Chrysocome

Every time I try to sprout my seeds, after a time I can smell that they've fermented (ie, a sweet alcohol sort of smell). Is that supposed to happen, and if I rinse thoroughly is it safe to eat?

Millet loves a good scratch Video: http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/Chrys...=enthralled.flv My little Milly is soo graceful.

Gorgeous birds. Carrington is so cute, I love that seventh photo!

Aw Bea they are all gorgeous, I love them all

The following can only be described as "Ehn!" Uh oh *dangles* (...*plunk*) Phew. Time to rest. Milly sternly reminded me to tell everyone: she's still the cutest one in the family. See mum! I can pull stupid faces too! Nyaaah!

I think I've caught myself a runaway! There's lots of photos so I split this up into two posts (hoping that's okay). I'm thinking "Squee" needs a name like Ninja (or Contorto the great ) I'm also fairly convinced I have a girl, because there is a faint paleness around the nostrils. Until she tells me otherwise, I'm going to stick with 'she.' Time for play! Look what I can do! "What are you doing, little one??" "You're going to get stuck. There's no way you could possibly-" :fear I'm fine mum! *chirrup* Now let's see if I can do that backwards... To be continued...

Oh dear How cute! My little one (who I've had for three days now) is doing the exact same thing at the moment. She(/he) is currently tunnelling her way underneath the paper on the floor while upside down. She tires herself out, has a little rest for five minutes. Then goes back to trying to dig her way ou while upside down, squeezing herself into the gap between the food container and the wall, or getting herself into weird positions and the only way to get out of it is to drop the floor. A little nutter! None of my babies have ever done this before, I'd like to know if it's normal too. Shell, your birds are lovely

Thanks everyone The little one is settling in nicely. She's totally unafraid of anything. Came right up to the camera for a little peek before running off to entertain herself with little acrobatics. Here's what I mean. Warning: LOTS of photos ahead. Good morning. Let me look cute for a second before I go play. Whee! Look what I can do! Uh oh, now what? Ehn! Phew. Lemme rest up. Wha..? How the heck did I get myself in this position? okay... now I'm stuck. Lemme hang here for a sec while I figure out what to do. (blurry action that my mind can't even comprehend) Yay! Success! okay, I've sat still long enough for the human to take a photo of my cute little cere. Now let's see what other positions I can get stuck in... Yarr! *attack* Wha..?! Budgies know their limits right?? I'm hoping she knows how far she can go before she breaks something. I've never met a little bird with such energy! :budgiedance: Nyahhhh!!!

I set out to bring home a blue male budgie, but I couldn't pass this one up. She (have I assumed right?) was doing all kinds of amazing acrobatics at the store and looking like she was having a ball trying to flip herself so that she was hanging on the roof, but the right way up. SO cute! See her little green necklace? Help me name her? I thought maybe Squee since that was the first noise I made when I saw her Also, she's a dominant pied, right?

This is the scene I came home to Hey, you're back! What? I'm not hiding anything at all! What are you talking about? Look at me! I'm so cute! Nothing this cute could be naughty. *cough* *whistles* Before I left: Naughty Millet!

okay, got this thing almost finished. If anyone would like their real name in my references, please pm me before Wednesday. Thanks again, everyone, for letting me adorn my work with your gorgeous birds.

Oh wow, thanks so much everyone! That is so awesome I'm mostly after aviary and breeding-related kind of photos, but every photo helps. The more the better Always good to show everyone else what wonderful creatures they are. Thanks again!!

-eeeeeeeeee! Okay, I can post now that I've finished my five full minutes of squealing So cute I love the photo with 'his' wee little wings spread out.

Hee hee! Classic! What a cutie. Great photo.

