Cliffmas 0 Posted January 28, 2014 Member ID: 7,855 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 11 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 85 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 28/01/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 13, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Hi all. I am going to be building a new aviary this year. I used to breed budgerigars more than 25 years ago and have decided to start the hobby again now that I have more time to dedicate to the birds. I live in the UK in a place called Boston in Lincolnshire. If there are fellow breeders around this area that would like to say "Hi" then that would be great. It will be a few weeks/months before I complete the new aviary build, but when completed I shall be looking for some new birds to start me off. So like I said if there are any breeders close enough to me then by all means do say "Hi". Looking forward to hearing from you all....... Cliffmas Link to comment
Budgie_Mad 0 Posted January 29, 2014 Member ID: 7,367 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 400 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2,860 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 15/07/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 4, 2023 Birthday: 29/04/1997 Device: Windows Share Posted January 29, 2014 Great to hear, your getting back into breeding. Link to comment
Phoebes 0 Posted January 29, 2014 Member ID: 7,514 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 33 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 335 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2,065 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 23/12/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 23, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 I only have indoor budgies but welcome to the forum. It's too cold where I live to keep them outside. (Quebec, Canada) Link to comment
Cliffmas 0 Posted January 30, 2014 Member ID: 7,855 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 11 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 85 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 28/01/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 Nice to hear from you both, you have some nice looking budgies there Phoebes, if you don't mind me saying so. Thanks for the welcome, Link to comment
JimmyBanks 0 Posted February 2, 2014 Member ID: 4,130 Group: Site Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 112 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 4,370 Content Per Day: 0.74 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 25,112 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/03/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 1, 2015 Birthday: 12/02/1982 Share Posted February 2, 2014 (edited) How is the build going there? As for breeders, I'd suggest you go to your local Budgerigar Society, I believe yours would be the Lincolnshire and East Anglia Budgerigar Society. Hope it all goes well for ya. Edited February 2, 2014 by JimmyBanks Link to comment
Cliffmas 0 Posted February 3, 2014 Member ID: 7,855 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 11 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 85 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 28/01/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 All going well so far Jimmy. Concrete base all done along with 3 out of 8 side panels constructed. Just waiting for some concrete blocks and aviary mesh to be delivered. Then I can get on with the roof construction. It will be a fair size when its finished, about 28 x 12 feet. I think its only fair that the birds have as much room for flight as possible to help keep them healthy and strong. We have more storms and heavy rain due again this week. The bad weather that we have been having here since December is really slowing the aviary build down. We were flooded out in early December and some of my neighbours have still to move back into there houses, just got to think positive and keep going I guess. Link to comment
Phoebes 0 Posted February 3, 2014 Member ID: 7,514 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 33 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 335 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2,065 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 23/12/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Thanks my birds are just normal because here we can't get show birds. I love them though and find them beautiful. Link to comment
JimmyBanks 0 Posted February 3, 2014 Member ID: 4,130 Group: Site Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 112 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 4,370 Content Per Day: 0.74 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 25,112 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/03/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 1, 2015 Birthday: 12/02/1982 Share Posted February 3, 2014 (edited) You can't get show birds in Quebec? Really? Aren't you allowed to bring them in from the US? Do you have any pictures you can upload to show your build Cliffmas? Edited February 3, 2014 by JimmyBanks Link to comment
Cliffmas 0 Posted February 4, 2014 Member ID: 7,855 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 11 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 85 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 28/01/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 I will do if I can work out how to get pics up on this site. Thanks my birds are just normal because here we can't get show birds. I love them though and find them beautiful. Show Budgies are usually referred to as "English" Budgerigars. Don't as me why but there you go.. Link to comment
JimmyBanks 0 Posted February 4, 2014 Member ID: 4,130 Group: Site Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 112 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 4,370 Content Per Day: 0.74 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 25,112 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/03/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 1, 2015 Birthday: 12/02/1982 Share Posted February 4, 2014 To upload pictures you need to have a Photobucket account or similar (basically any website that with allow you to save photo albums/edit and the like. there is a topic on here somewhere about it... Let me see what I can find. http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/faqs/index.php?action=artikel&cat=1&id=243&artlang=en there it is! The reasoning behind Exhibition Budgies being called "English" is because it was the English that first started exhibiting them, although other European countries have certainly assisted as well. Some people find the term extremely annoying considering that they are an Australian bird because - whether they are Pet or Exhibition type - it's still the same bird. The one I really don't get is "American." They weren't the first to keep pet type birds so I can't see why pet types are refered to as such... Anywho. Hopefully you figure out how to post pics soon. I'd love to see your set up. Did you contact the local Budgerigar Society over in Lincolnshire? Link to comment
Nadene 0 Posted February 5, 2014 Member ID: 7,164 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 14 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 405 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2,325 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/02/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 6, 2017 Birthday: 13/10/1978 Share Posted February 5, 2014 We call them Exhibition (Show) or pet types not English. They got called "English" because of the changes that were made to the birds (size, Feather etc) when they where exported from Australia. Link to comment
Cliffmas 0 Posted February 6, 2014 Member ID: 7,855 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 11 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 85 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 28/01/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2014 Yes thanks, I did check out the web-site, but its under a re-build at the moment. I will keep looking and see when it is up and running again. Link to comment
birdluv 0 Posted February 26, 2014 Member ID: 2,137 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 144 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,842 Content Per Day: 0.24 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 31,670 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 14/03/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 30, 2018 Birthday: 06/04/1978 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Hello, welcome to the forum Link to comment
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