New English budgies are here !

[Lady Jane]

After being around EB for many years when I go into a pet store, which is rare, the American budgies look so tiny to me.

 

[sunnysmom]

So cute! (Any bird named Elvis is going to be trouble. )

 

[Bonkers]

This guy doesn't have a name yet. I can't wait to see those pin feathers open all up.
His grandparents were imported from Germany

Poukiebear, this looks very very similar to Big Bird only slight differences in that Big Bird had more black markings and slightly more yellow but. Cute!!

 

[Fia Baby]

@Lady Jane - I read an article recently about the size of American budgies. They are now quite a bit smaller than their Australian counterparts. I think from having a closed gene pool, although I would think with proper pedigree management, that could have been avoided.

 

[Lady Jane]

As you well know the gene pool of US budgies has been expanded to include just about every mutation possible, thus interfering with genetics. I love the green color of the wild Aussie budgies and hope it never changes.

 

[PoukieBear]

As you well know the gene pool of US budgies has been expanded to include just about every mutation possible, thus interfering with genetics. I love the green color of the wild Aussie budgies and hope it never changes.

Same here in Canada, A lot of people (including the breeder that I got these guys from) regularly import birds from Germany, Switzerland, England and Australia. This gives the genepool a much wider variety and hopefully less issues.

On English budgies, I also prefer the regular green and regular blue, and spangles. I don't really care much for the pied mutation on the EB's, it just doesn't look right and the size is smaller than it should be. That's why you don't really see a lot of them.

 

[metalstitcher]

That is a big difference between and English and an American Budgie. I was going to ask what the difference was but now I know and I can say I learned something.

 

[finchly]

They are so stunning. I predict you’ll be sorry you named Scruffles that, once he matures.

You can come down here with Robin in your pocket. Or maybe you ship. I’m determined to have EB ‘someday’ which better be sooner rather than later now that I have heart problems lol.

There are no show quality breeders down here, not that I can find. ;maybe further north. There is one breeder with decent EB for $100 each,, hand tamed.

I’m in awe, and hope you’ll share more photos.

 

[Lady Jane]

You can always get in touch with M&M's breeder in NJ. He may still be selling. I can give you name and phone number if you like. He ships many of his budgies so he is used to that and can answer just about any budgie questions. See PM.

 

[Sylvester]

Here are some size comparison pics (not my pics, but they will do)





That is a huge difference!