Why is my female budgie bigger than male budgie ? Why is there a size difference between the two ?

[Dua Asim]

Hey guys. I've been curious why my female budgie is bigger in size than male budgie ? She is completely healthy, she plays a lot, chirp and sing and even eats a lot. Same for male one. His name is Evie. He also sings a lot. But he sometimes (less often) vomits he sings a lot and eat well and also plays a lot. My question is why my Evie (male budgie) is smaller in size than poco ? (Female budgie ).

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[DonnaBudgie]

Hey guys. I've been curious why my female budgie is bigger in size than male budgie ? She is completely healthy, she plays a lot, chirp and sing and even eats a lot. Same for male one. His name is Evie. He also sings a lot. But he sometimes (less often) vomits he sings a lot and eat well and also plays a lot. My question is why my Evie (male budgie) is smaller in size than poco ? (Female budgie ).
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She may have some English Budgie blood which would make her larger than a standard sized budgie. My female Rocky is half English Budgie and she's about 1/4 larger than her cagemate male. Rocky's mother Lilibelle was pure English and was HUGE at 65 grams (most regular budgies are about 30 grams). Rocky's father Buddy was a regular sized budgie. When Buddy first met Lilibelle, I had to laugh because I swear he looked at her sideways with his eyes popping open! His former girlfriend was a bit smaller than him. Buddy was a real lover boy and I suspected they would eventually try to breed as Buddy had tried with his former galpal, but she never laid eggs. I laughed when he got an eyeful of Lilibelle and said "don't worry Buddy, she'll be in the bottom!" It only took a couple months before Buddy and Lilibelle were happily doing the Humpty Dance.

 

[Free as a bird]

Hey guys. I've been curious why my female budgie is bigger in size than male budgie ? She is completely healthy, she plays a lot, chirp and sing and even eats a lot. Same for male one. His name is Evie. He also sings a lot. But he sometimes (less often) vomits he sings a lot and eat well and also plays a lot. My question is why my Evie (male budgie) is smaller in size than poco ? (Female budgie ).
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Like Donna said above, budgies can vary in size from about 30 grams to 60 grams so I wouldn't stress about that.

 

[Keet_Krazy]

There really is no "normal" size for budgies. Even the common pet ones (Australian/American) are bigger than actual wild budgies, and vary greatly in size due to all sorts of reasons. Then you get mixed English and pure English which adds further size differences. As long as your bird is the correct weight (not fat, not skinny) going off body condition, not weight, they're a normal size. Why they're that size you cannot know without knowing their parentage.

 

[Dua Asim]

She may have some English Budgie blood which would make her larger than a standard sized budgie. My female Rocky is half English Budgie and she's about 1/4 larger than her cagemate male. Rocky's mother Lilibelle was pure English and was HUGE at 65 grams (most regular budgies are about 30 grams). Rocky's father Buddy was a regular sized budgie. When Buddy first met Lilibelle, I had to laugh because I swear he looked at her sideways with his eyes popping open! His former girlfriend was a bit smaller than him. Buddy was a real lover boy and I suspected they would eventually try to breed as Buddy had tried with his former galpal, but she never laid eggs. I laughed when he got an eyeful of Lilibelle and said "don't worry Buddy, she'll be in the bottom!" It only took a couple months before Buddy and Lilibelle were happily doing the Humpty Dance.

Thank you for telling and clearing my doubts about size difference between budgies. . I'm glad there's nothing to worry about size difference now. My Evie is same like your buddy. He is also lover and romantic bird . I'm thinking to bringing him a new girlfriend because pocono sometimes acts rude and she also fights Evie a lot.

 

[Dua Asim]

There really is no "normal" size for budgies. Even the common pet ones (Australian/American) are bigger than actual wild budgies, and vary greatly in size due to all sorts of reasons. Then you get mixed English and pure English which adds further size differences. As long as your bird is the correct weight (not fat, not skinny) going off body condition, not weight, they're a normal size. Why they're that size you cannot know without knowing their parentage.

Wow now I understand I've been so curious about there size difference glad you all make it clear for me.

 

[Dua Asim]

Like Donna said above, budgies can vary in size from about 30 grams to 60 grams so I wouldn't stress about that.

Woah. I didn't know that. thank you for telling Thanks God it's not something to stress about. Both are healthy and happy and also playful.

 

[clark_conure]

I had to go to missouri for a funeral, (live in minnesota now) and stopped by a pet store, the budgies looked huge to me! Climate, diet, that section of breeders hundreds of miles away from my local breeders. I'm not exact but they looked almost twice as large at that pet shop the the ones I adopted/rehomed in MN. I didn't buy any but they would have bee kings and queens around my flock. I think it's just cross breeding and trying to make a bigger bird.

 

[Dua Asim]

I had to go to missouri for a funeral, (live in minnesota now) and stopped by a pet store, the budgies looked huge to me! Climate, diet, that section of breeders hundreds of miles away from my local breeders. I'm not exact but they looked almost twice as large at that pet shop the the ones I adopted/rehomed in MN. I didn't buy any but they would have bee kings and queens around my flock. I think it's just cross breeding and trying to make a bigger bird.

I understood your point very well. Thank you for clearing my doubts.

 

[Bluey]

Hey guys. I've been curious why my female budgie is bigger in size than male budgie ? She is completely healthy, she plays a lot, chirp and sing and even eats a lot. Same for male one. His name is Evie. He also sings a lot. But he sometimes (less often) vomits he sings a lot and eat well and also plays a lot. My question is why my Evie (male budgie) is smaller in size than poco ? (Female budgie ).
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She reminds me of my female budgie I once had , she was also very big in size as compared to my other budgies and it’s nothing to worry about and trust me , you r going to have really cute big sized babies if they lay eggs

 

[Mickie M]

Hey guys. I've been curious why my female budgie is bigger in size than male budgie ? She is completely healthy, she plays a lot, chirp and sing and even eats a lot. Same for male one. His name is Evie. He also sings a lot. But he sometimes (less often) vomits he sings a lot and eat well and also plays a lot. My question is why my Evie (male budgie) is smaller in size than poco ? (Female budgie ).
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aren’t these both males the ceare

Hey guys. I've been curious why my female budgie is bigger in size than male budgie ? She is completely healthy, she plays a lot, chirp and sing and even eats a lot. Same for male one. His name is Evie. He also sings a lot. But he sometimes (less often) vomits he sings a lot and eat well and also plays a lot. My question is why my Evie (male budgie) is smaller in size than poco ? (Female budgie ).
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aren’t these two budgies both males? blue is above their beak .

 

[Rozalka]

aren’t these both males the ceare

aren’t these two budgies both males? blue is above their beak .

The right one definitely is a female, green budgies has to have solid blue like the left one

Also, it's a post from last year, so I don't think OP will see our replies