Dave_McMinn 0 Posted December 24, 2008 Member ID: 3,092 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 103 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3,831 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 21,560 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 13/01/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2018 Birthday: 23/05/1975 Share Posted December 24, 2008 I was at a farmers market the other week and I bought some beetroots and bought them home, sliced them up and added them to the aviary, with mixed success. I put the 2 spare ones in the fridge. Yesterday I cleaned the aviary, no seed on the ground at all. Vacuumed it clean. Today I thought I would give the birds a treat, so they got the two remaining beetroot. This time I cut them in halves, and put them on skewers. They loved them. Now I have a messy aviary and some ghoulish looking birds. This is the demolished beetroot and messy floor. messy birds Beetroot will now become a mch more regular dietary component. They love spinach, corn and now beetroot, but not carrot remarkably Link to comment
**Liv** 0 Posted December 24, 2008 Member ID: 3,771 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 147 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 6,621 Content Per Day: 0.33 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 39,450 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 23/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 8, 2014 Birthday: 09/04/1911 Share Posted December 24, 2008 :laughter: :laughter: I love beetroot budgie faces!!!! Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted December 24, 2008 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Looks like they all attended a massacre :laughter: Link to comment
»-(¯`Una´¯)-» 0 Posted December 24, 2008 Member ID: 1,582 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 68 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,065 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 7,510 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 17/09/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 16, 2010 Birthday: 13/03/1977 Share Posted December 24, 2008 hahaha gosh thats pretty cute look at all the wee red faces :laughter: .. Can you give budgies TIN Beetroot? Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted December 24, 2008 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted December 24, 2008 hahaha gosh thats pretty cute look at all the wee red faces :laughter: .. Can you give budgies TIN Beetroot? Tinned beetroot contains sugar and vinegar. Link to comment
splat 0 Posted December 24, 2008 Member ID: 3,340 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 202 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,891 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 27,770 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 17/04/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 19, 2014 Birthday: 13/05/1958 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Looks like a murder seen Link to comment
»-(¯`Una´¯)-» 0 Posted December 24, 2008 Member ID: 1,582 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 68 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,065 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 7,510 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 17/09/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 16, 2010 Birthday: 13/03/1977 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Yup thought so Kaz :laughter: Thats why Ive always stayed away from it.. Ive NEVER seen Fresh beetroot for sale here :laughter: .. Guess thats why Ive stayed away from it.. awww i wish i had some now Link to comment
jaznjj 0 Posted December 24, 2008 Member ID: 4,620 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 92 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 475 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 27/08/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 12, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Yup thought so Kaz Thats why Ive always stayed away from it.. Ive NEVER seen Fresh beetroot for sale here .. Guess thats why Ive stayed away from it.. awww i wish i had some now My birds get beetroot regularly - except in the lead up to a show! I grow my own but supplement from the fruit and veg shop. They can also mess their masks up with corn, or with charcoal. Link to comment
Angelic Vampyre 0 Posted December 24, 2008 Member ID: 3,545 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 207 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 2,028 Content Per Day: 0.33 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 13,140 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/07/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 26, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Mine do the same, love the killer Budgie look! Link to comment
alterata 0 Posted December 28, 2008 Member ID: 4,921 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 4 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 40 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 26/12/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 1, 2009 Birthday: 06/06/1985 Share Posted December 28, 2008 hahaha oh that's funny! Something to remember for Halloween!! If Alfred Hitchcock's movie bird was in colour... I am sure it would have looked like something along these lines! Link to comment
bird_paradise 0 Posted December 28, 2008 Member ID: 4,298 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 95 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 804 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 5,615 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/04/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 18, 2010 Birthday: 09/11/1994 Share Posted December 28, 2008 LOL gorgeous!!!!! My my Dave that is a huge honey bell!! Link to comment
Dave_McMinn 0 Posted December 28, 2008 Member ID: 3,092 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 103 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3,831 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 21,560 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 13/01/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2018 Birthday: 23/05/1975 Author Share Posted December 28, 2008 LOL gorgeous!!!!! My my Dave that is a huge honey bell!! Not a honey bell, seed bell, but not honey It is as much for destroying as anything else. Like a toy. They will eat a bit, and demolish other bits. It is not their primary sounrce of seed, but it is a source. Link to comment
Pearce 0 Posted December 28, 2008 Member ID: 4,449 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 123 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,475 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 14,280 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 18/06/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 7, 2011 Birthday: 21/04/1991 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Hi dave Is the budgie on the right a fallow? He has really gotten into the beetroot :rofl: They look really cool when they get into the mineral blocks and coloured veggies. I will have to try beetroot with my birds. Link to comment
JimmyBanks 0 Posted December 28, 2008 Member ID: 4,130 Group: Site Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 112 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 4,370 Content Per Day: 0.75 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 December 28, 2008 I love how the claws are covered to... :rofl: I think you need to change its name to psycho... Link to comment
