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Since he pulled them straight out they should begin to grow back in soon and may already be doing so. I will have a closer look tomorrow

Hard to know how the birds would react. My cavalier Cricket throws herself at the back door in panic over fireworks. Maybe if you have a suitable sized tarp you could throw it over the aviary and see if it helps. Fireworks near the budgies at the nationals is not a good idea ....is it

Since he didnt lost his tail featrhers but just messed them up, we will have to wait till they moult out and new ones grow in.

This can be true in the case of hens stressed in the nestbox and chicks who learn this in the nestbox and squark and dive under each other in panic. I dont know if the same is true of the dads. Most often its the hens that have these issues. Time will tell if he does this all the time when breeding. Maybe after a very long holiday I should let him choose his own hen.

Yeah it will take time for him to get his flights and tail feathers back. Chest feathers are all grown in though so its a start

Here he is today

He is really good. He stopped mutilating his feathers upon removal from the breeding cage and he is in a holding cage with three or four other budgies and he has had no further problems.

If you read this http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index....showtopic=22446 it may help understand why I use edible nesting materials these days

I have to agree :yes:

Those photos werent taken in the nestboxes....they were in an icecream tub for the photos. Nestbox materials ? I start out with flaky bran or rolled oats. At the stage of chicks being two weeks onwards the nestbox get a good serving of budgie seed to teach them to eat early. New piks

Thats really good news trish :yes:

Sounds like his Mum attacked him Trish. I dont think the beak will reattach at all and he may lose it.

They sure have the directional feather Splat along with width of cere. We will see how they turn out. Youngest spangle may also be cinnamon.

Yep

Weather was okay. There was roadworks firther ahead making the whole area slow and traffic jams etc. We had all just braked and slowed down and then we were all off again and no sooner had we all accellerated to move forward, someone up ahead braked again as suddenly and we all crashed into each other. Lol, i was thinking of an intersection when you said pile up . insurance covering it?? and your okay right? I am not too bad....got some bruising from me hitting the steering wheel but all good. Insurance claims all to be sorted out.

The babies growing up a little Frannie Mac and Nubbly ( who refused to behave in the show cage for a photo )

One sky spangle (opaline ? ) two grey spangle three sky spangle ( down has been nibbled on )

http://www.bcv.asn.au/Nest%20Record.htm nest record http://www.bcv.asn.au/Breeding%20Card.htm breeding card others http://www.vancouvercanaryclub.com/recordk...edigree-charts/ http://www.zooeasy.com/en/pedigree-softwar...ders/index.html

Weather was okay. There was roadworks firther ahead making the whole area slow and traffic jams etc. We had all just braked and slowed down and then we were all off again and no sooner had we all accellerated to move forward, someone up ahead braked again as suddenly and we all crashed into each other.

Was involved in a four car pileup/collision this morning, so the ute is broken. :ohmygod: I was the third car in the four car pileup.

We have heas of mite topics on here and using the search function or checking the faq section will find them for you. http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index....l=feather+mites the thing is there are several kinds of mites. most common being feather mites. Then there are scalyface mites and then red mites. Different mites and varying treatments. Read up to identify yours or take the bird to the vet.

No, they dont take after their mother she is special

Not sure, but she has had six months holiday

Omelette has paired up with her spangle boy again and so far has three eggs.

seems like they all have their eyes open today.......their Mum Maggie wont be able to hide from them now