I have a few surprises

[Rachael Kellett]

Okay maybe more than a few FOUR surprises to be exact

I have been worrying about the budgies in the aviary for a while now, ever since they lost Lilah. They all seem to be a bit lost, especially little Dex as he loved Lilah so very much There are four boys and only one girl, Daisy, in there so I came to the decision of getting two more hens, a choice of two for Dex to follow around lol. Now I went to the breeder that Alfie came from as I trust him and his budgies are well looked after. So he had put two hens in a cage for me to look at (they were both lovely)...then I considered getting a third hen so there would be 4 males, 4 females. :blush: So he showed me a few other girlies...
Anywho to cut a long story short *ha* I was about to leave with three giirls and asked him how much he wanted for them, for him to say "Hmmm...zilch...nada...nothing!" Isn't he lovely!! Then the crazy man (just kidding ) said "do you want this cock? He would make a lovely pair with that hen...I said "ermmm no, I better not" but then he and my dad "persuaded" me to take him home too lmao! Enough rambling from me lol. Onto the photos!

The gorgeous grey-green hen...









DF Spangle hen: She is the noisiest hen I have ever seen, she spent the whole trip home ranting at me









Finally the light green spangle couple, its hard to tell them apart sometimes ;D

Cock...





Hen...







I have officially lost the plot

[sweetpea]

What a fantastic way to lose the plot!

[barrieshutt]

very nice birds Rachael .....the spangle hen is a normal and the cock is an opaline

[Marianne Marlow]

Nice birdies. The yellow hen looks like a handful. She's giving you "evils" ;D

[suejr69]

Mar 16, 2012 12:48:32 GMT barrieshutt said:

very nice birds Rachael .....the spangle hen is a normal and the cock is an opaline

Barrie,how can you tell the hen is a normal when they look the same(cock and hen) in the green colour to me.do i need some new glasses:-(
what about the cock spangle i cant see the broken bars on the neck? Is it something to do with the wing markings being more faded?
I think i definitely need better glasses
sue

[suejr69]

Rachael they are all gorgeous.i have some green spangles like yours.how are they settling in?
sue

[Rachael Kellett]

Mar 16, 2012 12:48:32 GMT barrieshutt said:

very nice birds Rachael .....the spangle hen is a normal and the cock is an opaline

So he is! I hadn't noticed that until now, I'm trying not to bother them too much while they settle in as they are quite skittish.

[Rachael Kellett]

Mar 16, 2012 12:57:26 GMT Marianne Marlow said:

Nice birdies. The yellow hen looks like a handful. She's giving you "evils" ;D

They've all been giving me evils lol ;D Hopefully they will stop once they have settled in.

[Rachael Kellett]

Mar 16, 2012 13:04:35 GMT suejr69 said:

Mar 16, 2012 12:48:32 GMT barrieshutt said:

very nice birds Rachael .....the spangle hen is a normal and the cock is an opaline

Barrie,how can you tell the hen is a normal when they look the same(cock and hen) in the green colour to me.do i need some new glasses:-(
what about the cock spangle i cant see the broken bars on the neck? Is it something to do with the wing markings being more faded?
I think i definitely need better glasses
sue

The hen is a normal in that she has bars going up the back of her head as all normal budgies do. Opaline means that they don't have any of these bars at all on their head and neck Hope that makes sense ;D

[lupin]

Beautiful newbies Rachael

What a fine looking family they are.

[BudgiesBuddy]

Wow, some extremely beautiful birds Rachael. A whole variety of spangles. Lovely story too. Congratulations

[Deleted]

very nice indeed Rachael....
you have done very well there.....

[Hezz]

You lucky girl, you. Lovely birds you came home with.

[budgiefriend]

They are all beautiful, Rachael. You will have so much fun with them.

[samwiseg]

Oh wow! Lovely birdies - agree with Sweetpea, what a way to lose the plot! Feeling very much the same but funds wont permit me losing the plot at present!