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Awesome photos Pie! The Joey is so cute

I agree its a young hen around 3 months of age.

I would suggest that your budgie has the beginnings of an illness developing. it seems to be an issue with breathing - sounds almost wet . i would get him to the vet for diagnosis. There are many other things it could be too. my birds made a sound like that when they were vomiting from Canker. prompt diagnosis is vital.

Congratulations!!!! :hooray:

It's always risky breeding in the open with no safety enclosure. i get birds getting out when changing food or checking babies etc. Can you go on ebay and buy a second aviary to use as a breeding room. Adelaide ebayers have a few aviaries at the moment for a change.

i love your cabinet stands. i will be making some of those before next season too :hooray:

It really depends on the birds, both inside and outside the cabinets. If the birds outside the cabinets are calm and not likely to harass then they might do okay. Also the budgies inside the cabinets need to be calm breeders that wont be bothered if a larger parrot happens to look in the cage. I guess unless you try, you wont know. the budgies wont breed if they are not comfortable.

Is there a way you could section off a small part of the aviary, as the budgies really wont like the parrots climbing around on the breeding cabinets?

:hooray: LOOKS BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :hooray:

I am not 100% sure if thats right, but i dont feed my birds the highlighted items as i believe them to be bad

I am sorry, we are not permitted to help in relation to other animals... so will have to close this topic. Good luck finding your answer.

okay, great. So just let her sit and they should be fine. Eggs are robust and i bet your hen will be back on the eggs when you are not looking. normally hens wont leave a clutch of eggs for no reason.... If the eggs die, they will also lose their white colour... so in a week or so, check their fertility again The key is not to stress (the birds can sense it and it makes them stress themselves)

Oh my - hope you work out what it is :glare:

My advice is to just relax and wait the time until they are due. Dont stress your hen with too much checking. Even approaching the cage can be enough to cause stress. There is nothing you can do to change whether the eggs are fertile or not. Fertile eggs will look chrisp white on the shell, where infertile eggs tend to be off white (almost opaque) A relaxed owner will have relaxed birds and much more success with breeding :glare:

That doesnt sound good at all :glare:

Amazing birds Splat You must be so proud!!

More photos of little chickadees Chick 1) Chick 1) this one has decided its old enough to fledge. I have to keep putting it back in the box. It perches alright for its age. Chick 2) this one is a really cool colour Chick 3) This little one is a really pretty soft yellow... Chick 1) Looks just like its dad Chick 2) Same with this one Chick 3, 4 & 5 ) The three DF spangles. I can see some green coming though on them so there will be suffusion

I have also heard Aloe vera is very good. I have some growing and when it gets bigger, i plan to use it too

I see birds who chase each other and fight etc. it can be a dominance thing over a mate or a perch. Perhaps she thinks she is top bird and is trying to keep the others off "her spots"

Congratulations!!!!!! awesome photo

Good luck to everyone competing to get into the nationals As far as i am concerned, if you make it to the nationals, regardless of placement, you have one of the 14 top birds of its type in Australia

That is gorgeous with the DF spangle eating out of your hand :sad: I love that they eat as soon as they come out the box. makes the whole weaning process so much easier for everyone

i will guess hen too.... :sad: will be interesting to see if we are right when it grows up

what a rough time. I hope its all onwards and upwards from here. Your babies look good so i hope you have no more issues

They are stunning birds. Our problem here in Australia is we have far too many budgie lines. We have a genetic mess in comparison to the European budgies which have had all the messy genetics weeded out to create a stunning bird. Because of all the close relations, a breeder can pick a bird from another breeder to add features to their own birds and are nearly always guaranteed to "click". Here in Aust, we buy a bird from another breeder to add features and often end up with more genetic mess that takes a lot of work to breed out