious camera :scare: There are 2 eggs left, I suspect they are Crackers abandoned 2 (Unfertile). Next round of breeding I might # eggs to see but ive enjoyed some of the not knowing, Hoping, then joy as they hatch:o, I saw on another thread an example of a chick hide what a good idea. Ill have to make one. when the chicks are a bit older i will start to handle them for 10 min or so each arvo, Should I bring them inside with the parents? or do that in the aviery?The parents arnt trained, will they freak out if i take thier babies away from them for 10 minutes:scare: I have many questions :o
So B2 born 16th Aug, B4 born 18th Aug, B5 Born 19th Aug, B6 born 21st Aug (today) all doing well :spin:

[Coral]

:D Congratulations with the babies :D

The parents look beautiful, and I think the babies are going to be manificent. You must be so excited :)

[Tealc40]

I decided to call B2 Nudge cause he/she is growing so big he nudges His little brothers & sisters out of the way :twothumbs: he is even bigger than B1 (Mork) who is a day older than him (in another box). Anyway All 4 are still alive going well but i reckon Nudge is pinching most of the food. scoffa:rolleyes:

[Tealc40]

Its day 13 since the first egg hatched, check out Nudge(B2) I noticed a bit of yellow on the head :fingerx: I hope He/she is multicoloured, Mum has the 2 tone Chest:cool-smiley-025: But I am really excited about B4 with the red eyes and the yellow wings He/she has a light pink head not the same as the other 3. What is that called ? :hammer: Is that Albino???????? I will have to read a book on Genetics of Budgies:embarrassed: We are so happy here none of our babies that hatched have died :jumping1: We have 8 all together :thumbsup: The 4 of rainbows are growing well and look like being a good mix of colours:happy4: I have learned to distract the parents with thier favourite Grass seeds to handle thier babies:D

[Debbie05]

Oh nice babies and they are looking great. Congrats. My oldest baby is poking her head out of the nest box, She will be 4 weeks monday. I have put the chick hide in.

[Jen144]

They're so cute! B4 is a Lutino girl, that's why she's got red eyes and no markings unlike her siblings. Congrats!

[Tealc40]

Thanks Jen, Thats exellent. because we were trying to name her the kids decided if it was a boy we would call him Gilligan:laughing: But if it was a girl they wanted Ginger (Which seemed to match the Eyes) I hope she never goes on a 3 hour tour:laughing: I have a feeling that she will be one of the ones we dont give away.

[Tealc40]

All 4 of Rainbows Chicks are doing well, The kids are starting to hold the older 2, Nudge & Ginger are getting heeps of feathers The ends are starting to open up :cool: Here is a picture of Rainbow & Dazzle still in love :love2:after bringing up 4 screeming kids :laughing: last night i was taking out the rubbish at 11:30pm and i could hear the chicks screeming for food. it must take it out of Rainbow:eek:

[jimjam&sonny]

well, they will be beautiful once fully fledged! :) good luck

[Jencelena]

they are pretty! congrats! i cant wait to see what they grow to look like. their dad is very pretty. thats cool you have a lutino:D

[Tealc40]

B2 Nudge (Big one) 22 days
B4 Ginger (Female Lutino Yellow with red eyes) 20 days
B5 Gilligan:D (The crazy fast runner) 19 days
B6 Bubblegum (Smallest) Might have some blue in him:fingerx:. 17 days.
I got them all out of the box for cleaning & Photos.
Gilligan went crazy and kept running off at high speed My youngest daughter was laughing:laughing: her head off.

[Tealc40]

4 weeks old for Dazzle & Rainbows 4 babies, they are sticking thier heads out the hole for a look;) Mum keeps flying back to guard them:rolleyes: I was curious as to the white wingtips on ginger the Lutino, Does this mean she is creamino ? I dont at this stage see any white on her chest.All 4 are going well:D

[stacey101]

AWW!
look at the fuzzy!
and the spangles, lutino and opaline!! :love:
As for the white flight feathers o the lutino that i snormal, all lutinos have white feathers

[Debbie05]

They are so cute and getting so big. I have moved the babies to there own cage and Dede has layed 2 eggs and maybe a third today. I will for sure remove the nest box or seperate them early so they don't have time to start a third. lol

[riotfox]

aww such cute babies! i just love reading the breeding journals.

[Tealc40]

Thanks for the feedback I am finding it hard to decide weather to give any away or sell any we have 11 babies at the moment in different boxes and I would love to keep them all:o. especially these 4.:D

[Tealc40]

Wow when I looked out the window. I saw the beautiful green belly, then I went up to him he took off flying like a pro:eek: What age am I able to sepperate him from his parents? I havnt seen him eat on his own yet.

[budgiebabe]

Concrats on breeding sucessfully. Mine haven't had such :(

in regards to your reed eyed one that will be yellow version of a albino budgie i think it's called latino (spelling no good!)
Good luck with the birds and keep us all posted!

[Debbie05]

I had to seperate mine at almost 5 weeks as Dady would not leave them alone. I was afraid he was going to hurt 1 . So I put them in there own cage and watched them for a few days. They are doing fine and at 5 and half weeks 2 of them went to there new home. They are great and doing fine.

[riotfox]

nudge is very pretty!

[Tealc40]

Today i was home for lunch & I had a look in the Aviery, I saw the cutest little green thing flying around Gilligan was finally out of the box:D he looks a little bit like nudge on the wings but his head is not as yellow and has a slight blue tinge on his lower chest. Bubble gum is the youngest he has black wings like his mum. Ginger is beautiful (lutino) I will definately keep her for next years breeding :budgie: I will find it hard to let Gilligan go too:o I guess this is the end of this thread. "May all your news be good news and goodnight":)