Last one for today - bird 5

[ariella]

phew! Thanks for looking everyone. These are only ones I thought were potentially male except two much older ones with really deep blue Ceres, but they looked a bit too old. My goodness, there were some stunning hens. 🙄

[Marianne Marlow]

Possibly a hen.

[blueelephant]

I love this one. Just beautiful. Again not a clue on gender 😂. It's definitely a budgie...

[ariella]

I thought hen because of the white outline and white rings around the nares, but the cere was almost a grey colour. Again, I haven’t seen that before, so thought it worth checking.

[tweetiepiesmom]

Interesting - in a couple of the pictures the blue seems to bleed into the white at the nostril. I'm curious about how white and distinct does the white have to be? That third picture looks like "boy" but I could see that the other pictures may look more like a "girl". What does the breeder think?

[ariella]

The breeder wasn’t very good at sexing. He breeds a variety of birds and some of his budgies are superb but I think it’s more of a hobby, whereas the breeder of the pair I’m seeing on Thursday sexed his hatchlings instantly,
I’m thinking hen on this one as there’s white at the nostrils and a distinct white edge, unless anyone thinks otherwise.

[skysmum]

A beauty but i think Hen

[ariella]

Excellent. I think 3 males out of 5 is pretty good, depending on anyone else’s opinions on number 2.
Great to have two males definitely agreed on. Thank you everyone!

[tweetiepiesmom]

I'm still going to say boy, despite what the experts say but I'll admit I've been wrong many times!

How's your eyesight ariella? All the budgies are similar in color and when they get flying around it may be hard to tell who's who. From across the room it may be hard to tell who's up to mischief!

[ariella]

tweetiepiesmom I need glasses more and more now! 😂
At first it was for reading and cross stitch and it was only 2.5 years ago I got my first pair but I needed a new prescription a year later and now I can’t read any labels on food or read books without them. My long-distance sight is okay but I still squint at road signs until I get close enough!
Luckily, I don’t often need to go out and rarely do so.
I think the birds I’ve gone for are easy enough to recognise individually and Jasper is green, yellow and a turquoise colour so very different again.

[tweetiepiesmom]

Its going to be a beautiful flock! Can't wait to hear more about them and what you've decided to name them.

[ariella]

Mar 27, 2021 20:59:05 GMT tweetiepiesmom said:

Its going to be a beautiful flock! Can't wait to hear more about them and what you've decided to name them.

Thank you. Once I have them all together I’ll take some photos but to start with I’ll be quarantining and will have them in different rooms as I’m getting them from two separate breeders. 
I love choosing names. ❤️
I already have them picked out but will need to work out which name to fit which bird. 
I had each of my children’s names picked out before they were conceived and a name for either sex as we had a surprise every time. I even name my fish!! 😂

[Hezz]

The third photo definitely looks to be a boy, but the others say hen, so not prepared to make a stand on this one.

[ariella]

Thanks Hezz. A real mixed bag on this one so I haven’t reserved this one. A pretty bird though.