Always! This breeder also tests for it regularly and is always negative. But still, every new bird I bring into my home, I quarantine and they always get a full vet check up.Oh good they will be young. Please be sure to test both parents for AGY as it is so prevalent in our sweet budgies.
Thank you! She definitely is stunning. But she's only split to Fallow, meaning that this mutation is not visible on her. Visually she is a Cobalt, Yellowface II, Opaline. (Which isn't rare ate all, just really pretty!)Oh my!!!That fallow is adorable!
I only hand feed if/when necessary. If a hen abandon's her chicks, or start being aggressive, then I step in. I've only had this happen once, where I couldn't foster the chicks into another nest. I work a full time job, so hand feeding just isn't in the cards for me, unless i take lots of time off. (Which would be nice!)
She is definitely a more independent bird who prefers to have things HER way. I can't take my eyes off of her when she's out and about, otherwise she'll be found chewing up the mail, destroying the window screens, stealing food that may be left unattended. She gets into EVERYTHING! And she's not a cuddly bird like the others, she'll sit on my finger for a few minutes, but that's about it.
Cobalt, Yellowface II, Opaline / Fallow
I want to make sure I understand this: I know cobalt - the deeper, more intense blue. yellow face II indicates the yellow is more intense - so 2 of the "yellow face" genes? Opaline indicates that the body color is suffused throughout the wings? Instead of black bars, they're now colored? Fallow is a "fading" gene (that's terminology borrowed from color inheritance in English shepherds, so maybe you use a different term...) so the bars are more grey or "cinnamon" brown, rather than black? But she's split for fallow, meaning she doesn't display it, but does have that gene.
