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Expert: Riley - 3/24/2007


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My female, sophie, laid eggs last week. already the chicks (3/4 hatched) are alive and well. what i want to know is: a- how to tell what gender they are
and b- theyre 7,6,and 5 days old and none of them have opened their eyes- is this normal?
can u help?

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Hey Luna,

You can find out their gender by looking at their cere (where their nostrils are). If it is dark, or navy, blue or dark green, it is a male. If it is brown, white, or yellow, it is a female. Don't worry about the baby budgies, they're open their eyes when they're supposed to.

Cheerz,
Riley

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I can answer many many questions on nesting, eggs, etcetera. Behavior, illnesses, diet, training and taming. There are some things I can't answer on illnesses but I do believe I can help with most of them. My strongest areas would be nesting, eggs and mating.

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I breed budgies. Only budgies. And I have exprienced all of the things I wrote when you asked me what kinds of questions can you and can't you answer.

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I studied bugdies for quiet a while before recieving my first. I know what to do in an emergancy and also basic information people may need to take care of their bird(s).

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Whenever one of my good friends has a question about budgies, I'm the one they ask. I don't think of them as clients, I just would say I help them in times of emergancies or general knowledge around the subject

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