English Budgies
I just adore these spunky little parakeets. English budgerigars are some of the best talkers in the parrot family. They are extremely easy to tame so they do not have to be hand fed. In many cases, parent-raised babies make nicer pets because they tend to be less nippy. Hand feeding budgies can be a chore since they are like little piranhas grabbing for anything that resembles food (including your fingers!).
| English budgies look quite a bit different than the native Australian parakeets. They are much larger, have a large crested head, and get a funny sort of grandpa look to their faces (they sometimes appear a little grouchy) because the feathers grow over the eyes. They come in a variety of stunning colors. This one is a sky blue cinnamon. They have been bred over the years for these characteristics. They are often called exhibition budgerigars because they are the types of budgies seen in bird shows. |  |
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These are one of my breeding pairs of English budgies. They are a violet hen and a yellowface olive cock. They have an unbelievable variety of colors among their babies. I get a lot of cinnamons and even yellowface albinos (which are stunning). This pair has since "retired" from breeding. |
| This is one of their babies, a yellowface albino hen. This means the male from the pair to the left was split to albino (his mother must have been albino). Baci at the top of the page is also one of their babies. |  |
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This light green cock and yellow lacewing hen have had some beautiful babies.
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This guy has a little of everything. Yellowface, skyblue, opaline...he's a real beauty!
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Here he is with his mate : His mate is also a baby of the pair above (the lacewing hen and light green cock) |
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