Jerry, Lulu, and Winston pics to brighten the day

[svolk]

They brighten my day every day so hopefully they will do the same to others

[svolk]

And some more of the boys playing together

[dgcashier]

They certainly do brighten the day,,,thanks for sharing

[Buteo]

Nice pictures!

Love them Sky & Cobalt blue Budgies!
Is Jerry younger than Winston??

[svolk]

Originally Posted by Buteo

Nice pictures!

Love them Sky & Cobalt blue Budgies!
Is Jerry younger than Winston??

Thanks!

Jerry is about 2.5 years old. Winston is presumably younger although we can't be sure - when we adopted him the pet store said that he was about 1 year old (he's been home with us for 5 months), but he was in at least one home before he in the pet store for about 2-3 months. So we can't be sure how old he is, but based on what the store says, he's about 1.5 yrs.

[Buteo]

The reason I said that is the darker eye color and the lower amount of barring on the head.
Jerry is the Cobalt and Winston is the Sky correct?

[svolk]

Originally Posted by Buteo

The reason I said that is the darker eye color and the lower amount of barring on the head.
Jerry is the Cobalt and Winston is the Sky correct?

Winston has a white iris, which you can see in the pics. Jerry actually has a brown iris - it's hard to see in person even! I used to think that by a certain age all budgie would develop the white iris, but I was quite wrong! So Jerry photographs with seemingly black beady eyes LOL but the iris is definitely brown.

The amount of barring my be skewed by length of feathers - Winston is an English budgie and all of his feathers, especially his head feathers, are quite a bit longer than Jerry's. When Winston's crest is completely flat he reminds me of Donald Trump with that comb-over of his

Jerry is (so I believe) a violet factor opaline, and Winston is presumed to be a grey factor - but I think you are also right in calling them cobalt (jerry) and sky (winston). I'm not too great with mutation colors....

[Buteo]

Originally Posted by svolk

Winston has a white iris, which you can see in the pics. Jerry actually has a brown iris - it's hard to see in person even! I used to think that by a certain age all budgie would develop the white iris, but I was quite wrong! So Jerry photographs with seemingly black beady eyes LOL but the iris is definitely brown.

The amount of barring my be skewed by length of feathers - Winston is an English budgie and all of his feathers, especially his head feathers, are quite a bit longer than Jerry's.

OK, that explains it. Winston's darker head bars really make the light-blue eye color stand out. I was going to say from the size, Winston looks like an English and Jerry was probably a Reg.

Originally Posted by svolk

When Winston's crest is completely flat he reminds me of Donald Trump with that comb-over of his

LOL! Sorry, but that was almost a cruel comparison!
Winston's way cuter than Donnie T and that ridiculous pouffy hair helmet he wears....

Originally Posted by svolk

Jerry is (so I believe) a violet factor opaline, and Winston is presumed to be a grey factor - but I think you are also right in calling them cobalt (jerry) and sky (winston). I'm not too great with mutation colors....

Yeah, pinning down the full mutation isn't easy.
I was just using the most commonly excepted colors, not trying for an exact description of the color mutation.

[svolk]

Originally Posted by Buteo

LOL! Sorry, but that was almost a cruel comparison!
Winston's way cuter than Donnie T and that ridiculous pouffy hair helmet he wears....

I know it's a bad comparison but that's seriously what comes to mind when Winston's in "skinny" mode and his long head feathers lie flat on his head like a pancake

But yes, he's definitely cuter than Donald Trump

[Lisa B]

very nice pics! I'm still eyein that orbit thing......
thanks for sharing!