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You did well at $10 each. I would move them inside as a rat will easily get in that cage and kill your birds, and I should know because it happened to me with a similar cage on my verandah. And watch out for snakes and butcher birds as well.

They look very happy, nice work splat.

I use apple cider vinegar in there water sometimes, I'v read that it can help with keeping birds healthy?

Very interesting read GB. And I can relate to some of what your saying.

Welcome aboard

I'm sorry to here about Tammy

Your birds look lovely barny.Yes it's very exciting watching the eggs hatch and then pinkies. Happy days

You have some great colors there, sweet pics.

I'm really sorry for your loss, hang in there, time heals. RIP Polly.

Wow thats no good. Rats, snakes, cats are all killers of our beloved budgies unfortunately! I wish you all the best with your breeding.

Nice one, thanks for that.

As a newbie who has only been breeding show budges for 1 year this month, I can honestly say this is a hard hobby to be in. I have never had a member from my club ring me to find out how I'm going or offer to look at my birds and give some advice. I'v always had to ring them for advice etc, now I'm not blaming them totally as I do live a distance from them and I don't go to meetings because the night the meetings are on doesn't work for me. This is a lonely hobby so whats the point of it? Auctions well there good fun but I'v lost many a bird that I have purchased from them. I also have been told by breeders when trying to purchase birds that they wont sell me birds they can get more money for at the auctions but are always willing to sell me there sparrows. Some of the birds I got from auctions I have sold to my sons friends for $10 as a pet because there useless in the breeding cabinet. Auctions are a good place to meet others, but even at the auctions members don't sit together lol I have spent a lot of money setting up for this hobby, building aviary, birds, breeding cabinets etc was it worth it? time will tell I guess. And another thing I have found is that people laugh at me when I tell them I breed show budgies, what's the go with that? I'll battle along on my own with my son and just maybe we'll show them up one day at a show. I'm happy with my flock and will not be buying any more. I have bred some nice birds but there still only 2 to 4 months old but looking promising. Really if I hadn't found this forum and got all the great advice from people on here, I would have given up the hobby after 6 months.

Good on you Dean, there really nice birds mate. I'v just bred my first lot of 2011 show birds and hope to enter some in my first show early next year I need to get a breeding journal going lol.

It's looking terrific, as for expense I know what you mean I got most of my materials secondhand when I built my aviary, like timber, tin etc and it still cost me $$$$. But one day I would like to build something like yours

Hows things going Patrick? I'm sure you would have more pics for us by now

Budgies can be very strange creatures indeed, I have had cock birds do this and have found them to be useless in the breeding cage as they never fill eggs just perches lol. As for the hen she is just frustrated with her mate and is taking it out on the perch Try a different cock bird who is more experienced.

Cool, I'm looking forward in seeing your results from these pairs

Well done Dean, there top looking chicks!

I like your Grey green, the others are sweet too

That looks terrible, poor bird. Did you question the pet shop about the bird?

Good on you Shannon. Your birds are looking great!

I much prefer the new look, well done!

I'v been told 4 per nest for show budgies, any more and they recommend fostering them out to another nest with babies of the same age. Just keep in eye on the youngest ones as they may need help with feeding down the track. If the parents are coping at the moment then just watch and see how the babies are progressing.

I just went away camping with the kids for a week and I thought I would get my parents to look after my birds for me. I went through every thing with my dad and how things work inside and outside the aviary. Well where 8 hours away and I thought I better give them a ring before we get out of mobile range to see how things are going, and I get told that dad has ripped the aviary door of it's hinges lol, They then went on to tell me that I hadn't put it on very well I then asked which way did he open the door? outward I was told no no no it only opens inward. Dad had just keep pulling door the wrong way till he ripped it of it's hinges even after I had shown him many times how it work, they spent the next few hours with mum holding the door while dad tried to fix it, both are 71 lucky for them no birds escaped I also have lost 2 nice hens that I got from one particular breeder and another 2 that I have purchased from auctions.

Your birds look great Kaz, you must be very happy to have bred birds of such great quality