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WOW that is great thanks for the pictorial update Your birds are soooo lucky to have a home like that. You could nearly put your bed in there and sleep comfortably because it's like a mini house Love it.

great setup Nubbly good luck with your breeding :)What sort of kitty litter do you use Nubbly

Thanks Nubbly that is a great set up wish mine was like that

I agree with Kaz but I have put eggs in the nest from the floor and they have hatched but they were not damaged.

Gorgeous Dave you are doing a much better job than me as I am getting clear eggs nearly every nest and if any are fertile maybe 1 or 2 babies every 3rd nest. Real bad. worse year ever.

If you carefully pull out the wing buts where they were cut they will grow back in no time. Poor pied looks like it's been bleeding

I think she will be heavily flecked on the cap Hamish but she should still be a good hen hopefully

I think yours do Kaz

here are some babies a bit older and now in the kindy cage. From this to this I am really happy with this Dark green pied His sister cobalt opaline from this to this Yellow DF Spangle from this to this I think this is a diferent one as the 3 all look the same Dark green hen Her brother that I really like as he has a lovely long wide bib Hope you all like

Tomorrow Kaz, took some photos but haven't time today have sick yellow DF spangle baby in top photo needs warmth so just cutting perspex for hospital cage.

I had a young budgie do that 2 years ago, He was 7 weeks old and I put him in the kindie cage and he was fine with all the others until I let him out onto my finger which I do quite often but this little fella wanted to get out all the time and sit on my finger. He would run up and the cage as soon as he saw me and when he didn't get out he started chewing off his toes (blood everywhere) I gave him probotic to carm his nerves. But it was an awful thing to watch. But I believe it is a nervous thing, like an highly strung budgie with a manic disorder

Thanks everyone, Nubbly I like the directional feather too If i get time today I will take a few more pics because they are a few days older and have changed heaps :sad:

Thanks Sunnie You probably do have some good ones coming through. good luck with your breeding Sunnie

Thanks Kaz Yes Shannon they differently have good feather length which comes from their dad. and they are all good size birds.Here is a brother to the yellow DF spangles at the top of the pageThis one was reserve for the national team at Burnie but didn't go. This is his brother and just as good Full sisters this years full brother, I haven't got one of the sky blue spangle yet.

It is only the feathers going the wrong way my violet is like that he was normal for 8 months then the chest feathers went up unstead of down, I don't know what coarses it but I am sure it is nothing to worry about. My other vioet does it when I try to spot him for shows his feathers sit up for a couple of weeks, it is classed as a fault in the show world. i really think in some birds it is stress that coarses it as in my second violet.

Don't think so Kaz but thanks anyway.

These 3 are from my yellow DF spangle next are full nest mates to my white DF spangles that did well in the shows. They are showing good protenial but are very light in colour. From the parents so far all up first nest last year I got 1 cinnamon sky Spangle hen which is stunning, 1 white DF spangle hen, second nest 3 white DF spangle 2 cocks and one hen which MB bought the hen. So far this year they have 1 Lt green spangle cock, 1 white DF spangle and 1 sky blue spangle cock. their last nest which was fostered out there are these 3 yellow DF spangles. These 2 birds have done me good as out of all the babies I have only culled 1 bird. This cobalt opaline hen is out of a light green pied and a cobalt. Thay had 3 babies this one and a DK green pied the 3rd one died a 2 weeks. These 3 Yellow DF Spangles are out of yellow Df spangle and a DK green spangle Uncle/niece mating they seem to have green suffusion . Worst tha the ones above. But they are better colour than the one above. The mother has been plucking thier down, they are fostered now. These 3 are from my old boy and violet nest. there are 4 all up one is in a nother nest There is a violet in there and a cinnamon violet This nest there is only one from the parents and it looks to be grey green. the others are fostered. The father of this one is my big grey green that up till now I thought he was useless, he would think by putting his foot on the hen was the job done so at least this year he has done a little more than that he is an 07 bred bird This is the old boy my foundation cock, he is father to my violets and this grey green This is him as a baby This nest is white Df spangle hen full sister to my white ones this is a half brother/ half sister and they only had 1 fertile egg and it is a white DF spangle the others are fostered this nest is my A Rowe cock and and a watson hen there are 5 left out of seven. there is only the 3 youngest in the nest now as I fostered the oldest out. The 1st nest of these guys I got 3 and they were lt green and Dk green and they are looking really good. This nest is from one of my violet cocks that I bred last year and he is with his niece a white DF spangle they only had 2 babies One violet spangle looking really nice and a coblat spangle. the others are fostered. I hope you like. My breeding season up till now has been terriable clear egg after clear egg. I will take some photos in a couple of days to see how they gave changed these pics were take about 10 days ago

Is this the hen from my place GB so I have the eagle look I have her full sister down with fertile eggs she is with her uncle so it will be interesting to see what happens both have the violet hen as mother for the cock and grandmother for the hen. The hen is yellow face also. This picture was taken January this year

Very nice Kaz he looks stunning

Great photo Neville my favorite too

Thanks Kaz yes it's really good the little window is my peek hole so I can see who's coming up the drive way place a lot of wind comes in that little window so I can open it to let extra air in when it suits. BUT in the summer that wall gets really hot but with the insulation I have stopped that.

Thanks Dean but it is really very ordinary compared to some people but it does the job. But it is good have the extra bit as there is more room to move around. But a lot more walking so I am trying to get 2 of evertthing so I don't have to running back to the first room to get things because it's a pain because IU have to walk through the baby aviary but it is making them very quite with me in there a hundred times a day. Love the trophies too Liv, the one in the middle is the Best violet at the young bird shield. and the rossette above it is the national team rossette

Greg built a bit more onto my breeding it is now 30 ft long and only about 6 feet wide which I would love it wider but that is never going to happen as the fence is in the way and I needed a walk way so visitors don't track through my baby aviary. It is nothing flash but it does the job Here are some pics This the start of the new part I lined the walls and roof with builders styrofoam "the one that has silver on one side and green on the other" and then lined it the walls and ceiling panels. This is part of the original breeding room looking into the baby aviary and new part Still the old part showing the hospital area haven't finished putting perches in all the cages yet or the perspex on the front half of the cages Still the old area New part New part looking into the baby aviary Still new part thinking of making that brown book case into breeding boxes Yes my trophy cabinet, that is only some of my prizes, the rest our in the house

Thanks GB, will keep you in mind but at this stage have had a bad year hardly any babies.