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He is sweet alright When I was at the markets on the weekend they were selling birds of his age. I was there when a man walk up and said he needed 2 more because he had lost some last week that he had bought off this guy. When I told him that I belonged to a budgie club he asked me if I had any babies for sale , Nooooooooooo was my reply as I walk off

I like these two, grey being dominate would you get grey spangles? Your aviary is looking great

Wow you are one of a kind and I wish there were more like you

Amen brother

Sweet looking chicks, well done

I had to submit my club application form to the club board, and they then vote you in. Which is fine by me It does help if you already know people in the club. Why wont a club have you? They must be a bunch of !@#$% to not give you a go and an helping hand to get started. Rachelm don't give up as I'm also a distance away from my club and I get updated through email as I can't get to many meetings.

This is what I'm faced with every time I try and get some nice birds from breeders and frankly it stinks! I am always willing to pay more for the better birds but I have been told that they wont sell them to me because they can get more for them at auctions. How can someone not help you out when your standing there with your 9 and 11 year old boys who want to get into the hobby and need a hand with buying some good birds. I have offered breeders as much as $150 for a good bird and I get the same response the only ones you can buy are those @#$%^ ones in that cage. We have breeders up here who will not sell there good birds locally in stead they send them interstate to the auctions. Why not help your state win the Nationals with selling them locally? This is just my experience with hobby so far and do I hope it gets better. I must say there are some really nice people in the hobby out there who are battlers just like us and who have been a great help to me. I have resorted to buying culled birds from the markets. Geoff

Looks great, well done

Good morning Patrick, You have done a great job with your breeding mate. What's your secret Geoff

Nice birds, good luck with them

Nice birds mate.. GB that lacewing could be an 09?

I boil the eggs for 10min then remove them from the shell and mash them up with a fork, I also mash a scotch finger biscuit with the egg :rofl:

Bring on the pics :rofl: Did you buy mostly hens or cocks?

Nice pick up Dave

It is considered by most here in Australia that APRIL is the budgies main moult.....or so I am told and have witnessed. KAZ do you breed during winter. I guess that people with 100+ birds will always have some birds ready go know matter the time of year

I read this off the net. December, January, February, no breeding annual moult March, April, May, Best time to breed. June, July, August, Only breed after July 1st in warm climates. September, October, November, Second best time to breed. Don't know if anyone does this but it sounds okay.

I have noticed that a lot of people are breeding through winter. Do people have much success with breeding this time of year? And what time of the year do you find works best for you? I like to ask a lot of questions as I'm still learning Geoff

There top looking birds you have there GB I do spangles.

Thats great news that Dad is feeding them

I think you will find that most of us started out like you with pet birds. I'm just a try hard show breeder at the moment lol :grouphug:

Yep it's not a cheap hobby :grouphug:

Bullet and jet are very sweet little birds, enjoy!

Congrats on your new addition to the family. Very cute

I'm looking forward to your photos Shannon. You have been buying up big by the sounds of it

Nice pics Ratzy.