Pictures Budgie Twins!!!

[Mariah Hughes]

Hey all! Just wanted to share that I had two healthy baby budgies hatch from one egg a few days ago! I couldn't believe my eyes when I found an egg I assumed would never develop enough to hatch had hatched into two babies that were each about the size of an M&M on day 38 of incubation! I was candling old eggs the day before to throw them out and just happened to leave this egg in even though it looked like it only had one very small, yet moving, embryo inside. These babies hatched ridiculously tiny and seemed to almost double in size overnight. Now they are robust and healthy.

Unfortunately I did not get a photo on the day of hatching because I discovered them late in the night and I had been drinking... Hahaha. But here they are now - 8 days old! I will be fascinated to see if they are identical or fraternal twins, but I suspect fraternal is far more likely.

 

[greys4u]

Wow, I have never seen twin budgies

 

[Mariah Hughes]

Wow, I have never seen twin budgies

Me neither! I had twin ducklings that died in the shell trying to hatch several years back... But never did I suspect I would have twin budgies!

 

[Brittany0208]

Wait, they both came out of the same egg?

 

[Mariah Hughes]

Wait, they both came out of the same egg?

Yep! The only egg that was unhatched in the nest box!

 

[Brittany0208]

Yep! The only egg that was unhatched in the nest box!

That's incredible! You learn something new everyday. Are you keeping these two?

 

[iamwhoiam]

Probably a double yolk so fraternal. Great that both babies developed and hatched...congrats!

 

[Mariah Hughes]

Probably a double yolk so fraternal. Great that both babies developed and hatched...congrats!

That was my thought as well! Thank you so much!

 

[Mariah Hughes]

That's incredible! You learn something new everyday. Are you keeping these two?

Thank you! Yes, I will probably be keeping them... Even though I probably shouldn't LOL

 

[sunnysmom]

Wow. I didn't know that was possible.

 

[alshgs]

That’s so cool!

 

[Flynn]

Wow! What an amazing experience many would like to see one day. I hope they do well, keep us updated with pics!!

 

[Fergus Mom]

Wow - congratulations @Mariah Hughes ! The 2nd article says twins rarely make it to hatchlings.

I found these two articles about twin budgies:

Laura's Birding Blog: Twins and Double Yolks in Bird Eggs

Double Yolker Eggs And Twins - Breeders Discussion - Budgie Community Forums

 

[Mariah Hughes]

Wow! What an amazing experience many would like to see one day. I hope they do well, keep us updated with pics!!

I will!

 

[Mariah Hughes]

Wow - congratulations @Mariah Hughes ! The 2nd article says twins rarely make it to hatchlings.

I found these two articles about twin budgies:

Laura's Birding Blog: Twins and Double Yolks in Bird Eggs

Double Yolker Eggs And Twins - Breeders Discussion - Budgie Community Forums

Thank you so much for sharing these articles! I'll check them out! I figured it was super rare to have twins make it to hatching!

 

[Lady Jane]

@PoukieBear have you ever seen budgie twins come out of one egg?

Anyway are you passing out cigars? Congrats

 

[Mariah Hughes]

@PoukieBear have you ever seen budgie twins come out of one egg?

Anyway are you passing out cigars? Congrats

Thank you!! I'm thinking of sending my husband out for some wine... does that count? Hahaha

 

[Lady Jane]

 

[PoukieBear]

@PoukieBear have you ever seen budgie twins come out of one egg?

Anyway are you passing out cigars? Congrats

Nope, never! Actually, as I was reading the post all i could think about was it being a hoax. (sorry!)
I guess stranger things have happened, so I'll be watching this thread to see progress pictures of the chicks growing up.

 

[Mariah Hughes]

Nope, never! Actually, as I was reading the post all i could think about was it being a hoax. (sorry!)
I guess stranger things have happened, so I'll be watching this thread to see progress pictures of the chicks growing up.

I can assure you it is not a hoax, haha. This the same mom had an infertile double yolker a few months back ... never in my wildest dreams did I think she would not only lay another one, but it would hatch!