Doodeboo. Here I am, small yellow Milly-bird. What? Yes, I know I have a small bit of carrot on my beak. Don't you know that's the latest fashion? *cough* What the- Hey, hey, whoa, what do you think you're doing with that?? Wha- Oh. OHHH. Aaaaaaaaahh! Soo gooood. Don't stop *poofy head* *funnyface* Aww. Fine, go do your homework. *foof* Videos soon

He is lovely! I like the second photo, so gorgeous :budgiedance:

Hello everyone. I wasn't quite sure where to ask this, so I'm posting here. (Please move/delete as required.) I have an assignment for AHM (Animal Health and Management). I have to write a 4000 word essay based on a certain species of animal. Amazingly, I picked budgies :budgiedance: I've decided to do it guide style, and I would like to ask everyone if you can help by donating photos for me to use in the guide. It's a manual for beginners, about keeping budgies and especially breeding them. Please pm me if you can help out. I will of course give due credit (actually, a major part of the assignment is marked on being able to cite references properly). Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time :bluebudgie: Oh and if anyone wants, I can upload it somewhere when it's all done. Thanks :oliveb: Glynnis

Bad human! Don't you know homework is bad for you?! http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/Chrys...urrent=ihh1.flv Time to take matters into my own beak! http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/Chrys...urrent=ihh2.flv Fine, I'll go destroy some cds http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/Chrys...urrent=ihh3.flv I think Milly's trying to say something about how much study I do

Something is weird is happening to my budgie. The black feather patterning on Milly's wings are fading more with each moult. Here's what I mean: Comparing last year with this year: Is this supposed to happen? I never worried about it before because she has been lively and well, no signs of sickness at all. But she is going through another moult right now: (Sorry about the quality) Black's almost gone Is it normal or not? I've never heard of it happening before. Could it be genetics like the Mottled budgie (see this site) or maybe she is sick?

Millet the Mauler verses Beakbuster Bell... who will win?? Round 1... fight! http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/Chrys...rent=fight1.flv Round 2: Milly brings out her secret ninja budgie foot grab! http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/Chrys...rent=fight2.flv Milly 1, Bell 0. These are my first video posts, hope you enjoyed them! (the vids are very old, and I've long since taken the bell away.. I've heard way too many horror stories about them)

So the dye is supposed to run? Phew. Well, I'll go back to the store and check anyway before I put it in. Here it is: Una, I'm so sorry to hear about that! I'll make sure to cut off the tassles of any rope I get. Poor birdy. They run into trouble with the littlest things, don't they? Milly's settling in well, practising her perch-to-perch flapping, and attacking the new perches with glee

Yay a fellow bird vet in training! I'm a first year vet student. At Melbourne Uni the first year of science is compulsory before getting into vet (I did biomedical science). So this is my second year of uni. That's 5 years total just to get the title of "vet". Three and a half years to go :budgiedance: Plus the five years practice/three years further training to be recognised as a specialist. Oh dear, no wonder they are so hard to find! Yet I can't believe it's gone so fast already... There is SO much work. But I'm loving every second I get with the feathery ones (although, a lot less in dissection class. Yuck). I currently have a 4000 word essay due but I got to pick the topic which of course is..... BUDGIES! Hee hee Hope you're going well and working hard!

Finally, I got Milly a decent sized cage. The tiny thing she lived in was breaking my heart more every day. Dimensions are roughly 30cmx40xcmx50cm and it cost $30. It was the biggest I could get without my mum insisting that it would take up too much room in the house . I hope it's okay for Milly.. she still gets free flight. At least she can turn around without crimping her tail. :budgiedance: Do you folks think it could be okay for two, if they get plenty of time out of the cage? Finally, some wing room! What's with this colour? Don't you know it doesn't match my eyes? Putting it the beak test. *gnaw* Something weird She's still my upside-down little baby. This cage was on display and there was a bird toy in it. It looked like one of the commercial ones I'd seen in the store: some plastic, rope and painted wood strung together. I thought I'd give it a clean since it was dusty from being displayed - and the water turned orange and yellow from the paint! Eep. Is it safe to put in with Milly, or should I just chuck it out? She seems infatuated with it already, even though I'm not letting her touch it.

That is so hilarious, they make me laugh so much! I love the "sneak" one, only my caption would be "impersonate them when they aren't looking" :budgiedance: Gorgeous birds

What a gorgeous little trio! Such lovely colours