Introducing Malcolm!

[Terry57]

We had a little female budgie, but she got worse and worse at picking on Russell, my rescue budgie. The friend I got Steph from took her back, and we got a little male budgie to keep Russell company. Luckily he came form another friend who I trust, and she had taken her babies to the vet,so we didn't have to quarantine.

Here is my new baby!

And here he is with Russell looking very interested from above:

 

[antoinette]

Malcolm is awesome
Such lovely colouring
Good luck

 

[JerseyWendy]

WHAT a gorgeous budgie, Terry!!! BOTH Malcolm & Russell are SO very pretty!!! The colors....WOW!!!!! And I LOVE how you set them up!!!

Those are some lucky birdies!!!

 

[Terry57]

Thanks Ant & Wendy
I kinda went overboard on the toys, I think..lol.

 

[Crazy]

How cute! I love budgies ♡

 

[Terry57]

How cute! I love budgies ♡

Thank you! I would love to see pics of yours as well

 

[lotosha]

What a handsome pair.

 

[crimson]

now that's a nice little yellow faced budgie you have there- did you know they are more uncommon that the white face?

glad to see that they are getting use to one another.

I still have my one pair I kept after downsizing, they are so pretty.

you can never have enough toys for budgies-never.....are those bells I see??? tisk tisk tisk

would you kindly remove them, so I don't have to worry?,lol

in all seriousness Terry, or at the very least remove the clapper, they won't care one way or another, and I won't get any more gray hairs- deal?

 

[TessieB]

What a pretty guy!

 

[Terry57]

now that's a nice little yellow faced budgie you have there- did you know they are more uncommon that the white face?

glad to see that they are getting use to one another.

I still have my one pair I kept after downsizing, they are so pretty.

you can never have enough toys for budgies-never.....are those bells I see??? tisk tisk tisk

would you kindly remove them, so I don't have to worry?,lol

in all seriousness Terry, or at the very least remove the clapper, they won't care one way or another, and I won't get any more gray hairs- deal?

I did not know that the yellow faced are more uncommon
Oh my gosh, thank you for the reminder about the bells! We had removed them from all the toys right when that happened to you, but this is a new toy and I forgot to do it! Thank you thank you thank you!
Whew, you saved me more gray hairs!

 

[MonicaMc]

Awe! What a cute a couple! I wonder how much your new hens colors will change as she matures!

Malcolm (hen) is a par-blue budgie. This only means that she has partial reduction of the yellow pigments, so instead of being a full blue bird, she's partially blue. Budgies have three known par-blue mutations, and those are yellowface type I, yellowface type II and goldenface.

Yellowface type I are blue birds with a yellow face mask.
Yellowface type II are blue birds with a yellow face mask, and yellow that "bleeds" into the rest of the body feathers. It can turn a blue bird green, for example. Many end up looking like a seagreen color, or seafoam green.
Goldenface budgies on the other hand have a very deep yellow coloration. They can sometimes be hard to differentiate from Yellowface type 2 budgies.



TBH though, I think they are both gorgeous!

 

[RavensGryf]

Such a cute little guy Terry! Malcolm looks like a goldenface type 2. My Twigs is a GF type 2 recessive pied. Budgies are adorable little things!

 

[MomtoPercy]

Oh my, Malcom is too cute! Russel looks just like my little boy, Jack

I agree with Beth - glad she reminded you about those bells. I saw a great idea on FB the other day. The poster had removed the clapper and replaced it with a bead that fits inside the cavity of the bell. So her fids can still make noise but won't get into trouble with the clapper.

 

[Terry57]

What a great idea about replacing the clappers with beads! Looks like Reg has some work to do tonight when he gets home
Those 2 are getting along so well, preening each other and cuddling together