Matt Welchman

May not be harder , I am going to bed. :raincloud:

Looks to me like the vets are making a $ from the pellets , If your birds are getting fat in a small cage , feed them a Millet mix only , No Canary seed.

Google , Australian Birdkeeper magazine . Look in the books/ mags section.

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I was told about the Pea Beau by an older club member years ago , also for air sac mites , I wont say how to do it as I might be frowned upon by some people from another forum.

There is a book called " Under the Microscope" By Dr Danny Brown I bought it through the Birdkeeper Magazine people. Got all of what your looking for .

Pictures , I do like taking them.

You can see that they have stuck their heads in something before they bleached ( Like a cardboard roll) , the head feathers didnt get the bleach. You would think you would do a better job with pratice. Thumbs down from me.

I was thinking about this Kaz , when we spoke before , What if you tried fly spray . Obviously in a controlled way. Hold the bird for a while then wash it in Coopex . I am going to try this with one that im having the same issues with .

Can I ask why convert to pellets , Is it cheaper!!

Yes they are Quill mite , You will find them on the primary flights and the tail feathers. A healthy bird will naturally preen the mite off the feather , But regular spraying with a mite spray will keep them at bay.

G'Day , G'Day .

The Central Coast Budgerigar Society has a web site now, If there is anyone in the local area, Please feel free to come along to a meeting night. http://centralcoastbudgerigarsociety.webs.com/

Some pics of the damage feather mite can cause

All I will say is keep your chin up Kaz.

Thanks Clearwing! That's all I could do really - judge on appearance - as the bird did fit the greywing standard reasonably well. Had it been then only greywing benched with nothing else to compare it too I probably wouldn't have questioned it as much either. It would be nice wouldn't it if you could breed this very beautiful variety for it's variety not for meeting the current size and feather standard. It's one of the varieties that suffers so badly when you try and up the size, then the features that attracted people in the first place - namely the strong body colour contrasted with the beautiful clear wings - are lost...... seems somewhat backwards to me. i agree with this totally i dont understand why the birds are all being mutated so far beond their original look what is it that makes people want a budgie that looks like a buffalo or a lion head has been attached these poor birds can not even see and the eye problems must be high matainance im breeding my birds for the way i like them to be and not for what the bench are by other breeders yet they will be at show standeds as required by variety yes i understand that it wont be easy as the feather quantaty really overides most these days i do find this quiet sad relisticly its the big heavy birds that cant even hod their own weaight to fly that i will be steering clear of breeding mabe i will never win but i will have tall long birds with lovely perciced markings proportion nice feather and blow they will be able to see but rather than hidden eyes the feather will direct over the eyes much like the old school birds i feel that the birds are way more showy than the birds breed by some people with the big feather all over their head and they still look beautiful with a full chest tapering down than just one solid bird with so much feather when you pick it up theirs no bird just feather my opinion only Genericblue , That is exactly what show breeding is all about , Breed the bird that you like , show it and convince others that your beautiful creation is the ideal. Keep it up.

Will look foward to it Shannon

Looks like ya under pressure to post some pics , Id like to see a real clearwing. G'Day

No bites , Hmmm was going to write something here , but have reconsidered. I will just play my Violin so you have taken up the violin while you were "away" Serenity, serenity, serenity.

Damm , system , Will test it out now, That other thread was on about how much work you did , Now ya give it up , the system does it

A wandering cat is a male , **** around the back yard and make it your territory, (Mods can I say that? ) Then tell me if it works Get a dog.

No bites , Hmmm was going to write something here , but have reconsidered. I will just play my Violin

I have never washed wire in my life.

Your bird may be getting a little cold or a draft at night , this will change the droppings in the morning .

Hi Shannon, Nice job on the web site , Will be checking back in for some pics of your new chicks.