What type is my yellow/green budgie?

[TigerBluEyez]

So I know the colors but I was wondering what type it is, and if anyone can tell if it's a he or a she. I keep being told different things about the sex of him/her and my DEC. Here are pictures...

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b87/TigerBluEyez25/Birdies003.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b87/TigerBluEyez25/Birds058-1.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b87/TigerBluEyez25/Birds064.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b87/TigerBluEyez25/Birds052.jpg

[TigerBluEyez]

BTW according to the woman I adopted them from they're over a year old...

[Sydney]

very hard to tell if they was only babies id say male. are there eyes completely black or is there a ring around the black?

[TigerBluEyez]

They're completely black as far as I can tell...

[Sydney]

because in baby budgies they have completly black eyes untill they are older then a ring start to apear. im not sure if that for all budgies. i know it goes for other birds aswell.

[Sydney]

but to me they look like young male budgies

[TigerBluEyez]

Thank you. I may have the DEC DNA sexed, because I am hoping to breed to try and get more DECs after I become more knowledgable about budgies.

[Sydney]

what colour budgie would you breed him with? you should wait a while before breeding him just giv it time to mature. if it isnt mature that is

[TigerBluEyez]

I don't know I posted a while ago about what to breed him with but haven't gotten an answer... I think possibly a blue budgie in order to try and get more white ones... I'm not sure though. I have to do more research. Thanks for all of your helpful advice :)

[Sydney]

your welcome. what are the colours of the ceres blue or pink. they look pink on the pictures

[TigerBluEyez]

They're kind of a purple, so somewhere in-between...

[Sydney]

ah ok. the best thing is to go for the DNA test then cause i know bluish is for females when young and pink is for males when young. well good luck with everything and keep us updated

[TigerBluEyez]

Thank you! I ordered the kit for the DNA test so hopefully it comes soon. I can't wait to find out for sure!

[Sydney]

whee can u order a kit from? does it work for parrots and how much

[TigerBluEyez]

Yes it works for parrots. I would give you the website I used, but I think it's for the US only. Here is a website I found for DNA testing in England though:

http://www.avianbiotech.co.uk/SexingEN.htm

Good luck. The cost here is $20 US. The website I gave you says:

"1 to 5 samples, Sex or Disease testing with a blood sample is £13 per sample, or £12.50 if sent in batches of 5 or more.

Sex testing from feathers are priced at £13.50 per sample. Or a rate of £13.00 if sent in batches of 5 or more. Special deals available on double and triple testing, or for batches of 30 samples or more. Please call for details."

[Sydney]

thanks for that :)

[TigerBluEyez]

No problem!

[Budgieman]

The yellow looks female to me.

[Sydney]

its possible but very confusing

[TigerBluEyez]

Yeah I ordered DNA test kits for both birds, I just want to know before putting them all in the new cage together. If they're girls I'll have to get another boy or two... so confusing.