I have new baby I am told he is a male and 8 weeks old I am hand feeding him he dose eat budgie seed from my hand too today have fed him four times I know when he is hungry he starts a very Lund cheap continuous and then the noice I am hungry I take note of crop its quite full and he stops wanting food I get food all over him sometimes and wash him with a damp cotton wool after he is fed he is quitter he eats budgie seed from my hand .