Daz

It's interesting going back... Hath was very knowledgable and a loss to the forum.

Jimmy I run both The Budgerigar Program 2006 and Bird Tracker. I like both but have a tendancy towards The Budgerigar Program. Ultamately the best program would be to merge the best points from both programs togeather.

Jimmy when I started I didn't know the difference between a dilute and a recessive pied.

I can only go by the photos: Mask is short and the spots are under developed. The Bird is long flighted and carries the wings high instead of resting on the rump. It has good width above the cere but needs some more frontal. Its beak is tucked in well and has good back skull. It is a solid bird and would do well to be paired to a longer bird with a deep mask, good spots, a good frontal and better wing carrage. Looking at the colour of the cere I would have said it's a young cock but could be my screen.

It was going arround in an email. I've tryied to send it to Kaz but for some reason couldn't get it through. ... Sorry Kaz.

Plum eyes can also mean a Double Factor Spangle. This is only in the first few days after hatching.

Thanks Guys. Good to see you've looked after the forum while I was gone I see some new features and new members, thats great.

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I run 20 cabinets but at times use some for Nest Feathers or Show Team Preparation. http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index....t=0&start=0 http://www.flexi.net.au/~dwellsadsl/

Darryl is my name, I am also known as Daz, Dazza or Rhino

Well at 4 1/2 weeks she shows a lot of features. She is developing width across the cere, good directional feathering above the eye, depth of mask and she seems to like to throw her frontal. I would advise train her to continue that. At this stage you should be giving plenty of Protien for feather develoment. Kaz can help you with that.

It has some potential but seems to be too young. It would be interesting to see it develop of the next two weeks. How old is this chick?

The Baby powder is used on blue or grey series birds to whiten the cap feathering. No good on the yellow faces or green series birds.

Think of greys the same as green and blues. Grey is a factor that effects the colour in the birds. Grey factor to a green with produce a grey green. Grey to a blue will product a grey bird. Greens and blue both come in three colours Sky Cobalt and Muave. Light green, Dark Green and Olive. The grey factor acting on these colour will product the three colours of grey. Light, Dark and very Dark. (Yes it has a name like Architive or something. ) Violet like grey is also a factor. It effects the colours in green and blue. What we call a violet is in fact a violet cobalt. A violet sky looks like a cobalt.

This year the rings for 2009 will be available in the middle of December. You can ring the chicks from then. The new 2010 rings will be available from the 1st September 2009. So any bird that is hatched after 1st September 2009 will have a 2010 ring on it's leg.

Generally that is how it is done. But some clubs have special awards for birds. In our club we have a derby system in that your first 10 rings are the derby rings and they are placed on the chiks that you hope will do well. It is a bit like a lotto. So ring 1 could go on the first bred and ring 10 could go on a bird hatch 4 months latter.

The 8th Bird is a 6 week old Spangle. This is the correct wing marking of the Spangle. It has been lost over time by bad breeding and I want to bring it back. The 9th Bird is a Yellow face grey. Just the photo showes him as a violet mauve.

Thanks Kaz.The main Idea is to keep the chicks in the nest box longer. The Chicks are forced feed (protien) by the cock mostly at 4 weeks of age and it is this that I want to happen more of and longer. If the boxes are deeper and bigger the Chicks will stay longer.

He's 2 1/2 years old. I had a budget of more for him when I saw him but didn't need to got to it.

Only for you Kaz http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a26/darrylw/1W034.jpg http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a26/darrylw/1W033.jpg Features I like is the colour. Pure The direction feathering over the eye and the depth of mask. Here is a bird I paid $285au for...... and I think it's a bargain. From a Master Breeder... Gary Armstrong. ** turned to links over the size regulations ***

Here is mum. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a26/darrylw/1W004-8.jpg Son http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a26/darrylw/1W005-8.jpg This one is unrelated. I will be pairing her to an Armstrong Double Factor White Spangle I just bought at auction. ** first 2 pics over the size regulations, turned to links***

Just a few shots I took today....... http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a26/darrylw/1W004-8.jpg http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a26/darrylw/1W005-8.jpg 2 & 3 are over the size regulations, sorry Daz :budgiedance:

A DF Spangle Chick has plum looking eyes. Similar to a cinnamon. interesting chick. Recessive coloured beak (Orange) blue suffusion o the body but if from two spangle, definately a DF Spangle in the blue series.

lisevenn I live just north of you at Warner. I start breeding in May and finish in January/February. I have an enclosed aviary and don't have problems with the cold. Many Breeders breed fro Jue/july to January/February. The birds don't mind.

It doesn't matter to start with. Most of the hens throw it out before laying. I add a hand full to give them something to do but don't really worry until the chicks hatch. Then it's good to soak up the droppings.