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I Agree, before I purchased my first birds I spent a lot of time reading. I read about mainly breeding and one thing I noticed was a lot of top breeder's fed their birds natural. We had a presentation one night from an old experienced breeder (40+ years) who only ever fed his birds natural products that he either grew or picked from the bush and he rarely lost any birds. His theory was if it was good enough for the wild budgies who have lived for longer than humans have been here then it's good enough for his birds. I personally have not lost any adult birds but only have been breeding for a year.

I was thinking the same Kaz.

I may be new to breeding but I have taken a stance similar to you Norm. There is nothing that nature cannot provide to keep our birds healthy. A good diet is esential also a good clean living environment and you will ruduce or eliminate the need for drugs.

I prefer a natural diet with seed's and fresh veggies and a branch of bottle brush or ecalyptus branch on alternative days.

Thats great, I have 6 pairs down at the moment pair 1 with 6 chicks No eggs left, Pair 2 1 chick no eggs (I have fostered 2 chicks from pair 1 here) pairs 3 & 4 on 3 eggs each & the last two are due to lay any day. Exciting times after a 3 month rest from breeding. Cannot wait to see what the babies come out like.

My kids(4 and 2) love the budgies so much in fact I need to buy a new cage and send some over to the Grandparents place (They babysit for us) (Laughing out loud)

Hi and welcome, just post any questions you have and someone here will answer

Get yourself a yellow face blue or grey & a grey or blue, This should give you some yellow face grey's. Remember that the grey bird is a blue based bird. So pairing a grey to a green will not get you grey birds.

I agree she is a recesive pied. I would rest her before putting her down with Boris. It's hard to tell her age but she is definately over 6 months old. I have 6 month old hens whose cere is that colour but definately not ready for breeding.

Nice Pics.

My birds see me walking down the yard and hang off the wire in anticipation. They just go nuts over any branches I put in

I tried the same no pics. Budgies R Cool, can you post them old ones you have ?

Any pictures Kaz ?

Never heard of that either. Interesting to find out

Hang the branchs upside down like other's have sugessted and replace them before all the leaves have fallen

Hi and welcome

I believe it's a hen

I dont believe in pellets I feed them a seed mixture & my birds eat all the food I give them, Carrots, Apples, Eucalyptus branchs, Wild grass, Bottle brush, Brocolli & Spinach. They go crazy over this

I think the breeding should be left up to you with giving your step-son a need to know information. As far as useful information, This forum is the best, Just post your question and you will recieve many answers.

I normally remove the next box at about 5-6 weeks (the chicks will be fully feathered by then) and leave both parents in there until I see the babies feeding themselves and flying from perch to perch.

I buy my seed in Bulk premixed by a formula from John Scoble. A lot of people in my club use this.

My birds stip them within a day

Bottlebrush for the budgies

I agree with Kaz

Hi Denise, I have never had a cock raise chicks so young. Best of luck with it.