Ross Laidler

Hi All As I am new to the site and starting out breeding Budgies I was wondering who lives in Sydney south west on site. It would be great to be able to get some advice on ways of improving my set up . Ross

No problem was just a thought as I hate supporting anybody that does the wrong thing to animaks. Ross

I am lucky as my local pet shop where I have bought birds from is owned by a bird breeder. Can we name the bad shops with out getting in to to much trouble legally , I am a member of a fishing site as well and we can take a photo of the building showing the name but can't say who they are . That way we can all keep clear of those shops. Ross

I don't know yet as this is the first year that I have tried to bred budgies , a couple of years ago I bred finches , So I am waiting to see what I get out of the eggs in the boxes , at the moment I will be happy to see what colours they turn out . I will put up pics when they hatch. Ross

Thanks for the tips , I will have a look tomorrow. Ross

No I don't have a seperate cage for the young ones at the monent I would not know what I was looking for to tell their age . I will get there in the end Ross

Lovely birds , you have given me a idea for corn instead of putting on the ground. Ross

I will take your word for it They are just birds from the local pet shop . Ross

Where it looks white is actually a pale yellow

Here are some of my birds Sorry about the quality but birds will be birds Ross

Thanks for the info Liv , I will keep a eye on it . Ross

This is how the dropping look , are these normal or do I have a problem. Thanks Ross

Hi All I am only new here and I have no dout that this topic has probably been discussed before but I could not find it . I have 20 birds in my aviary that are just starting to lay , I cleaned out the cage yesterday and have noticed runny droppings on the floor this morning , I will try to take a photo and show what it looks like . Is this because of stress due to changing their feed 2 weeks ago the seed I got was called avi grain budgie mix , I don't like it as there seems to be more on the ground than before and doesn't appear to have as much seed variety as seed like trill . Is the change in seed causing the problem of not I gave them some carrot the other day , maybe its that . Thanks in advance for the great advice that I know I will get from this great site . Ross

I would be inclined to say a water spider as it doesn't look like the ticks we have in NSW Ross

That is the way my wife looks at it , I have about 10 pairs with 12 nest boxes , noise wise in a suburban back yard I think they make enough Ross

Hi All Just wondering what greens I can give my birds . I pull grass out and put in the cage about once a week and they go wild over it , what other greens can I give them .My birds range in age from about 6mths to already breeding. Thanks for the help in advance. Ross

I don't think I will tell my wife that she will want to fill it up. Ross

Hi can anybody tell me how many birds I can put in my aviary , it is 3m long 1.5m deep and 1.8m heigh. Ross

Hi All I am just getting into breeding budgies , I used to breed finches but they stopped a few years ago so I decided to stick with budgies Ross