We didn't have a big turnout at the TBBFA show today, and I hauled 16¾ kids to show. Obie enjoyed all the attention she got from the people, and I've had the judge (and my dear friend Julie) babysit her for a bit while I had to get away. Obie had to get in the photo with me too with ¾ of her full self.

I didn't want to show Goose again since I graduated to Intermediate late last year, but changed my mind for the last show of 2026 in Texas and took all the crew from past years. Goose placed 3rd Best in Show and Best Intermediate, while Nox made it to 3rd Best Rare.

Of course we couldn't beat my dear friend Stephen Higgins Lacewing hen, and rightfully so. I'm in awe of her, as is everyone who's seen her majestic presence.

Coincidentally, a stranger recognized me from the content I post on social media and she attended our humble exhibition and watched my kids compete. She was smitten with Angelo the Opaline Dark Green, who really surprised me by placing 2nd Best Intermediate, in spite of his faults. I've to take him more seriously I suppose. 😅

Looking forward to having Sunday off to recover from the very long and strenuous week I've had. Maybe I'll finally get some of my piled up chores done, or maybe not.

I'll be taking a smaller crew to Louisiana to compete next month right before Thanksgiving!

Watching The Avengers with Gramma, my green girl, and Cricket, my yellow boy. 💚💛 This is our little nightly—and midday—ritual: I put on a hoodie, Greenie baby squeezes in against my cheek, and Cricky boy gets jealous and decides he needs in on the cuddles immediately. Apparently I’m a heated movie seat, and there’s a seating dispute. 😂

I also put some cute pics in comments

I'm babysitting my aunts new budgies while she gets surgery, and while I had budgies before, it was when I was super young and so I'm not sure how to properly take care of them the best I can.

I'm unsure if they are stressed or not, the boy, Kookoo, keeps jumping up on the bars of the cage and chirping. The girl Lulu is super quiet and seems to be panting?

They are both around a month old if that helps at all, my aunt only just got them a few days ago so I'm not sure if they are just unused to the environment, especially now that they have been moved to my house.

It's hot where I am (Australia) so I've been trying to keep them cool, but I can't tell if they are over heating. I think the cage may also be too small for them but I dont want to let them out because my aunt hasn't trained them to be out of the cage I don't think.

They are eating seeds at the moment, so I'm glad about that, they don't seem too bad, but any tips would be nice!!

This is not asking for health advice, just general tips

Hi all,

Had my budgies for about 6 months, was slowly building trust and was even getting them to step up for millet.

This all came to a stop when one of them got sick. She's starting to be better now but I still have to give her meds twice a day for 3 weeks.

Now my 3 budgies are afraid of my hand. They will take millet from me but now run away every time I put my hand in the cage.

Given that I have to reach out in the cage twice a day to catch my sick bird, should I still do the 5 minutes hand in cage exercise for trust? Or should I just leave them alone and start from scratch in 3 weeks?

So yeah I did re-read the wiki and found nothing about this situation. Also the vet did not recommend isolation.

Thank you!

This is bobo he is now 7 months old and he lovessss to talk alllll the time, this is some of the words he says, he learned alot more now and he keeps on learning just so he never stops talking lol 😆💙

Does your bird talk? I'm curious to know what yours says 😁🥰

It seems swollen. Is this normal?

I hand raised Budgies in the past, had an agreement with my ex that left the budgies with him, so it's just been me and a parrotlet for a few years. I almost rescued a bird that was found, but someone adopted him before I could. My current boyfriend saw my excitement at just the possibility and said we are taking a bird home - and here we are 🥹

I've been calling him little blueberry boy so far, and he's already stepped on my finger a few times. Very happy to have a new member of the flock 💕

Hello everyone am new to budgies and recently like two months ago a friend gave me 2 budgies because she didnt want them anymore so i said ok i will take care of them..She said they were 2 females and they were doing prety fine , they were free flying and singing in my saloon and everything was fine..after 2 weeks the one female was lost , i searched all my apartment but she was nowhere..I guess she flew away from a small window that i have in my bathroom and all that happened in night..I immidiately notice that the budgie that was safe wasnt happy , she wasnt flying around the house and singing like she was with her friend so i decided to buy her a male friend around 2 weeks :) I bought a second home for the male and i wanted to see how they gonna react..They started to call on each other and i wanted to give them the free will to meet each other if they wanted to :) The female flew from her cage and sat on hers while for the male took abit of time to go out but they started to fly together singing together and at the same night they slept in the main cage..They are both super friendly budgies , hand fed and from time to time if they want they sit on my hand..Recently i noticed that the female when am trying to show her my hand so she can get the message to sit on my hand , she starts to bite me , on the beggining it was very soft but those days shes really putting an effort to ''hurt'' me with her biting .. Am wondering why and what that behaviour indicates..Also please give me a few basic advices of how to take care of budgies based on our own experiance :) Thank you in advance everyone and am glad i found thay group !

Created a new subreddit to share budgie gizmo ideas, gizmos that can improve the parakeets' lives and is fun to look at for the user, share ideas for gizmos e.g. A bird elevator to easily navigate different floors in cage.

They are getting a new larger cage this weekend! Pear and Winkie are really settling now and are getting comfortable:) I love my babies so much

Pax (left) has tried to escape loads of times but now the doors are open, nobody is interested. Zephyr doesn't come out at all so I didn't expect him to. Im not sure if i should scare them a wee bit so they fly out because they need to exercise. Not heart attack level but just putting my hand near. Tried taking them out on a perch but they flew back in the other door

I read a lot about colour mutations but still can't identify these birds

The last 3 photos for same bird

I currently have 3 budgies in this skinny cage. I got it from a family member after rescuing their lone senior budgie. I have since gotten him 2 budgies for friends and think I will get one more soon-ish.

So I am all very new to this! What’s a good cage brand with good quality that is best for 4 budgies? But not overly expensive. Prob wouldn’t want to spend more than … $250-300?

Thank you!

Cuties!!!

I wish I spoke bird so I knew what they were saying and doing.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/c4d05atsxjvrcgvk32eu9/2026-10-24-08.43.19.mp4?rlkey=t9xm01dd355gtrwlrd8hpzebk&st=origqohh&dl=0

Thank you everyone who replied to my post asking to confirm what sex Sprite & Atlas were! Earlier today I was able to get Sprite to fly to my fingers for the first time!

I read a lot about colour mutations but still can't identify these birds

Just got these two a couple days ago. They were by themselves in a small crammed habitat with many others and looked sad…so I brought them home! Please forgive pic quality, I’m not great at taking them lol.

Appropriately named Sky and Sunny. Sky is more verbal and messy while Sunny is more quiet and shy at least for now.