jaznjj 0 Posted December 28, 2008 Member ID: 4,620 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 92 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 475 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 27/08/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 12, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2008 I love how the claws are covered to... :rofl: I think you need to change its name to psycho... This is not so much about the beetroot, or the seed bell, but things the birds enjoy doing. Many years ago there was an advertisement which stated "the best milk comes from contented cows". Well, I believe that we get the most out of our birds when they are doing what they enjoy and part of that is destroying and playing with things - if they pick up some nutrition along the way that's a bonus. That's why I put ti-tree branches in my flights, give them cuttlebone, bark, beetroot and other fruit and veg as well as ping pong balls and those practice golf balls with the little holes in them. I also like to have some swinging perches suspended so that they sway around. Oh, and I put rat wheels in too. Link to comment
JimmyBanks 0 Posted December 28, 2008 Member ID: 4,130 Group: Site Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 112 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 4,370 Content Per Day: 0.75 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 December 28, 2008 I've seen the video's of budgies in the rat wheel thing-a-me-jigs... They look like they have a tonne of fun :rofl: Link to comment
jaznjj 0 Posted December 28, 2008 Member ID: 4,620 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 92 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 475 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 27/08/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 12, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2008 I've seen the video's of budgies in the rat wheel thing-a-me-jigs... They look like they have a tonne of fun :rofl: Yes, I have a friend with pet rats who buys budgie toys for them, and I buy rat toys for my budgies! At almost any time during daylight you can hear the squeak of the wheels going round with the budgies peddling madly. The wheels have never caused a problem except for once or twice a bird getting stuck between the wheel and the wire wall (I hang the wheels off the wire up high). Doesn't injure the birds and I suspect they get hung up a lot of times when I don't see and get themselves out of trouble by themselves. I've also seen bicycle wheels in flights with short stubs of dowel at intervals around the rim. The wheel rotates as the birds fly on and off the dowel. Don't quite know the mechanism at the hub so that it can turn but I imagine ball bearings are part of the picture. Link to comment
Neat 0 Posted December 28, 2008 Member ID: 3,275 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 321 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 5,171 Content Per Day: 0.26 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 31,845 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 27/03/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 25, 2010 Birthday: 22/05/1980 Share Posted December 28, 2008 :rofl: That is funny .. At least you can tell who liked it, who tried it and who dared not go near it Link to comment
Dave_McMinn 0 Posted December 28, 2008 Member ID: 3,092 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 103 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3,831 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 21,560 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 13/01/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2018 Birthday: 23/05/1975 Author Share Posted December 28, 2008 This is not so much about the beetroot, or the seed bell, but things the birds enjoy doing. Many years ago there was an advertisement which stated "the best milk comes from contented cows". Well, I believe that we get the most out of our birds when they are doing what they enjoy and part of that is destroying and playing with things - if they pick up some nutrition along the way that's a bonus. That's why I put ti-tree branches in my flights, give them cuttlebone, bark, beetroot and other fruit and veg as well as ping pong balls and those practice golf balls with the little holes in them. I also like to have some swinging perches suspended so that they sway around. Oh, and I put rat wheels in too. Great point Jaznjj. The seed bells are for entertainment. The natural perches provide entertainment in ripping off the bark. Callistemon and gum tree branches provide heaps of entertainment. Calcium blocks and cuttlefish. All these can provide nutrients, but they also provide entertainment, and that is good. As for Sebby, the messy Fallow - yes Pearce, she is a Fallow split recessive pied, she is the trouble maker in the aviary. there are times I wish she was covered in beetroot, but it has been blood. She may be small, but she is not to be messed with. Link to comment
Elly 0 Posted December 28, 2008 Member ID: 1,641 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 414 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 15,350 Content Per Day: 2.23 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 99,335 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/10/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 1, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2008 omg that is awesome Dave , great pics Link to comment
Sailorwolf 0 Posted December 29, 2008 Member ID: 1,536 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 84 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,753 Content Per Day: 0.39 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 16,870 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/09/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 21, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Attack of the vampire budgies!!! So what are seedbells stuck together with if not honey? Link to comment
Dave_McMinn 0 Posted December 29, 2008 Member ID: 3,092 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 103 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3,831 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 21,560 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 13/01/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2018 Birthday: 23/05/1975 Author Share Posted December 29, 2008 not sure - great question though - LOL Link to comment
jaznjj 0 Posted December 29, 2008 Member ID: 4,620 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 92 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 475 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 27/08/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 12, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2008 not sure - great question though - LOL Dave, I'm told it's wood glue, aquadhere. Supposedly goes through the birds' systems without problem but that's one reason I don't use seed bells. Jaz Link to comment
Dave_McMinn 0 Posted December 29, 2008 Member ID: 3,092 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 103 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3,831 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 21,560 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 13/01/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2018 Birthday: 23/05/1975 Author Share Posted December 29, 2008 It might be. I will have to search for the recipe on here for making seed bells as well. there has to be a better way than using a glue. Link to comment
Kazzy 0 Posted December 29, 2008 Member ID: 4,893 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 182 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1,015 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/12/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 17, 2011 Birthday: 04/07/1972 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Unreal! :star: How long does it take for the staining to wear off? Link to comment
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