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Shannon, How are they going? Any updated photos?

:wine :budgiedance: :raincloud: :wine congratulations.... Your birds are doing great Splat... great just what we need.... another Victorian breeding great show birds. :rofl: Joking... just joking... :budgiedance:

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I leave the chicks with the parents untill they are 42 days old and are eating by themselves. Then they are moved to a holding cage till they are 3 months old and then out to the junior flight. till they are 6 months old. It is then that I decide to keep or sell.

Breeding and caring for Budgerigars is a fun and exciting time for children. They learn so much from the experience especially if it is done correctly. Glad to have you as part of our forum. Please ask as many questions as you like.. We are all here to help.

Average temperature in Brisbane is mild comaired to some places. It does get up to 40C plus but that is rear. Last season 2007 / 2008 the top temperature was 37 deg Average top temperature was 32.7C Average bottom temp was 18.7deg It did get down to 13 deg. Season before 2006 / 2007 in the old shed, the top temp was 40deg, average temp was 27.4deg Average bottom temp was 12.7 deg It did get down to 8 deg The old shed was hotter in Summer and colder in winter. Wetter when it rains too. I bred from July to February in the old shed, the same as the new shed. You have to decide by your own area. Ipswich which is not far from Brisbane is hotter in summer and colder in winter so it might be best to breed in different times. Newcastle is colder than Brisbane so you need to adjust to that. Mackay is hotter and humider than Brisbane so Winter is probibly a better time up there.

Shannon your winter is when you should be breeding. It's better than your summer.

Lacewing Hen

I have never seen a black beak on the bench. Mine are usually gone before they are old enough for the nestfeather (Barhead) Show.

.... got to believe it. You have to remember that at auctions the birds are culled birds. For one resason or another. Not saying there is something wrong with them. Some are recycled birds. Ones that have been bought at another auction, used and then sold. Some are just to make way in the aviary for the next season's young. But it is buyer beware.

I think the hardest thing to do is to buy good hens.. I have been told by many good breeders is if I want good hens to breed them myself. That is probibly why it is so hard to find really good hens at auction, and when you do.. the prices are high.

Many people, when they get into the fancy want to get going and to start breeding outstanding birds. But they make mistakes along the way. That's natural. They need to have a plan. I was one to want to buy this bird or that bird because it was this breeder's or that breeder's. But i found that it didn't always work. They didn't breed for me or the birds they bred was not up to want I expected, so I sold them. I now realise that most of the problems were my fault. I was too impatient and the birds weren't in condition, or settled into my avary to breed. I should have waited till the next generation or the next to judge them. The birds didn't "click" with what I already had. I now have a bit more experience in what I should be doing and what I should have done. I should have, and are now doing, gone to two breeders that have the type of birds I want and bought from them. I should wait for the second or third generations to see how they are going. I should go back to those breeders for more stock. This way I also support them. I won't confine myself to those breeders but will be looking very hard at an outcross from other breeders. “Clicking” is an interesting turm. I once was told that breeding good show birds were a bit like cooking. The ingredients were a bit like the features in the birds. A good cake had the right ingredients in the right proportions. They “Click” I like to think buying birds like making a hamburger. A hamburger has basic parts… the bun, the meat, the salad and the sauce. If the bun is soft, the meat is tender, the salad fresh and the sauce tangy and you put them together properly then you should have a pretty good hamburger. If this is the case then you should go back to that baker for the buns, the butcher for the meat, and the fruit shop for the salad. Support those that give you want you need to get a good result. Those features that Click. If you go out and buy birds from everywhere, you end up with a mess. Features don’t go together well or take time to do so. Being more selective on where you buy your birds will help you over come a lot of problems. The one thing you do need to know is how hot to make the grill, how long to cook the meat. How much sauce to add…. This is where the experience come in.

It could be a number of factors. One being that the birds weren't in breeding condition when paired up.

.............. and auctions.

Yes I had a lot of trouble. Near lost the aviary a few times. It cost me a lot of money but I was determined to see it through. It's a good read.

Best of luck Renee, Let us know how they go.

It is a said moment in Australian history to hear that Bluey, the National Winner 2008 has pasted away. He has left one onlu chick. He will be missed by many.

:doh: Click to Enlarge Here's the new one. Wish I could easily redoe the electricis on it. I'd do it a different way.

I'd pull them down. 10 - 13 days to eggs. 5 eggs would be 28 days chicks would be 42 days that would be a total of 2.7 months to get the chicks to a nappy cage. A tight schedule Renee... Best of luck. :doh:

The crest at Busselton last year was amaizing. It would rival most normals.

Green bird paired to a Blue birds gives all green birds but split blue. Green/blue to green/blue gives greens and blue birds. Note: All cock birds are split to a sex linked. All birds are split to some thing.. You just have to find out what???

I actually have his father, the brother to the Cinnamon Yellowface Skyblue hen for sale. He's a yellwoface Cinnamon Sky blue too but has a bad habit of distroying his tale when put in a show cage.

What do you mean Jimmy?

Here's One Here's the link

Ah yes the cinnamon skyblue... Kaz, I should put up a photo of her nephew..