RIPbudgies

Update: Pair 1 - Still active as far as nest box goes but still no eggs. Pair 2 - Laid 5 eggs. !st clear, 2nd broken, 3-5 fertile. Pair 3 - Still no activity at all. Now looking for another hen for the cock. Anybody got a Dilute or even a Normal preferably Blue series but will go with Green. Pair 4 - 1st egg laid today. As of the other day I now also have an old friend who moved over to Sydney who can buy birds for me, when I have the money of course and he knows the style of bird I like. So it's all go here at the moment. Must phone the ring manufacture on Monday and get my rings ordered.

You can but it depends on individual circumstances such as how many budgies vs how many parrakeets. Breeding or not. Size of avairy. Perch quanity and spacing I have kept the following with budgies (400). Bourke's, Red Capped Parrot, Cockatiels, Cut-throat Finches, Zebra Finches, Barbary Doves and Quail. But having said all that they were in a big flight 20 ft x 10 ft heaps of perch space. The Red Capped lived in there with them for around 7 years and the cockatiels for about 5 years. All the others came and went as needed in various numbers. It helps to know the species your dealing with and you really need to be on the ball as far as picking up early signs of distress.

Rousey's real name is Ian Miller. His parents live in Gosnells but since he moved out of home he calls Dandaragan home, or where ever he parks his ute and lays his hat. He's no champion bull rider but he's out there giving it a ago and having fun and that's what counts. He is the nicest guy you'll ever meet. I seen pix of some of the utes when they got back!

Paints use to include lead in their manufacturing process and this is why they were unsuitable for certain uses. Lead based paints were banned quite a number of years ago. A paint as mention by Simon for water collection should be okay. If one emails the respective manufacture they would be able to inform you further of the constiuents of the various paints. Google the company name and look for the pages (if they have them listed) containing their MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets). Here is Wattyl's http://www.wattyl.com.au/library/Pages/MSDSLibrary.aspx

Maybe... yep we headed out, not the best one imo. May be heading out further east to get dna samples of dogs at some stage. Did you go? Was doing 'dog stuff' have 1 spot that needs some attention. Have quietened them down most other places now. Weather has been perfect to be out lately. First time Ive done the double quote thing and it worked:) Unfortunately I was unable to go. With no job at present it is hard to go anywhere mate. I drive a V8 Ute and even though it is on Gas and Petrol it still would have cost a bit to do the trip. I think my little buddy Rousey was in the bull riding. A few of my mates went and had a great time. Maybe next year. You out doing the DNA typing of the wild dog population or dingos? I have sort of been keeping up with the goings on re the wild dog populations in the outback. Bit of a problem to say the least.

This government direction has been on the boards for quite some time. The trouble has been that knowledge of it ans not been widely published. I have used globes in my hospital cages. I use blue ones for night lights to simulate night time. Lucky me I still had globes around and plently of blue ones which I use to sell but sadly nobody was interested in back then. I have recently (Wednesday) purchased two 6 packs of party lights to keep me going. The reason for the banning of these bulbs is simple. The amount of energy required heat the filament inside which is what provides the light is quite high compared to the energy saving globes. Energy savers don't have filaments they are gas and so require less energy to start and maintain light. There is also the safety concern with globes as they can produce quite high heat and when used outside the intended manufacturing specifications they can cause fires. Energy savers don't produce the same heat there by making them a safer alternative. I personally welcome the move for the sake of this planet. We had just better comes to terms with this and find another option. After all there is no other planet for us to go too. This is it peoples!

The rings are an anodised aluminium. Paint is used in the impressions to provide the numbers and letters. I am going to be contacting the Chapman brothers in the next few days as I still have to order my rings. I can get a full run down if you like on exactly what is in the paint and the anodising process. I have had stumpies too. They do fine.

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Nice pix Pie. Yor sunset on the Nullabor. That wasn't out near Rawlina was it, like maybe out at the Nullabor Muster. That was only just over a week ago.

All yellow-faced birds have suffusion of varying degrees, even double factored visual ones and a lot of it comes down to family genetics and variability of the mutation. The problems of identification happen because people wish to pigeon hole the suffusion. You can't do that because of the nature of the genetics of this variety. There is the possibility that the bird is a Goldenface/Yellowface composite. If that is so she will produce a a normal blue offspring. Breeding result can quite often show us what the bird's genotype actually is. Visual interpretation can only go so far. Goldenface single factor Goldenface double factor Goldenface/Yellowface Mutant 1 composite

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Ring Neck is another name. As far as sex goes you'll have to look for behaviour signs. Generally the males court the females by cooing, fanning and dropping their tails. They do this going around the female. If she is interested she then squats down and he mounts. The fact you have one will make it hard to tell.

Love ya Barbary Dove pearce. Did you realise that Barbary doves are those that magicians use for their acts. White ones of course. I have Normal (like yours) Fawn and Whites but I would love to get the Tangerine. They are super birds and can be tamed very easily.

