PJI

What i do,all my water is boiled for a start and placed in two litre containers for use next day.Into a two litre container is added "one teaspoon of liquid B12 & one teaspoon of liquid tracemin daily".Feed wise they get seperate containers of ,small parrot mix ,super budgie,& jap millet.They also get either sweet corn or carrot or endives every day.

I would not be worried about the cold,ive never lost a bird to the cold & it gets very cold where i live .

Certainly does Julie,ive told them to give him a light tap on the nose everytime he bites,he has to determine what is food and what is a finger before he gets to big.

My twin daughters have named him " JAWS"

Top looking dog Julie.

Yes cinnamon is a sex linked variety,so are opaline lacewing & ino's.

Have you been feeding the bird to much green food? lettuce etc.

I think auctions have there place clearwing,you can still get a bargain at times.That said ,you can also get a bargain directly from a breeder who himself has bought birds off the top breeders & save money.The three cocks in the picture below cost me $50 each ,all blue ringers & usefull cocks they all have some growing to do yet & should improve.

This is my best bird.

All he does is rip things apart & eat,hopefully he will be a good watch dog oneday.

///////// The supplier called it hoop pine Julie,it is plywood & he said it is one grade below marine ply so it's good quality it is $165 for a sheet of 9ml 8x4 not cheap.

To make those bank of nine Julie,i needed three sheets of 8 feet by 4 feet by 9ml hoop pine & 2 sheets of 8 feet by 4 feet 4ml for the backing.The front rail is 4 inches high by 9ml thick.The basic measurements are 24 inches wide each cabinet 19 inches high 16 inches deep.Next bank of nine i will do a start to finish post with progress pictures if you like cheers Phill

Usually when you move house birds take a while to settle in,it's happened before to other breeders from what ive heard Kaz.New enviroment new surroundings etc so breeding results may not be as good as expected.

They will not be used until our new house is finished being built Kaz.I am expecting some bad breeding results when that happens.

Finally finished,now another bank of nine & i will be happy.

Follow this link & go to members profiles splat,& you can read hes profile. http://www.budgerigar.com.au/

No Kaz i have enough birds to work with at the moment.

Hard to choose he has so many top birds,& they are big birds but that one was almost identical to hes father & when he blew hes head i just grinned and looked at Ray and shook my head.

That particular bird is the son of the national winner.

NSW, Generic Blue ,yep hes been breeding a long time.

Nice chicks splat good on you well done.

I went to Ray Welshmans today and took some pictures ,thought you all might want a look .

Correct me if I am wrong PJI But i think what he means is looking at the blood lines behind the parents, as in father and mothers, grandparents etc. Like putting two birds that are quite oridnary to look at , but have parents that are very nice birds. Like history. //////////// Spot on Squeak_Crumble, In my opinion the parents are very ordinary visually,however the father/uncle/& aunty of the sky cock where all visually stunning ,so i new he had something to offer from hes background.

You are probably right Kaz,i know d/f dom pieds have a lot more pied marking's than usual.The percentage is 25%, i had to look that up By The Way.If i get some more chicks looking like the one above i will be happy.It will be interesting to see if the next round are all pied ,i will keep you updated cheers Phill////////////////// Dominant pied (sf) x Normal 50% Dominant pied (sf) + 50% Normals Dominant pied (df) x Normal 100% Dominant pied (sf) Dominant pied (sf) x Dominant pied (sf) 50% Dominant pied (sf) + 25% Dominant pied (df) + 25% Normals Dominant pied (sf) x Dominant pied (df) 50% Dominant pied (sf) + 50% Dominant pied (df) Dominant pied (df) x Dominant pied (df) 100% Dominant pied (df)

If you could wait till she has finished breeding in aprox two months i would be happy to.