Nice birds!
Last year I purchased some English show budiges and then got a pair of parakeets from petco to keep them company. They are colorful and fun to watch, but boy do they make a mess...and LOUD lol. Right now, mine are living in half of a double critter nation. I'm hoping to open up the whole DCN and give them the full cage once I find another cage for my female canaries. The budgies are easily 50% larger than the parakeets and a lot less active. They are also more docile when you have to handle them. The breeder I got them from raises all his birds in an outdoor aviary, so these have not been tamed, but they will not bite when you do have to take them out of their cage.

Here's a pic of both of the budgies. Male is the blue normal, female is the light green pied


A better pic of the hen.. She is so pretty


Here's a pic of the two parakeets. They are not fully grown yet, but I've been told they both appear female. They are little turds... Will bite all day long when I have to handle them (and bite hard lol)