Not sure exactly what other examples your after Pearce but here is one of my favourites. The African savanah is home to a rather plentiful species of Acacia. These trees are stunning and I reckon they make the best photographic subjects. They have small leaves and wide spreading canopy. They have either straight or curved thorns with one species (Umbrella Thorn) having both. The tree is browsed by Girraffe, Kudu and Impala each having their unique way of reaching and picking the leaves between the thorns. The Girraffe has a large leathery tongue which apparently does not feel the thorns. Porcupines enjoy the roots. You would think with so many animals browseing that the tree would be devoid of leaves but the tree has a denfense. It can switch on the production of Tannin making it inedible to browsers. Now of course there are others who invade this plant for one reason or another. Insect pests are such a creature. Now the plant in this case has a symbiotic relationship with an ant. The ant has free rental space at the base of the thorns and in return it provides the tree with a ready made army to combat any insect invaders. The ant can be extremely aggressive and it will attack grazers. During the hottest part of the day the ants are not that active and niether are the browsers but the bees are. The bees are needed for pollination. So you see there is a perfect harmony happening here in just one single living thing. I have a watched a documentary on this plant and it is truly amazing to see close up the ants in action and all the various aspects of the wonderful Africian Acacia.

It's like this. Nature endowes each species wether it be flora or fauna with specific requirements in order to survive and propagate the species. Plant growth is kept in check by browsers who feed on the leaves. This maintains the tree so it does not grow out of control. The seeds of a plant are designed, depending on the environment, in such a manner as to ensure it surives to sprout to produce the next generation. Some seeds have defenses such as toxins (apple, mango), some have extremely hard shells (macadamia, coconut) and some must be consumed by certain fauna (emu bush) and others must receive a particluar process such as fire or smoke (Black Kangaroo Paw) in order to sprout. The apple seed itself does not contain a large amount of cyanide but if consumed in sufficient quantities it will produce toxicity. Toxicity effects depend on the size of the fauna consuming the seed and wether or not the fauna has it's own defense mechanisims. The amount of Cyanide produced within the apple is small but as Cyanide produces a bitter taste, a small amount is all that is required to ensure that the fauna that chooses to sample the apple seed will meet with an unpalatable taste and proceed to remove the offending seed from the diet without being poisioned. The apple tree is defending itself, it is not out to kill. Bascially humans do not have any real defenses as far a food goes. So generally what is safe for us is safe for animals, exceptions being chocolate for example, don't feed to dogs and cats. But what an animal can eat is not always safe for humans. Some animals can eat the most dangerous of substances with no effect what so ever. Example of this is the Koala. No other animals can consume the vast quantities of gum trees that this animal does and survive. Each baby Koalas can't consume it without first getting the beneficial bacteria from it's mother.

Actually that statement is not quite true. Birds and especially parrots can and do self-harm. Other animals inluding humans do it also. Strange as it may see the animal actually get pleasure from this activity. It usually starts of innocently but as time goes by it become a deep physicological issue. Humans are easily treated as we can discuss the issues surrounding the problem. Animals are much harder to treat. I personally have seen parrots who have self-mutilated with deep holes in there breast tissue. It is not a very nice thing to see at all.

Photos are not the best quality but if that is all we have to go on. So be it. The first one is a Opaline Grey You can see the grey cheek patch in the top photo. The second bird you say had red eyes. So I reckon it is a Yellowface Albino or Creamino which ever name you prefer. The cere is a fleshy colour not blue so can't be a DF Spangle.

http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/apples.asp#add http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/cyanide/basics/facts.asp http://www.npi.gov.au/database/substance-i...rofiles/29.html http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal...=1&SRETRY=0

Do not take this personally Richo but this is an example of asking somebody who you think may be able to provide the correct information maybe because he is a bird wholesaler. Apple seeds do not contain ARSENIC they contain CYANIDE. Arsenic has in the past been used for animal feeds in strickly control quantities. It was used routinely in the racehorse industry until ruled illegal. Used in animal feed, particularly in the US as a method of disease prevention and growth stimulation. One example is roxarsone (organoarsenic compound) which was used by 69.8 and 73.9% of the broiler starter and growers between 1995 to 2000. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenic Cyanides are produced by certain bacteria, fungi, and algae and are found in a number of foods and plants. Cyanides are found, although in small amounts, in apple seeds, mango stone, peach stones, and bitter almonds. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanide Cyanide was used in the nazi gas chambers during WWII.

If you look at the tail of the hen you will see she is not Spangle. She is Opaline. Not sure if I can see this or not as the picture is a bit small. I am sure I am seeing grey throat spots. She has a full body colour. So if that is the case I reckon the hen is an Opaline Full Body Coloured Greywing Cobalt or Violet.

Yeah a bit suss on the HOney Locust too. In many parts of the world they are a fodder cropn and the seed pods are readily eaten. The seeds themselves can be roasted and are used as a coffee substitute. Kurrajong (Bracychiton) tree seeds are also used as a coffee substitute and is part of the bottle tree family. There was also an entry on Thistle But does not say what type. I have always grown and fed my birds a plant called Milk Thistle (not to be confused with Milkweed). In the human world it is a liver tonic. I will endevour to get the correct botantical name for it and any other common names.

Pair two. The hen look likes an Opaline Cinnamon Grey

okay Kaz check out the logo on this Golden Cob advert and see if they still use it today. This is the advert that accompanied the Golden Cob one on the inside back cover.

I am a real Sci-Fi lover. I've all the old Battle Star Galactica TV series as well as the new one except for the last and final season. Go with Athena I always loved that name and she was a lovely character in the series.