Budgies

Acquisition

  • Why is the selection of the breeder so important?
  • What do I need to consider when buying budgies?
  • Why should compassionate buying be discouraged?

Many questions that will hopefully be answered here in sufficient detail.

Acquisition

Rooster or hen

To answer the question about the sex of a budgie, you need to look more closely at coloring of the wax skin.

But with which color is it then a rooster or a hen?

Rooster or hen

Moult

  • How does this work and how can I recognize it?
  • How can I help my budgie with this?
  • What problems can arise in the process?
Moult

Colour strokes

In addition to the generally known green and blue budgies, there are now numerous color strokes.

  • If you are just curious, you can find pictures of the color strokes here.
  • Who wants to know it however completely exactly, can deal also with the different characteristics to the not completely simple distinction of the color strokes.
Color strokes

Breeding forms

  • Which breeding forms exist at all?
  • How do they differ from the wild form or from each other?
  • Which breeding forms should rather not be purchased due to problematic breeding goals or even torture breeding?
Breeding forms