‘messy feeders’ where the parents deposit their regurgitated seed all around the face of their youngsters whilst feeding them. These pet type Budgerigars are excellent parents with high vitality and a great desire to breed. With most of the colour mutations it is easy to tell the sex of individuals, just look at the cere, the area above the upper mandible, it will be


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blue for cocks and brown for the hens. When building an aviary for your


Budgerigars the best wire to use is weldmesh with a size of ½” x 1” you can use the thin 19 gauge which is cheaper but I prefer the heavier 16 gauge because if in the future you want to keep a larger species such as Eastern Rosellas the 16 gauge would be fine for them whereas the


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