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They probably will die out then Jimmy, 100 is very low.

lol I was thinking of you GB when I was writing my bit above about your cool mints and the chilli in the egg.

Glad you had a great dad Flippy,last time I ice skated was when I was in my late 30's and lasted one second and broke my arm it was black and blue from finger tips to my shoulder. Decided I needed both arms to raise my boys so I gave up my ice skating career, lol much to dangerous for me. oh I bet you enjoyed being Santa what a frill.

Interesting , but would there have been different varieties of wild budgies or did they release varieties that they bred up, only asking because I didn't think there were any other varieties in the wild except normal green and maybe opaline but then I think from memory if any other mutation was bred they died very fast because of predators.

I would try him again, you could try 2 things if he does destroy the eggs. Most times when cocks destroy eggs is because they keep going in the nest box and trampling the eggs and breaking them. the first thing you could do is just let him in with the hen for a few hours a day and take him out for the majority and once the hen has laid around 5 eggs take him away and let the hen raise them but then you may need foster parents handy to help . second you can replace the eggs with false eggs or marbles and most times once they work out they can't break them they will leave them be. thirdly you can foster the eggs once laid , that's if you have foster parents. these are things I do. Good luck with him Robyn but I would give him a second chance.

I can't see why not as it is natural but you will still have to clean it weekly or so. If you put branches in there them leaves will fall to the floor anyway. Make sure you get safe gum tree leaves etc eucalyptus would be the easiest to identify. plus it meant to a natural remedy for illness and helps to keep the birds healthy.

Dave really sorry you lost your dom pied baby, it is always sad when that happens.

Come on guys get your entries in Entries for this show close 5pm Saturday the 10th Dec.

Sorry to hear that your birds are a bit under the weather, I don't seem to bad. Is it chuba chub with the rat eaten tail. Is there a whole in the floor where it came up or are you guess. Just that I have had birds with blood from one end to the other in the aviary but it is from blood feathers, Yes I I have had them bleed heavily from the tail. and head. But if you think rats and mice get in I would cement too with out delay. Anyway I hope your little buddies get better soon.

Come on guys put an entry in. Entries close 5pm Sat the 10th Dec Remember it is an unbroken cap show, the birds will be judged as if they are at a show.

Thanks Finnie and you entering some will be great.

this is for PJI's Entry 8

It is really easy Robyn just work out your size first.

I have been really worried about it lately too because the weather is hot and muggy one day and cold the next, rain for 3 days and no rain for a week and it it would start all over again. Glad all is well Matt

I thought this cage any one can make. I made another one that is a double depth wooden show cage with the background painted it works well too. It has the show cage front

Mine love it too, along with carrots and tops straight from the garden, celery and tops, beetroot and leaves, broccoli growing wild in my garden now lol and lucerne it's growing every where too. lol. Mint and parsley. Corn will be ready soon.

Hi all I thought i would show you how to make a photo cage for next to nothing. My cage, I have a couple of them, in differing sizes, are made from Twilweld mesh (bird wire) not to light though, held together by plastic cable wire The perch is best placed diagonally in the cage from left front to right back, or have a revolving perch set-up to give more flexibility. I think my first one is about 14 inches square, but you can make it any size but not to small. With mine I made the door large so I could frame the photo with my SLR but now that I have a Canon Compact and the lens will fit in the wire the next cage I make I will make it a few inches deeper and just a normal little door for the bird to in. They are easy to make, once you have joined all sides you need to cut the wire at the back on top for you coloured card t or paper to slide in. Any questions please ask, have fun making one.

Come on guys put your entries in...... You can enter 2 birds each member for this show

Come on guys put your entries , up to 4 entries a member.

Matt you can enter 2 birds in this show so if you have another one go or it.

Yes please Finnie. Could you please change it

okay Dan that will be great, I hope you don't loose her though. Corey for this show you can as long as it lives at your place, lol. I have decided seems there is not a lot of interest at the moment that each member can enter up to 2 entries eachfor this show. It will help put the numbers up a bit. So go for it.

Do you have Cheaps as chips where you live, it is a cheap place to buy heaps of stuff. Well we have well here in Shepparton and they have the flight cages for $30.00 each. maybe you have one there and you could buy some there, I just buy one a week when I needed them.

Hi all, seems I didn't explain this right , each member can enter up to 4 entries each for this show. Thank Neville for starting it off, now we just need more members enter.

i think female, but one photo did look really pink but she looks like she has some white around her nostril so i will say female.