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There are baby budgies in my Budgie's coconut hideout - What should I do

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taylor luvs budgies
My Female budgie (Chipper) laid three eggs, in which two are hatched and been hatched for about 8-10 days now. I have gotten worried because they are getting big and can stand up on their two feet. I put in a nesting box inside the cage that is brand new and I haven't seen either of them go into yet. I want to know if it is possible to move them CAREFULLY into the nesting box that is x3 larger. It would benefit them and they get squished when the mother lays on them because how developed they have become. She herself can barely fit into the coconut even before the babies and I am scared she will suffocate the. If you know the answer to this please answer it !!

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The budgies are getting huge! They are so much more healthy. The budgies wouldn't have seen alive for this long if it wasn't for you all's help. Thank you to the team. I can see one of my budgies has red eyes and all yellow feathers (lutino) and is just like the dad on the perch. The older one looks similar to the mother.
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Cody
They look so sweet in there with mom. They change so quickly wait another week, you won't believe the difference you will see.
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Will I have to (in the future) get a separate cage for the budgies? They are in a spacious cage, but they are not going to be able to immediately fly so that is why I'm asking. Can anyone give me information if yes?
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StarlingWings
It would be best to separate them to ensure that accidental breeding does now happen again in the future. Once we know the gender of the chicks, keeping males together in one cage and females in another would be best! The cage you have now I personally would not put more than two budgies in it (obviously after the chicks have grown) 👍🏻
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FaeryBee
Thank you for the picture and update!

You are going to need a separate cage for the Mother when the chicks reach 3 1/2 weeks old.
This is to prevent her from double clutching.

When the babies are fully fledged and weaned, at about 8 weeks, we need to determine if the chicks are male or female.
They can be separated from the father at that time.

If you plan to keep the chicks, depending on their gender(s) it will be best to have all males in one cage and all females in another to prevent any future breeding.
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taylor luvs budgies
Thanks for the feedback
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Cody
So adorable :love: , have you named them?
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FaeryBee
They are SO sweet!! I’m in love with them.
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taylor luvs budgies
the yellow one is winnie and idk what i should name the green one. got any ideas?
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FaeryBee
I need to see their ceres.
It’s best to determine if they are male or female before choosing names.
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StarlingWings
Or you could choose something gender-neutral! What about Bagel 😆 Not sure why, but its the first name I thought of!
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taylor luvs budgies
i will show you the ceres I just know they are both tan atm
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FaeryBee
Looking forward to the pictures... soon I hope??
I love pictures of baby budgies.
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StarlingWings
Well, in this case, it's actually really easy to tell the gender from birth since you know both the parent's mutations :) This only works in one scenario:

1. If the father visually expresses a sex-linked gene (such as Ino, which includes the Albino and Lutino mutations)

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2. If the mother does not have this gene (which she does not)

Then, for sure, all babies that are ino are female, and no baby that isn't ino can be female :) I can explain how this works but it basically means that you have one boy (the little pied one) and one girl (the lutino) :D I forgot to mention this earlier ;)
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taylor luvs budgies
thank you for letting me know. i renamed the yellow one ducky and im still thinking about the green one
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StarlingWings
What about Goose for the little green fellow? Ducky and Goose sounds cute ;)
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it does! it would be cute if i named the yellow one daffy of daffodil
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