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There is a good chance you will lose her if she goes through the stress of egg laying in this condition. She should be quarantined and not paired until she is in good condition. Feathers.

Vinnie is such a big beautiful bird. I think my daughter tried to steal him away again yesterday. Sadie and Slick have done such a good job raising Beeper. Great decision in moving him.

Hi, welcome to the forum. Lovely birds you have there. Does Little Boy Blue have a full set of flight feathers? If he has been clipped or has flights missing he will not be able to attain the lift he requires to fly. Feathers.

I agree. No mirror, you want him loving his mate, not his own reflection. The hangings rings are great, if it is a toy he has previously enjoyed he would love it now also. Feathers.

Good point, Lovey. I have the advantage of having a grey budgie and a mauve budgie, so I can see the difference in their colouring with mine. Feathers.

Hi Dave, I envy your rainbow lorikeet visitors, but can fully understand the attraction to your garden. Great set up and good going with the mutations. As for the bird you believe to be a greywing being darker in the photos I fully understand. I tried to stick up for the 'violet' factor in one of my birds online and most members told me she wasn't. The first bird a recent knowledeable visitor pointed out was my beautiful violet spangle Your birds are going to absolutely love their planned flight. I have seen another aviary the same shape as yours with a flight attached and loved it. Feathers.

Very interesting, thanks for that. It explains why so many budgies have such a beautiful irridescent glow. Feathers.

Female budgies are generally very vocal when they are trying to get a point across (ie fighting ) In contrast some of my males just peck towards their foe quietly. It's hard to know what is happening without actually seeing them "at it'. Whilst there is no bloodletting they are probably okay. Feathers.

Hiya Turbs. That is a fantastic size quarantine cage. I have 4 of them myself and use them for the same purpose. Budgies love little holes so he would have been quite content in the ring. He's quite gorgeous Feathers.

Hi Wendy, welcome to the forum. Good luck with your new birds. Would love to hear more about your flock. Feathers.

Hath, brilliant products. We can only hope that he has enough UK support to allow him to go global

What lovely little characters they are. Thank you for sharing. Feathers.

I think His Royal Blinkiness had better watch out. Ozzie is getting better and better looking with age. Great pics, thanks Bea. Feathers.

I can't believe this is still ongoing. Last night we came to some kind of consensus and agreed to leave the terms that this board will use to the mods. Everyone will still refer to their own birds as they do. There is no problem with that. I have many US friends and when I talk about my budgies I automatically say they probably know them as parakeets. Nobody is going to tell you that you can't say that, but if a new user was confused by the terms and said "what is that sort, I have never heard of a (insert whatever name you like) budgie, it could be explained in terms she or he understands. A lot of posters seem to be taking this personally. As I have said previously, the terms I believe should be used is irrelevant. It is simply a matter of using one term for each type on official posts of this board. The FAQ's are the first thing most new users find, and if they are like me, the read through every single one of them. It is just a matter of having a FAQ about "What Type of Budgie is That?" The FAQ could then go on to explain that the smaller variety, known by these various names (insert them all) is the same bird, we refer to them here as (insert term). I don't think anyone is going to jump down somebodies throat because they called the bird something else, are they? But if someone say's "what do you mean?" , surely we are free to say, that is the same as "X" type. Feathers.

Doing well. Congratulations. They will need more room once they fledge. I don't have experience in breeding, but I would leave them be for now too.It will be interesting to see what number they stop at

http://pub36.bravenet.com/photocenter/albu...482&album=45947 He looks very much like the YF grey boy I bought home today... it is too hard to see whether he may also be opaline or any other mutation. I don't think he is mauve.

Yay! It makes sense really, mods?

They are really beautiful, Madeline.

Before I reply I'll just say I meant to chop that list to 3 terms, perhaps: Bush Pet & Show Terri, I am not saying that every member should use those terms, but it would make sense that wherever possible in official board posts such as the FAQ's, that the terms be standardised. I am not saying that you correct any post that uses a different term. What is hard about that?

Woah.... Having been absent for 36 odd hours I just waded through 3+ pages of argument. What a load of tripe. I used to belong to an Australian BBS forum called R55 controv (pre WWW days) and the whole idea of that was to take an opposing side and argue it, whether you actually believed the side you took or not! This thread reminds me so much of that forum. I believe what should be being discussed in here is not 'What you call the birds and why?" but what official line should this forum take for conformity... not so much in individual posts, but in their descriptions of the birds and in the FAQ's etc. That way new users are much less likely to be confused when confronted by the various terms. What I personally believe is not important here. But, if I was a member of the moderating team, who really should be discussing this in a more 'moderate' way, is what Daz put forth in one of his posts. That is: I would imagine that, despite whatever you personally call your birds, everyone would understand the above descriptions. Does this not make sense?? I think the moderators are letting the forum done in not coming to a decision on conformity in their posts and all FAQ's by not standardising the terms that should be used here. Feathers.

Milly, gee, give the girl a break! I luvs ya, Squee.

Wow, they are coming along brilliantly. Good to see.

Hi Dave, welcome to the forum. Obviously we will anxiously be awaiting your photos, so you need all the help we can give re photobucket. As far as I am aware the uploads are limited to 800 X 600 pixels. Maybe they are being rejected as they are too large... I have to downsize all of my photos before I can upload them. Roll your mouse over the top of a picture icon and it should tell you what size it is. Feathers.

Hi Julie, welcome to the forum. I hope you enjoy your time here. Feathers.

How very excitement. Well, if I come out early this week before school goes back I will bring her. She really loved visiting!