Dave_McMinn

Are there traps down? What about that new trap that Kaz showed, that she bought at Bunnings. I can catch multiple mice in it.

I will have to get Dave to send me a photo of himself and i will put it in the breeding cabinets for them. Dave can be a pin-up boy for my budgies. :rofl:I do not know how I missed this before, but I would think it is safe to assume that any living creature would be turned off by your so called "pin-up" solution. If my love life is anything to go by, I am 100% correct. Good to see some success. So a: 1. Cobalt normal hen 2. Dommie pied hen 3. Dommie pied cock I am terribly at sexing. Trust Kaz more than me.What have you done with the other pairs? Returned them to the aviary?

From a bird that was doing it all wrong at the beginning, she seems to have the egg laying and sitting bit going right. Now, if they are fertile, let's see how she and partner go with the raising.

RIP - you are a wonderful source of knowledge. It is my own fault really. I should not read and try to consume lunch at the same time :thumbs_up:

This is not abnormal behaviour...relax. I do not know if it is due to buird receiving differen nutrients from droppings or what, someone more experienced than me wil tell you, but this is not abnormal behaviour. This is one reason why it is extremely important to quarnatine sick birds. Birds will pass on sickness to other birds in their droppings.

very sorry to hear this result.

okay, I think I can understand how this would occur. This is the ultimate in mutation I suppose. I wonder could it produce green offspring? What are the chances of this happening? 1 in a million?

Interesting point. I am mistaken. okay, this is where I went wrong. A clearwing does not have spots - right?

I edited my post above to make it a bit better. Compare the first bird - normal blue - to the third bird - greywing blue. Note the difference between the black and the grey. Just to make things interesting, I am going to throw Clearwings into the mix. A clearwing will may look like a greywing, but it is not. A clearwing that has "messy" wings may look like a greywing due to dark markings. This is a show fault. You tell the difference by looking at the cheek patches. A clearwing should have bright blue cheek patches whilst a greywing should have grey cheek patches.

it must be frsutrating for your best birds to produce so few young. The grey parents of Uno. Now these two have 2 fertile eggs. I suppose it goes on to support the theory we discussed ages ago when others in Sydney were going on a buying spree seeking to buy the best birds - great birds do not always make great parents. Lucky you have Ommie.

Do you have the perches lower, and how do they get up to the perches, or does he? Can he jump? Ladders? Ramps? This has been a great thread Liv. If we don't pin this one, maybe after we tidy it up, it might be possible for you to make a "Helping Feather Dusters Live a Happy Life" thread that we can pin, as not only has this thread been great to follow, it has been very educational, in a very realistic manner. In reading this, if any of us newer breeder got a feather duster, I think we would all have a great idea of what to do. Thank you Liv and well done.

It is probably easiest to explain the difference with a blue budgie. A normal blue budgie has black wings, and around the edge of each feather of the wing there is a white arc. A spangle blue budgie has white wings, and around the edge of each feather of the wing there is a black are. A blue greywing looks just like a normal blue budgie, but the black on the wings is replaced with grey. Hope that helps

Often, and espeically with YF chicks, their true body colour, that they will have for life, is not evident until after their first moult. I have seen birds that looks like purple cinnamon wings go to a murky green after their first moult, all due to the YF.

They hanging in there? You have been doing it for a while now, so you can probably evaluate it it better. How is the wash and trim method going? Do you find it help them alot?

Thanks GB. I have some fake eggs, they look real, but are made of plastic I think. I will put them in this morning and see how she goes.

Bob, or Bobby become Bobbi quite easily

Nice to have an incident free day. It is very windy here, and often a cold wind, so i have been reluctant to move any of the young ones out of the kindy cage. I am goign to have to eventually, but we will see what happens. All young ones are going well. They greygreen hen that ate her last egg has not layed anymore, even though she spends a long period of time in the nestbox. She is doing the egg-bum poos though, so I will give her some more time. If she has layed eggs and eaten them before I see them, there is nothing I can do. I will seek to give her a week or so, and if no results, I will remove the nesting box, give her a chance for normality, then return her to the aviary. No sign that Kiwi or Twitch want to mate again, and if they do, I will simply foster their egg and and seperate them. Grey opaline has fledged and has begun to perch in Earl's nest, so only opaline cinnamon grey to come out. Youngest spangle is yet to fledge in the DF widows nest, so that is okay. Young ones are coming along well in the dark green cock and grey green hens nest. I am disappointed that such a fine bird is split opaline. I specifically wanted him and his partner (bought as a pair) as there was no sign of opaline, it was hidden. Damn!!! Oh well, we will see what tomorrow brings. hopefully some new

There are may differences, but the most notable difference is size. Show budgies have been bred to a certain size and certain characteristics are valued more on the show bench.

Ken: "Charge!" Kaz: "Kaz, hang on, I have some leadlighting to do" Ken: "Charge!!!!!!!!!!" He is a good man.

Welcome

I am terrible at sexing birds, so i am not usually one to stick my neck out, but I agree with Kaz (wow, how brave of me - :rofl) in saying they are both female.

Sorry to hear about the ordeal you have been through. It is impossible to watch the bird "like a hawk" when he is on the patio, so the netting is a good idea. It is not very expensive, and you can buy it from Bunnings. Not only may it save your birds life in the future, it will help put your mind at ease.

I agree with Kaz

Good luck Blake. Looking forward to pics

Mum is a spangle yellow face recessive pied . Dad is a normal green that is split to both opaline and blue.