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What is half sider budgie?

Half sider is not genetic, it's a unique defect that occurs accidentally when two different yolks fertilize with two different sperms and then those two separately fertilized eggs fuse together. In birds, this happens exactly just before the eggshell forms around the zygote. This fusion produces a rare kind of budgie that is separated with two colors vertically right from the center, like half blue and half green(classic half sider).  Half siders are totally opposite of identical twins. Instead of a single fertilized ovum splitting into two embryos, it's two different zygote fusing and resulting in one embryo.  This doesn't happen only in budgies but it is also seen in humans, cats, cockatiels and in different kinds of birds. Here are some pictures of half-siders.  How to produce a half sider budgies? Or How can I get half sider budgie? Some people think to put two different colors of budgies together (Blue and Green) will result in classic half si

How to identify budgies gender? What is the gender of my budgies?

God has created a partner for every living organism. Identifying the gender of mammals is not something difficult because of their genital parts, you can easily identify the gender of your dog or cat when they are born. However, telling the gender of birds has never been easy. Every type of bird has its own characteristics, like in peacocks, the male has a long beautiful tail whereas the female has a small tail. On the other hand, love birds are identified by their pelvis bone formation, the male has closed whereas the female has open or wider than male. For budgies, I would say thanks to GOD that we have a very simple rule to identify its gender. If the budgie nose(cere) is "Blue" or  "Purple" you can easily say that its a male (♂),  on the other hand, Female(♀️) has "White" or "Brown" nose.  In females, the brown color of the nose usually becomes prominent when it is on heat and ready for breeding. This is the general rule which

Why Budgies Love to take bath?

                                            Imagine if you are born in hot weather and what is the first thing which you want to fix your weather hotness. Water! Yes, you are right. Budgies love to take a water bath. As they are one of the smallest species of parakeets and born in hot weathers of Australia. These birds usually take baths in the group in ponds or in rain. How do Budgies Take Bath? They have a very unique way of taking a bath. Whenever they feel hotness they jump into water ponds and take bath by fluffing their wings in the water. This does not only helps them to get relaxed but also gives them the opportunity to clean their feathers after a bath. How can I give a bath to my Budgie(Pet)? If your budgie is hand tamed than you can give him a bath anywhere in your home except for open-air but make sure that water is not too cold or too hot, it must have room temperature. On the other hand, you can put a pot for a bath in their cage with some fresh gr

How do Budgies Sounds?

Budgies are considered to be one of the smallest kind of parakeets which have a unique capacity of living in dry weather. Nowadays, these beautiful birds are easily available in local markets around the world. They have very unique characteristics like colorful feathers, size, breeding habit and the most important is their unique sounds.  If you are living in Australia or in Asia then you must have heard the voice of this small bird which is very soothing and relaxing in the morning. Mainly the male budgie makes chirping sounds that are full of melodies with a vast range of sounds from "tatata"   or "tototot" . It has also observed that budgies learn different sounds from their atmosphere as if you put your budgie cage next to a television or a radio , he will learn a lot of words. In most of the cases, pet budgies can speak small words like "Hello" or "Your Name" . When will the budgie make sounds? Most of the time when a