maesie

She is gorgeous!!! Your pictures were the perfect size... I just added a line between each so they were easier to view. I can't help with her type, but I'm sure others can. Welcome to our forum and I hope you feel at home here. maesie xo

What a pain in the butt!!! Can you close your account so they can no longer spend your money??? Good luck and I hope you get it all back.

No worries :party0011: :party0011:

He is only like this during breeding season. (He is not aggresive and has never attacked another bird, just keen.) At other times he is a great bird and happy to feed and look after his chosen woman. My only option here was to put him in a smallish cage in my breeding room which is tiny and adjoins my avairy. I saw this as cruel as he could see the ladies, here the ladies but not have the ladies... At MB's or Av's he can breed a few clutches and the retire to the avairy... she also has more room... so I see this as a solution to my problem, but also a better one for him and his needs.

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH :party0011: :party0011: :bliss: :bliss: :bliss: :bliss:

Thanks mate... I mentioned it to MB as she was online at the time, but I am happy for you guys to share him... as long as he gets plenty of sex... I don't think he'll mind where he lives

Lucky!

Great photos and well done... :ohmygod: Oh so cute!

:ohmygod: She'd have to have a WIDE LOAD :lol2:

:ohmygod: I'm so happy for you!!! I'd love to see some pictures when you can. Keep up the awesome work!

Well, after much thought... I have decided to sell him to MB. He was a bird who came to me as he flew into a friends yard and she didn't want him. He has given me 5 lovely babies (3 of which I still own) and has been a great pet. The solution in his best interest was to separate him from my aviary birds and decrease his daylight hours. As I am not home much, this would mean asking Dad to do it. There have also been two eggs laid on the floor of the aviary in the last few days The other solution would be to allow him to have another clutch, again... something I can't manage at the moment. So, I have been in touch with MB and she has agreed to take him off my hands. After his quarantine she's happen to let him have some more babies ( :ohmygod: He'll be excited!!!!) I'm sure he'll be very happy at MB place. I feel a little bad, but know this is the best decision for him and me. If I had an aviary in my current yard, I'd be breeding him, but I feel I can not do what is best for him now and here... Thanks MB and I'll see you in the morning!

I feel your pain buddy :ohmygod: . Up until this year, I have kept all my babies. I also found it hard to give away my Opalines

Congratulations!!! It must :ohmygod: be so great to finally have it in writing

Hi and welcome to the forum. She is very pretty indeed. :purr: I noticed you said she loves lettuce.... Please don't feed her lettuce. It has no nutritional value and can actually give them the runs and make them sick. Bok choy, Pak choy, corn, silverbeet etc... would be much better for her . Once again, welcome and I hope you feel at home here and learn all you are hoping to!

Aww, what a cute photo

:bluesbros: I think EVERYONE would be surprised with some of the stuff staff have to deal with!!! Nice birds and chicks KAZ... no swifty there :rofl:

Me too... Thanks mate!

They can die..... I agree with Kaz here... I do feel for you, but unless you decide to do something, you need to TRY and turn a blind eye... you'll give your self a heart attack.

10 eggs!!! Man she must have a sore butt Kaz... you need to get her a mini one of those donuts mothers sit on after giving birth!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I agree, they are seeds. You may find the wood shaving will stay this time round. I usually find before and during egg laying, all the shavings are emptied... but once the chicks arrive the hen is to busy to worry about getting rid of them. Which is great for us as it makes cleaning much easier!

That is what I think happened with Crackle. I might just keep a close eye on him! I'm all for having fun (yeah Elly, no nest boxes), but don't want to loose any hens because of his urges... or have them on a merry-go-round of antibiotics!

Go Kaz, Go Kaz, GO, GO, Go Kaz!!!

She is cute. Make sure you quarantine her for 30 days well away from your other birds.

Oh no mate... you're so lucky!!! Thanks goodness you didn't loose any birds and your puppies behaved!!!

Hi and welcome... I'd be asking myself if I want to breed, and am I ready. If I answered yes to both of these questions, I would probably move her, her eggs and her partner to a breeding cage. I know there is a risk she will leave her eggs, but I believe if she if left to have them on the ground in an aviary with other budgies... you are asking for trouble. At least this way you'd give yourself the best chance of it working... If she does leave them... so be it. As you said you weren't planning on breeding this year... I am not a fan of colony breeding and therefor only cabinet breed. Good luck with what ever you decide to do.