Daz

Welcome and i hope you enjoy the forum.

Sounds like great News. I'm a client too of Robs. The highest i've paid in Brisbane was $790 for a check of a few birds.. but the best money i've spent. Just remember i've spent $875 on a hen at auction so that was little money.

I crop feed the medication to the birds. Corp feeding isn't hard if you have been shown properly. I'd suggest taking the bird back to the vet and geting him to show you how to crop feed. It will come in handy in the future.

Each weekend my birds get a mixture of Grated Carrots, Mung Peas, Snow Pea Sprouts, Celery, Corn, Parsley and Baby Spinach leaves. They love it.

Yes, it's more comprehensive than the first.

a DM ring was Father Dan McMahon but he isn't breeding at the moment due to ill health. He sold most of his birds in 2009 at Brisbane Auction. There would need to be more symbles on the ring for it to be a ANBC ring. E.G. mine are SQ DAZ 11 001 the SQ is South Queensland. DAZ is me 11 is 2011 and the 001 is the bird number.

Check the mixture on the food your feeding, as the chick grows you should reduce the amount of water to mix with it. I would look at droping to one feed per day by 5 - 6 weeks and then he should be able to cope at 7 weeks. But always monitor there weight as each bird can be different.

Ebay is a great place to find Aviaries. Here is mine My link

I grate my beetroot with carrot. add some oats and place in a dish. They will love it.

I know one thing about breeding budgies.. there is always changes available. Years ago i was like a chemist.. feeding the bufgies this thing and than that thing only to find that i ran into problems. costly ones too. A very good breeder, Gary Armstrong, suggest the K.I.S.S. System. (Keep it simple stupid). I found that the bird improved and did less work and injoyed them even more. Seed: Golden Cob Supreme Budgerigar Mix Breeders get Whole Oats Chicks get Millet Sprays when they are 3 weeks old. Water: Monday to Friday. Clean Water with Marshall's Megamix Saturady and Sunday Marshall's Megamix with DuroPlus and Ioford Additives: Finger Drawers with Charcoal and Marshall's F Vite. Soft Food: Grated Carrot, Beatroot, Spinach Leaves, Parsley, Whole Oats, Marshall's TurboBooster, Marshall's E Powder, Budgie Starter and Whole Egg Powder. Weekend Treat: Greated Carrot, Corn Kernals, Spinach Leaves, Choped Celery, Parsley, Mung Beans and Snow Pea Sprouts. This is fed in the afternoon and whats left (if any) is removed before night. Medication: Doxy and Worming before seasonal breeding.

Very Nice Splat. You done well

Interesting reading back over the past few years. The feeding routine I did back then is totally changed. It is simpler in some ways. I now use more Dr Marshall Products.

I'm glade this thread gave people some information to think about.

I have noticed with my "pet" George that he went through this "stage". I heard simalar stories from others. I just persisted in his training and after a few weeks he settled down. Maybe it's a Pubity Stage they go through.

Updated to current

Yellowface opaline dominant pied cobalt cock The Other Pied is a Reccessive Pied Cobalt

Splat the problem is that you can buy the best birds in Australia but unless you have an eye for pairing it will all come to nothing. i've seen it before.

Thanks Taboo.. it's good to be back.

SHOW RULES OF THE AFFILIATED SOCIETIES OF THE SOUTH QUEENSLAND BUDGERIGAR BREEDERS ASSOCIATION INC. CHAMPION STATUS SQBBA Affiliated Clubs To gain champion status and be recognised as a Champion Breeder an exhibitor must gain (30) show points whilst exhibiting young and/or Old or Any age birds in the Open section within a two year time frame commencing January 1st 2009 Show points to be gained as per Table 1 below accumulated from SQBBA affiliated Societies shows, the SQBBA Preselection Show and the ANBC National Show . A) Class win at the ANBC National Show 6 Points Selection in SQBBA Team per exhibit 2 Points C) Champion Young Bird of Show 5 Points D) Champion Young Bird Opposite Sex of Show 4 Points E) Best Young Cock Open 3 Points F) Best Young Hen Open 3 Points G) Champion Old Bird / Any Age of Show 2 Points H) Champion Old Bird / Any Age Opposite Sex 2 Points I) Young Bird Colour/Variety (Special) Award (Minimum of two exhibitors) 1 Point Note :- Points received for award wins are maximum points and not cumulative e.g. A bird winning S.Q.B.B.A. Preselection and its class at the Nationals would receive the maximum award points only i.e. 6 points Maintaining Status :- The Champion Status to be maintained by current Champions exhibiting at a minimum of three (3) affiliated society shows and winning three colour/variety awards, or a major young bird award, or have a bird selected in the SQBBA Team at the Preselection Show in each ensuing ring issue year. It is the exhibitor’s responsibility to maintain the record of points gained. The points to be verified by the respective Club Show Manager/Secretary in a diary which will be submitted to S.Q.B.B.A. Inc. Show Manager when the required points have been accumulated. An exhibitor failing to meet the Champion criteria will automatically revert to Open status. This champion status will not be another show section: it should be worked from points gained by exhibiting in the Open section. If clubs wanted to have awards for a champion section that would be up to the individual clubs

In SQLD to go from Intermediate to Open is 10 points in one club and 3 years. So even with the points you still have to do 3 years. to open.

lol Well I made it to Intermediate Breeder. I took a year off and now ready to get moving again.

good to be back.

Splat you have remakable chicks there. When you feed the milk, you will see it fill the crop. The sugars will help give strength after the hatch. Clearbody to clearbody is fine for numbers but best results are to breed to splits or if you are lossing the clear flights (darkening) go to lutinos

To answer your question... yes you can but it's better with a seed that has a better germ. Like Wheat or Oats.

There is a very good book that you can get at good pet stores called. "A Guide to Colour Mutations & Genetics in Parrots" by Dr Terry Martin BVSc. it will help explain the genetics of Budgerigars. I highly recommend it. It helped me when I started out.