Alright so...

[TikiMyn]

A little girl, cute! She will calm down with patience, love and understanding I am sure. Have you never had untrusting birds before? I know she is not with you but wondered

Odd that the cere is so brown and she is probably hormonal in such a stressful time. My girl also had a brown cere and was not as terrified the first few days as she was basically starved, black poops etc. Now she has a very light blue cere usually. Maybe it is also influenced by stress but haven’t found anything to support that, usually in stress it ‘should’ turn the non-breeding colour from what I have read.

 

[Xoetix]

A little girl, cute! She will calm down with patience, love and understanding I am sure. Have you never had untrusting birds before? I know she is not with you but wondered

Odd that the cere is so brown and she is probably hormonal in such a stressful time. My girl also had a brown cere and was not as terrified the first few days as she was basically starved, black poops etc. Now she has a very light blue cere usually. Maybe it is also influenced by stress but haven’t found anything to support that, usually in stress it ‘should’ turn the non-breeding colour from what I have read.

I did had a quaker for a short period who would have rather killed me than let me near him budgies are a little less scary -I don't feel like that beak can do quite as much damage.

She's just so quick to go into panic mode, I'm afraid she's going to hurt herself.

 

[AussieBird]

If others are seeing girl from those pics, lets go with that I do agree that it looks brown, actually somewhat deceptively brown. I dont think it's quite the broody brown, more realistically a tan like you said.

Cere colour isn't always going to tell you hormones. Sunbeam is practically egg laying and her cere is still white with some light tan "blushes".

budgies are a little less scary -I don't feel like that beak can do quite as much damage.

They'll try and tell you otherwise

I honestly find with shy birds just step back. Feed, water, and clean, then just be a nonthreatening presence. It's possibly these two used to be aviary birds so they probably dont really know people.

 

[Lori D Pert]

Difficult to tell from the pic but I would speculate female.

I honestly find with shy birds just step back. Feed, water, and clean, then just be a nonthreatening presence. It's possibly these two used to be aviary birds so they probably dont really know people.

This. Give it time. Talk gently and make no sudden movements. Sit a small distance from the cage and just let her get used to your presence. Time and patience...

 

[caspin22]

I saw the subject line of this post, and just giggled. Saw it coming. Budgies are so much fun!

 

[Emma&pico]

I think I win ? Wasn’t even 3months haha I knew it knew a budgie was coming your way congrats on your budgie who will 100% be staying haha