bush budgies

Thanks everyone, my guess was yellow face, Dilute

Body colour solid Yellow suffision in tail and flights Young bird just out of the nest Possible hen

I'm pretty sure i know what variety this bird is but was just wondering What other people think so i can confirm it. thanks for your help in advance.

Yep the little guys are good

All birds did well in the heat, think the Cages are in a good spot, shade cloth over the top works wonders. All birds have eggs.

Been using the radio for just over a month now. The birds are noisier They are more settled especially during the night They seem to be laying about 30 percent more eggs per clutch. Also getting a better fertility rate. Don't know if this is just coincidence or if its the radio, they all seem to be a bit more active too, will continue to post updates when I have tested it for longer but at the moment I think it's worth using.

Hi That can depend on where you live, I general pair up in march and breed through to November , My location is near Sydney and close to the coastline. Hope this helps

Hi All I was just wondering if people use radios in the bird room? Why they use them? And do they work? Just seen them in bird rooms but never asked the question. Thanks for any info.

Sounds good will give you call over Christmas break

Don't breed them over Christmas too hot and need a break. Will pair up for autumn. How are your birds going?

The breeder that I got the birds off obtain them from a research centre when they had finished with them. I don't know exactly how long but knew it was more than 20 years. I am happy with them. It really dosen't matter as long as you are happy with your budgies. I am really starting to enjoy these really small budgies. Most pet shops will not buy my birds because they are to small, I have only found one shop so far and they don't take many. Their will never be any guarantees as breeding records have not been keeped and yes you can not take them from the wild which is good. But you can always breed to get them back to their natural size and couloir the same as show breeders do to make them larger. And people that breed them for colour and varieties. that what makes them such a good bird. Happy breeding Some of both.

Some nice looking budgies. Not many eggs hatching, not to sure why . haven't had this much trouble for a while was wondering if it was climatic. Is anyone else having any trouble.

It's good to here their are a few people out there interested in wild type birds. Breeding season, having mixed results when I get some time will try and put some of my results down main problem hawk back. Look forward to hearing more from you wild type it sounds like you have lots of experience with these little guys.

Blue comes from the same place all my greens came from. which were all green till his birds started to throw some mutation. All depends on what you define as a bush budgie. I like to see the development of mutation from these little guys. I now call them wild type because, i have had lots of long discussion on this topic and people don't change thier views easily. Hope no one takes this the wrong way just here to enjoy the birds.

hi I have wild type budgies 1) They eat all the same things 2) Yes the eggs hatch quicker and the babies are out of the nest a lot earlier. 3) As soon as i put the nest in the aviries they take a week to see the first egg. 4) found they get spooked a lot easier, main problem with them. anwsers from my experience,hope it helps.

Produced by a blue bought from a breeder, blue hen green cock, wild type breeder that has been breeding wild types for 20 + years due to him not introducing new birds his birds are starting to throw a couple of mutation. really intresting to get a new mutation in these litte guys. Have got five pairs with eggs know 8 eggs in each box.

Back again bird numbers are down again so will be letting the birds breed over summer. will post some picks when i can, looked in the nest boxes today first egg has been laid.

Update on breeding now have about 40 budgies one new blue rest green. Will have to cease breeding till i can rehome some. will try and get photo's working soon.

sorry 8 pairs 16 budgies

Yes but only produce more yellow face blues when breed. breeder that the birds come from has never thrown one with a white mask and he has a few blues now.

I currently have a flock of 16 pairs all green that are breeding? Also have two blues that have yellow masks. i obtained these from a know bush budgie breeder although i will now refer to all my birds as wild type so not to cause arguments . i am interested in breeding the greens and keeping a flock of these, but will also cull any mutation and breed in separate colony just to see what mutations are produced over time. i have got a head start due to the breeder that i obtained these birds from has been breeding for 20 + years from his original stock. will try and keep it current and photo's to come.

I believe there is a breeder in tamworth that obtained 30 birds from the csiro in coffs habour after a study on breeding patterns was done. After breeding these for the past 20+ years he has several mutation including blue budgies they do not have white faces only yellow. Not trying to start an argument but mutations will appear after time, this also occurs in the wild but they are general killed off by predators due to the colours, that make them stand out.

Just wondering how many poeple keep or breed bush budgies/ wild type? Also what mutations they are getting?

No Waddington's birds.