Pearce

you need to kill all the mice asap, in my opinion they are one of the worst things that could happen to your birds. They can get through bird wire and they can burrow underground. Cement the base of the aviary and put tin 1 foot high around the entire perimeter. Put rat sack/baits around the outside.

I disagree shannon I think its definitly a male. That dominant pied is awesome.

if it was me id wash them and give them to the birds. A little bit of thrive wont hurt the birds.

looking at Nubblys post I remembered a few other things I have. Paswells hand rear mix. Ive only had to use it once but it is good for the baby birds when they need a top up. Calcium and iodine blocks also charcoal blocks

Hi Nubbly I bought the worm out gel before I found out ivermectin spot on does the worms to. But I still use the wormout gel for the aviary birds, purely because It would take a fair bit of ivermectin and I would be bitten to death treating all the birds. For cage birds and breeders I use the ivermectin.

I made a topic similar to this a few months ago. I have, calcivet Moulting aid http://www.vetafarm.com.au/products/MOULTING-AID-1L.html coccivet http://www.vetafarm.com.au/products/COCCIVET-250mL.html D nutrical, its not a necessity but I use it for vitamin and mineral supplements, other choices are soluvet and f-vite. Apple cidar vinegar (can be obtained from a local shopping center) Triple c - All purpose anti biotic. http://www.vetafarm.com.au/products/TRIPLE-C-100g.html Avi clens - http://www.vetafarm.com.au/products/AVICLENS-500mL.html Avian insect liquidator - http://www.vetafarm.com.au/products/AVIAN-...RATE-100mL.html ivermectin spot on Wormout gel - http://www.vetafarm.com.au/products/WORMOUT-GEL-100mL.html

I like vinegar the best.

she is very nice kaz how long until you are able to breed her?

yes hes normal green and that spot on the back of the head could indicate split to pied.

I click on play but no plato songs play. Their are 10 songs listed and none are sung by the band plato. Nevermind I ended up downloading the song, listening to it now.

when I go to the page it does not say the tracks or any play options for the band. PLATO Genre: Indie Region: Goulburn Valley, VIC Members: plato- vocals and guitar Unearthed Artists We Like: Swiss Thats all it says to do with the band itself.

How old were they Kaz?

wow the bird on the right is just awesome kaz. Very nice.

All the teams went very well congratulations to all who took part.

that is an awesome picture. The bottom baby looks cobalt to me,. compared to the other skyblues.

Number 1 could be a hen or it could be a cock im really not sure, a better picture would help. 2 4 and 5 are definite hens and 3 is cock. I agree with you. Number one could go either way.

Awesome bird I've never seen anything like it.

thankyou all. This bird has no problems with being kicked in the face.

Had to move all the birds into a smaller cage for photos.

Hi. I was browsing and I found a nest box camera. It is a live website with live streaming of a particular nest box. The nest box has babies inside and usually the mother is in their too. It is based in the uk so at the moment it is in night vision (black and white) but it is still very good. I've been watching it for a fair while and you will see the mother feed the chicks and incubate and all that. The mother is a grey green the father is a blue normal. http://www.mc-guinness.com/budgies.html You have to click nest box camera. At the moment the mother is in their with her wing covering the chicks so you cant see them, but she goes out a fair bit to grab some food

Sheppard & Flanagan are doing really well.

in my opinion I would go with the blue hen. Blue babies are possible if the cock is split blue.

I got them all wrong. When you first posted it I didnt understand why you did because it looked so simple. But then I read the answers and I got them all wrong, wasnt so simple after all.

the best article and easiest to understand in my opinion is an article by Neville Collins. He is a member of the forum. A Simple Explanation of the Dark Factor I shall attempt to explain how the dark factor works without going into any complicated reasons All budgies have a dark factor rating. It is either 0, 1 or 2. This affects the base colour regardless of what mutation the birds are 0 dark factors appear as sky blue or light green 1 dark factor appears as cobalt or dark green 2 dark factors appear as mauve or olive If you pair two birds with 0 dark factors together the chicks will also have 0 dark factors. It doesn’t matter whether they are both sky blues or both light greens or one of each If two birds with 1 dark factor are paired together the result will be 50% 1 dark factor, 25% 0 dark factor and 25% 2 dark factors If two birds with 2 dark factors are paired together all the chicks will also have 2 dark factors If a 0 dark factor bird is mated to a 1 dark factor bird the result will be 50% with 0 dark factors, 50% with 1 dark factor If a 1 dark factor bird is mated to a 2 dark factor bird the result will be 50% 1 dark factor, 50% 2 dark factors If a 0 dark factor bird is mated to a 2 dark factor bird the result will be 100% 1 dark factor chicks Mutations like albinos, lutinos, greys and others where the dark factor rating may not be visible still have a dark factor rating but it might be only possible to tell what it is by breeding. e.g. If a mauve cock bird (2 dark factors) was mated to a lutino hen and the chicks were all dark greens and/or cobalts (1 dark factor) it would prove that the lutino’s dark factor rating was 0. If however the chicks were a mixture of cobalts, mauves, dark greens and olives, the lutinos rating would be 1 dark factor. If they were all mauves & olives her rating would be 2 dark factors. Mating a bird with 2 dark factors with a bird with any other rating can not possibly produce chicks with 0 dark factors. Also mating a bird with 0 dark factors with a bird with any other rating can not produce chicks with 2 dark factors. This means that a sky blue cannot have a mauve parent and an olive can not have a light green parent.

Today I put a plastic ladder in the baby cage for the babies who cannot fly yet to climb up to get to the perches. One of the babies was climbing it and another baby up top picked up the ladder with his beak and moved it. The baby climbing fell off.