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I colony breed too with no problems... i had 2 troublesome birds many years ago that would pick fights and be nasty with their peers - I think they may have had "issues" as they only lived to be about 5 years old. Good luck and i hope your breeding experience gets better

Adorable!!!! :hap: I love the one of him directing his movie :hap: I cant see him in the second picture - he is a really good hider

Sounds like you need to crop feed them - i dont know how to do it, but i am sure some one can help - Its best done by experienced people, and i know many members here who are experienced with it Hopfully they can help.

I do like the idea of having him as an inside bird - i have never had an inside bird as a real pet before.

The pet shop said that he got picked on by the other birds... do you think he might get picked on in my aviary??? Thanks. The perch is just the 2 wooden ones rapped in paper and firmly taped with sticky tape - i will be going to the hardware store to buy some wood for perches tomorrow

I use feeders in the aviaries and dishes in the cages

I agree with all the advice Kaz has given... My first thought when i saw her was "she is an old bird", I will be interested in knowing what her age is too. Hope she is okay

Thats it My other number if that one is busy is 1800 IN TOO DEEP hahaha You could also wear super sized gum boots so you can just slip your feet out and leave them stuck in the middle of the floor - they could make nice nesting sites or mouse free feeders - (Laughing out loud)

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Sounds like an awosome project. I will be on standby with a jack hammer if you get into trouble

Hello and welcome. Please quarantine her right away. The messy poops could be just a sign of stress... but she could be carrying any kind of disease that could affect the rest of your flock. She needs to be quarantined 5 meters away (min) from your aviary for at least 30 days. One member has just had a bird that was seemingly healthy, suddenly die 3 weeks into quarantine from an unknown illness... Oh and it would be great to see your pictures

Ahhh... I see the difference now, Thanks Here are some more snaps - my goal is to flatten my battery before dark hehehe He is getting more comfortable with me gazing at him He has started Gazing back too Awwww

Yay!! he is my first golden face - and as you know i don't have many blue birds either... so he is really something special Because he doesn't have the debilitating disability of splayed legs that we originally thought, i don't need to make him a special cage. However, i am going to buy him a new cage. One of these... I will make some nice flat perches for him and make some toys that cater's to his needs

Hello and welcome

I don't really understand the cobalt colour??? what is it exactly??? The camera enhanced his yellow face i think because I don't feel he is deep enough yellow to be golden. He is very pretty. He has little random patches of deep blue-purple, sky blue and green though his feathers. I have my back door open and he is cherping to my flock out side

Any updates on Huey?? I Hope he is okay...

:hap: :hap: :hap: :hap: Lil Scooter has lots of millet - he loves it and i am finding husks ALL OVER my computer...I need one of thoes little keyboard vacumms hehehe. I have just given him some peppermint tree too... he is not sure about it yet, but once he has a taste he will be hooked

Camera is charged Scooter is doing well.. he has very slight runny poops but that is quite normal when under the stress of a new home. He has had a little quiet sing this morning which was lovely to hear :hap: Here are the photos from Scooters photoshoot this morning. "Come one, no slouching Scooter" "Thats better" "okay, Now for your other side - Lovely" "okay, give me cute... Very nice" "Now cuter - PERFECT!" He liked posing this morning hehehe :hap:

My camera is charging so there will be some more pics soon :hap: Scooter had a good night... I have little millet husks ALL over my laptop this morning - cheeky little boy :hap: - it's great that he snuck a meal when i wasn't looking

I'd love to see update pictures too

My hens are normally clean so it was a bug with mine. I have just gone though my photos, i thought i had taken some of the mess, but i cant seem to find them. I like your idea of mixing the oats and the bran The cordial will not do them any harm even if they are tummy bug free . You can always drink what's left (YUM **Licks lips** heheh) Hope they get better soon

GULP! Genetics is my weak spot - great test to get the brain working though Test Your Knowledge of Genetics 1) Can a recessive pied be bred from a pair of dominant pieds? No 2) Can a dominant pied be bred from a pair of recessive pieds? No 3) There are no known dominant varieties with red eyes. Is this statement true or false? True 4) Is it possible for a bird to be visually carrying the color gray, violet, dark factor, sex-linked, dominant and recessive traits all at the same time? Ummm ??? No, because recessive and dominant is either one or the other 5) The yellow face on a yellow face blue is considered to be a dominant trait. What is the white face on a green considered to be? B A. also a dominant trait B. does not exist C. a recessive trait D. a sex-linked trait 6) Name four varieties for each of the following. Dominant Dominant Pied Spangle Green Yellow Faced Recessive Recessive pied Blue Opaline Sex-linked Cinnamon Albino 7) What are the only ways to breed a sex-linked cock? Mark all that apply. G,F A. hen has to be normal, cock has to be normal B. hen has to be normal, cock has to be split C. hen has to be normal, cock had to be sex-linked D. hen has to be split, cock has to be normal E. hen has to be split, cock has to be split F. hen has to be split, cock has to be sex-linked G. hen has to be sex-linked, cock has to be normal H. hen has to be sex-linked, cock has to be split I. hen has to be sex-linked, cock has to be sex-linked 8) When a bird is said to be masking something, what does that mean? Also, give an example. A - It's got the genes for another variety that can come out in the chick when bred A. split for another color or variety B. preventing the true visual color or variety to be seen C. dominant for large spots on a deep mask 9) What dominant varieties change appearance when they have two genes for the trait? Yellow face turns white ??? 10) What does it mean when a bird is said to be split? B A. two colors present as in a pied B. not visible on the bird but carrying one gene for another color or variety C. two colors/varieties present, dividing the bird down the middle; halfsider

In my view full cuttlebone is better but budgies often just play with it rather than eat it anyway. If i find a nice cuttlebone on the beach i give it a good clean in the sea water then clean it again in tap water when i get home.

i have know idea what its called, but i do know that if my budgies were inside right now and saw that picture, they would be dive bombing the screen to get at that yummy seed hehehehe

I think you are on the money with Rickets. One food curls inwards a bit and he tends to sit on his knees rather than his feet which is why he needs flat perches. he falls right off the round ones - poor little tike. The store keeper said he likes to sleep in his seed dish hehehe. Is calcium deficency a bird mill thing? Your right!! Well spotted. I'd hate him to get his legs caught. I will get some flat wood for his perches - actually i think i have some in the shead anything round he falls straight off. He is right next to me on the bench in the quarintene cage. he is just starting to get tucked in for the night... he looks so cute but he hasn't touched his millet... hopfully he will eat in the morning