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Post by Hezz on Nov 28, 2014 1:16:27 GMT
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Oct 14, 2014 5:22:11 GMT
forks
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Post by forks on Jan 31, 2015 8:33:23 GMT
Our 8 budgies are all doing well. Enjoying a long hot summer and some sprays of water to cool them down. One more question I have is: Do budgies pair for life or change partner each season? Would they pair with another if the previous partner was still there? Obviously it wouldnt be right to breed related budgies but do they recognise who their relations are? We successfully bred 2 pairs (in seperate cages) last spring and were thinking about another combination next spring.
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Post by jellybean on Jan 31, 2015 10:37:13 GMT
Sorry can't help with that one forks, I'm sure someone will be along to give you an answer soon.
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Post by Hezz on Jan 31, 2015 23:59:46 GMT
From watching my own and their shenanigans, I would say they can and will change their alliances if and when it suits them. You would have to work on reducing the bonds already formed and putting together the birds who you do want to form bonds. Breeders shunt them around to suit themselves, but I wonder then whether the bonds the birds form then are as strong as the bonds that pets, who have not been separated from their mates, form.
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Oct 14, 2014 5:22:11 GMT
forks
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Post by forks on Feb 27, 2015 7:47:16 GMT
We have just noticed that one of our green female budgies (kiwi) about 2-3 years old now has blue feet. The older male (Jack) also has blue feet but we thought that was because he he is a blue budgie. Does anyone know whether their feet change colour as they get older or does it depend on their feather coloring?
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Post by Hezz on Feb 27, 2015 8:21:45 GMT
It depends on their mutation. The less body colour, if you like, then they have pink feet. From the recessive pieds down through to albino. I think I have that right - must admit I haven't checked with the experts, but that is as I remember it. Unfortunately my memory is giving me trouble at this point in my life!!!
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