**KAZ**

Looks great !! Well done

Fixed your photo links .....you had two lots of IMG in brackets before and after each link. Your budgie is a female

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A brown cere on a female.........cere peeling away to reveal the white and blue underneath

Got the picture yet ??

Read this http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index.php?showtopic=28026

Generally you will see improvement within two weeks

Dont be too worried. There is usually a window allowing for a slight excess. Sometimes I have used up to three drops by accident and the bird is fine. they usually allow for the one drop being for an average 30 gram bird and birds vary in weight.

I plant them in my plantpots.

Based on ALL the info you have provided I say male with hormonal issues..........can be just hormonal imbalance or a testicular cancer issue too. By the way.....females also hump inanimate objects too but dont leave behind "evidence"

I feel badly for you and your loss..............what a terrible way to learn a lesson I also want to say your tribute to your feathered friend was very special and straight from the heart. I enjoyed reading your account of his life with you and it brought tears to my eyes.

The holes werent quite right........a little too tight thats all.

The mistake a lot of people make is underestimating the vital need for sunlight for birds to be able to process calcium to their bodies. Inside birds should not be put down to breed without definite abundance of calcium levels reinforced by outside sunlight for quite some time, not glimpses through the curtains here and there. The fact that most of the babies have issues means you are doing something really wrong, be it breeding birds who dont get vitamin D3 from the sun and cant process calcium or you may be misunderstanding the additional calcium needs your birds have to be able to breed successfully. Stop breeding and learn before you breed any more article http://www.burkesbackyard.com.au/factsheets/Birds/Vitamin-D:-A-Sick-Budgie-Breakthrough/6123 A girl I know kept all her budgies inside for all of the 2-3 years I knew her and then put them down to breed. She also had all kinds of trouble with calcium deficient babies with rickets.

All good Great photo

Besides the surface in the nestbox what calcium supplements are you using and for how long before breeding ? What sunlight do your birds get ?

I agree with Clearwing. He isnt a halfsider.

Hey Robyn............... I dont have a maintenance or cleaning plan in place yet, as its only been 24 hrs since putting them in there. I am flying by the seat of my pants as far as how to clean a sand floor aviary now. I guess I could lightly sweep up debris and scoop it up and bag and bin it. BUT I was also told not to put plastic down as it keeps the water there if it gets in. Its best if any water gets in to automatically put Coccivet in the drinking water just in case they get coccidiosis from wet droppings. The budgies were so noisy that not even the radio turned up loud would shut them down...we wished for earplugs Noone could see them due to tinted windows but I am sure they could hear them at the traffic lights each time we stopped

How terribly disappointing and stressful for both you and your birds. Top priority making the area safe and sealed for predators.

Im sure your friend only had the best intentions in mind and made a silly mistake = totally human. My friend is not the "sharpest tool in the shed" unfortunately and I am on call to rescue her birds so many times its not funny. I teach her stuff and it goes in one ear and out the other. She doesnt retain information. SO many pet stores sell them, would they if they were harmful? Because they are clueless about anything that happens after they sell a product that gives them a profit margin. They dont ask for feedback from purchasers and the purchasers dont usually complain to a pet store if things go wrong. Like the many many birds hung by the fringing on rope toys and they are still for sale in pet stores. Like the sandpaper sold in pet stores that shouldnt be. The "mite protectors" sold in pet stores that give off vapours harmful to birds and dont work for mites and so on. Toys and items being safe for birds is NOT REGULATED. If its was baby toys it would be different . What can we do to keep the budgies warm in the dreadfully cold winters? Believe it or not they grow feathers Ofcourse there are no snuggle huts in the wild, but wild budgies are more prone to sickness and death at a younger age due to environmental pressures. What has that got to do with snugglehuts ?? Its more to do with predators and breeding deaths

Most of the budgies stayed down one end of the aviary for awhile. They seemed to feel either vulnerable or they had got used to being cosy in the cages. So I put some shadecloth outside down the other end and then they shared the space a little better. Ended up with too many in one aviary and not as many in the other, but that was due to one aviary being finished first. Didnt want to chase them around the catch some up and move them once they were settled. I will in a day or two though.

There is a setting in photobucket and you can specify an upload size and 480 by 640 is one of the options.

Please size photos in your photobucket uploads and post the IMG links so we can see them all at once without having to use one link at a time. Allowable bbc sizes are 480 by 640

Total budgies 205 if I counted right All done will do some photos later.

Yep we took them all in the Murano five cages on the lower level and three on the top level. Currently completing aviaries with Perches food and water. One aviary complete now........has 140 budgies in it. One aviary to go

Good to see you here