Ceres for those interested

[Miss_sj]

I can confirm he is absolutely gorgeous. But I assume you are looking for a more professional opinion

Hehe thank you! We think so too. Who would think such a tiny cute package contains such mischief and fun!

 

[Miss_sj]

I'd expect between 2 and 3 more months, but some are late developers. It's nothing to worry about. Just one day you'll turn around and realise puberty is over and you have a young adult. Enjoy these coming months.

Thanks for your insight! One more question- is he likely to grow any bigger in size? He is TINY! Compared to budgies I've had previously, he's like like a miniature budgie.

 

[Ripshod]

He won't grow much bigger than he is, if at all. If your other budgies were noticeably larger could they have been English Budgies (show budgies bred to be larger)?

 

[Miss_sj]

Yes, they must have been!

 

[Monica]

Would a Recessive Pied always have this tone of skyblue or can it vary? I think Nova is Sky Recessive Pied but she has grey on her back, not white like Flynn.
For the fun, I tried to calculate what mutation Nova and Merlin (SF Spangle violet I think)'s babies could have, but I didn't understand how this Genetic calculator worked...

1.0 = male
0.1 = female

Breeder terms.... as far as I've seen. i.e. they have 7 birds, in a ratio of 2.5 or perhaps 4.3 in terms of gender.


I had one hen that I believe was Dutch Pied. Dutch Pieds look recessive but they are actually dominant mutations. Recessive pieds will have completely black eyes and a males cere will always remain pink/tan in coloration. Dutch Pieds get the white eyering like Dominant Pieds and males will have the blue/purple cere. She was sky blue with patches of violet. That's the beauty of pieds - they can vary so much!

 

[Gribouille]

Beautiful!!

 

[Miss_sj]

@Ripshod do you think this 11 week old is a male or female?

I'm on the lookout for a friend for Flynn and came across this little one.

 

[Ripshod]

@Ripshod do you think this 11 week old is a male or female?

I'm on the lookout for a friend for Flynn and came across this little one.

I'd hate to say from those pics. I'd really like to see clearer pics of the cere.

 

[Ripshod]

@Miss_sj from your pictures in your cage thread (much clearer) you have a young boy.

 

[Miss_sj]

Thank you!

 

[Kiwi & Co.]

Can anyone help me find out Kiwi's gender? Kiwi is an estimated 2 months and 3 weeks old.

 

[Ripshod]

Can anyone help me find out Kiwi's gender? Kiwi is an estimated 2 months and 3 weeks old.

Kiwi is a boy, and a very handsome one at that

 

[Kiwi & Co.]

@Ripshod Thank you for the help! I assumed he was a boy (Especially beacause he loves to stand on my head and preen my hair) but I really wasn't sure so thanks for the wonderfull help!
Kiwi!

 

[scrape]

Can anyone help find out this budgies gender? He/she is young, hitting 4 or 5 months.

 

[Ripshod]

Can anyone help find out this budgies gender? He/she is young, hitting 4 or 5 months.
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Looks to be a girl, in puberty.

 

[scrape]

Looks to be a girl, in puberty.

Thanks for responding!

 

[Monica]

At 4-5 months old, I'd actually say male.... female should have a clearly white cere by now. Might need to wait a bit longer!

 

[PoukieBear]

Can anyone help find out this budgies gender? He/she is young, hitting 4 or 5 months.
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Male Very cute too !

 

[scrape]

At 4-5 months old, I'd actually say male.... female should have a clearly white cere by now. Might need to wait a bit longer!

Male Very cute too !

Well well, thanks for responding! I appreciate the help!

 

[Gribouille]

Nova's ceres has been brown since May. at the beginning it was tan, now it looks like she has a raisin on her beak.. How long will it remain that way??