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Good news !!!!

Why the DF spangle cock with a albino hen pairing ?? With both those you dont know what they are hiding. Seems like an odd choice of pairing. Any reason why you paired those two ?

Looks like a spangle to me. are you saying its dom pied ? Doesnt look like one.

Feather to die for what a spiky gorgeous bunch of babies !!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE them all

How to post pictures http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index.php?app=forums&module=forums&section=rules&f=51

Get the teabag with tea in it and wipe across the eye. Broline......chemist.

Forum members who breed budgies http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index.php?showtopic=18921

You would be able to buy two breeder cages ( wooden ones with nestboxes ) for your $90. Breeding pairs or mating pairs ? Depends on how truthful the seller is about what they are calling a mating pair

You can buy whats called a flight cage which is around 60cms wide by 41cms by 41cms and they have a door for the nestbox usually at the side..................generally under $50 each. Or you go to the Avicultural Society meetings....Acton Tce Belmont.....last sunday of every month and you can buy wooden breeding cages there cheaper than that.

Its a really good aviary. I hope you get it

Bird and fish place is in Wattle Grove. Remember for the future that Wattle Grove also has an excellent bird vet there called Tim Oldfield If you ever need new birds ............show budgie breeders sell very good birds who dont quite make the grade re size or markings so you can buy better quality budgies when breeders cull their birds. Ask me anytime you are after birds and I will give you some contacts. You have chosen the hardest way to try and breed birds by colony breeding. A hen that looks fine one minute watching the other hen nest can attack and try and take over the nest the second you arent watching. Broken eggs smashed eggs, killed chicks, killed mother who is protecting her nest. You will learn along the way some better ways to go about things. Better for the birds and better for you. Maybe sometime you would like to go to a budgie club meeting just to see whats its like. Most club meetings there are birds for sale......like there was at todays meeting. If you buy and add any new birds........read up on quarantine and using that practice will save your existing birds from introduced illnesses. If you are still in school, you wont be able to handraise the babies as they will need feeding around the clock.

Thats cool. I am an ebay sniper too Worst thing about collecting aviaries is you have to dismantle them to transport. That means a drill to drill out any pop rivets and then you need to use screws to reassemble. You also need to go overkill on labelling everything BEFORE you disassemble it

HIM

sealing holes is only successful if done immediately.

Broline is good

Hey Pride. Seems you are in Perth too..like me. Where do you get your birds from ? as there are better places than others and it would be handy for you to know so you are buying better healthier birds. One thing you will find from us here on BBC forum..............we have a sh*tload of good info to impart but sometimes due to that we have a tendency to overwhelm a new member with "helpful"advice that may seem pushy. Believe me we all started where you are now and we all wish we knew then what we do now. Bear with us, add some more info and pictures and you will get better help here than anywhere else you could turn to.

What a little champion he is

You dont know if they are fertile or not.

Are you registered as a bidder on ebay ? Do you have the money ready ? Be aware as its an auction it may go a lot higher in price yet. Is it near to you ?

If there is nesting boxes in an aviary expect birds to pair up and eggs to be laid

Forget the cotton bud, use the teabag

I am going to risk being the NON FLAVOUR OF THE MONTH HERE Pride. It seems to me you have jumped into breeding with very little knowledge about how it all works and what to expect. KUDOS to you for coming here for you will learn stuff here that will help you a great deal. BUT meanwhile you have made some pretty big mistakes so far due to lack of knowledge. Please read this http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index.php?showtopic=28294&hl=colony+breeding It will help. Also as mentioned.......you dont put new birds straight down to breed as they need settling in time, time for you to guage their health status and build them up prior to breeding and you may be putting birds down to breed that already have been bred almost to death. You also need to learn about breeding condition, age for breeding and quarantine and how you dont put new birds straight in with your others.

Me too

If its a baby none of the babies will have an iris ring Rachel. If theres an iris ring thats white it will be 10-12 months or older. If theres a pale brownish or pale greyish iris ring it will be around 5-7 months approx. Harder for the average person to tell the age of a white or yellow budgie. Baby male..............hot pink to purple cere Baby female ....whitish cere. FACT..................no petstore will tell you true facts about the budgie you buy. FACT .................a petstore employee will tell you either what you want to hear or they will make up a story about the bird if they dont know the answer. FACT.................. Petstore employees will guess at sexes of birds and get it wrong most of the time FACT.................. Petstores have been known to clip the wings of adult birds and sell them as HANDTAMED BABIES Please try and find a breeder to buy your baby from. They will know more and be able to tell you the family history and in most cases will do back up with phonecall info questions you have as a support system for you and your new bird