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New Aviary
Coming together nicely withered.
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Paulies 2014 Breeding Season
Hi all Been a while since my last post. Been an interesting month, contending with 40+ degC and the lice that sprung up in the dry conditions, coming from the horse stables next door. Cannot use insecticides as a barrier outside due to the Chickens and Geese I have free ranging, so to control this pest I am watering along the boundary 3 times a day to reduce the lice breeding conditions. This seems to be working well. All birds are now inside in the aircon after coming very close to BBQing some of my best birds, fortunately all have survived and thriving. Very overcrowded at the moment with some 90+ breeders crammed into breeding, nappy cages and anything I could beg borrow or steal (well not really steal) to house them in. On top of all this drama and heat I have pairs still breeding and some 30 pets, and 4 show type fledged over the last month with another 40 eggs and 18 pinkies on the go. Just a couple of show type pics
- Paulies 2014 Breeding Season
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Opaline Something
As you have paired 2 yf Birds your chicks could be Df Yf, This will show as visual white, any future mating of these chicks with a yf will show as white face, if mated with a non yf will produce Yf visuals.
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Unusually Very Dark Grey Budgie? Help
May be Df Grey. The dark cere is interesting. Poss on the way to anthracite but just a guess. Do you know the parents linage? Would be interesting to see that this one produces down the line
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Why Can't We Import Budgies From The U.k. Anymore ?
I agree with Drogo and Trefto. I would not like to see importation of Parrots in general until there are clear guidelines and procedures in place to protect our Domesticated and wild birds. 1 slip could potentially wipe out a studs and wild flocks. Extreme but that's the reality of why we have quarantine. From the Daff paper is this list. If any of these diseases were introduced how could we possibly counter an outbreak, when for some of them there is no reliable way to test for carriers or infected birds and eggs. As with husbandry prevention is far better than a cure if there is one. Highly pathogenic avian influenza · Newcastle disease · Avian mycobacteriosis · Fowl typhoid (Salmonella Gallinarum) · Pullorum disease (Salmonella Pullorum) · Psittacosis (Chlamydia psittaci) · Pacheco’s disease · Amazon tracheitis · Poxvirus infection in parrots · Internal papillomatous disease · Psittacine proventricular dilatation syndrome. · West Nile virus
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No Luck For Us
Hi Brett If you want to start breeding now you will need to consider the prevailing weather conditions. Here we will experience mid 30s to low 40s in summer. I was monitoring my breeding cages and nest boxes temp, they were located in an out door aviary, prior to moving, and was seeing up 50 deg C in nests during the hottest part of the day. They were well ventilated and shaded and it was only 30Deg C in the avairy. I do think i will have lost some dead in egg due to this. It also puts a lot of extra strain on the breeding pair. I am still running my breeding program but under controlled temp and humidity conditions. I guess the choice is your to make but I wouldn't risk it in the hottest months unless in a controlled environment and even then it can be expensive. My point of view only. Paulie
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Paulies 2014 Breeding Season
Hi all hope every one is enjoying the silly season. To start this journal a little background. 2013 season for me was a test run and a very steep learning curve. Produced lots of very nice pet birds that were snapped up within 2 days of advertising. I made some predictions regarding what I was expecting to see from various pairs of birds. Am quite pleased to say that, from the visual aspect, I was pretty accurate. Some pleasant surprises came form the multitude of splits and mixes in my original breeding stock of pet birds that came from various pet shops and colony breeders. I have also procured some very nice beginner to intermediate show type breeding stock and am hoping to participate in BCV comps over the coming year. As of last week I have moved house, was planning to leave 4 brooding pairs at the previous location until chicks had fledged. As we have a forecast of up 40 deg C and the breeders were in an outside aviary I was running the risk of cooking the chicks and damaging parents if left. I made the decision to move all nests to my new location. In doing so I ran the calculate risk of stressing brooding hens and have them turn on the chicks so move them I did. The risk was worth it as all chicks and parents survived the move with little distress and no injury's. The new breeding room for the summer is indoors and climate controlled and will be using this setup during the hotter months Dec, Jan, Feb and March Currently there are 7 nests in operation 1. DF Spangle hen yellow x Olive violet spangle cock4 Eggs with 6 pinkies 2. Dark green grey Normal Show type cock x YF grey Cin spangle show type hen6 eggs 1 pinkie to date 3. Grey Normal cock Pet x Cobalt normal hen Pet 5 eggs 2 pinkies 4. Grey Dom pied cock Pet x Grey Dom pied hen Pet. chicks almost ready to fledge 5. Light Green spangle cock pet x Albino hen Pet no eggs yet 6. Olive spangle cock Show x Yf grey cin spangle hen Show. No eggs yet. 7. Cobalt Normal cock Show x Cobalt opaline hen Show. No eggs yet So whats in the nest now The breeding room will soon be re configured and will accommodate a total of 12 large breeding cages for show type and 12 smaller Breeding cages for pet type. In the cooler months I will expand the operation with a further 10 large and 20 small breeding cages to be housed in the garden shed come breeding house. So the 2014 season in going to be a lot of work but hey this is what I do with my days.
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Frank!
Welcome He is dom pied with very little markings. Gorgeous bird Fankie
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Sick Budgie - Diagnosis Unknown
Sorry to hear abt the death of your friends hen Flip. the only thing I may have added would be air sack mites, they cause wheezing and can be fatal if not caught early enough.
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Best Wishes To All
the view from my back door current temp 28.6C top today of 33C with 40C predicted by friday
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Sick Budgie Help
If no longer flying and behaving as normal A visit to an avian vet may be in order.
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Recessive Pied?
Rhiannan This one could have come from the same nest. Is dompied Visual vi
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Lump Above Budgies Beck
Me to Please add picture