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my routine 9am birds fed watered and checked (if at work my other half will do this for me and the very rare occasions we are at work together my father does it ) proabotics are only given 8 weeks before breeding and for 8 weeks after breeding they also get a calcium additive before breeding and after on the 8 week cycle as well as access to cuttle fish all the time millet is given 3 times a week to breeding pairs and twice a week to the birds in the flights soft food given egg and grated carrot and soaked mung beans to breeding pairs and sprouted seeds egg and carrot is given to the flight birds every other day fresh veg given the nest boxs are the last to be checked and if any birds need ringing it is done in the morning nest boxs arnt cleaned till the birds are 2 weeks old and then every 3 days unless i have a pair with a wet nest then every day depending on the weather i either open the windows or put extraction fan on the birds are then left to settle about 6pm i go and sit and watch for about 45 mins all the birds (somtimes longer if i want peace and quiet from the wife and daughter) i then start my evening check all fresh food removed and nest boxs are checked again any paper work updated breeding cages are cleaned between each round of chicks so not to disturb the pair or chicks (deep litter) flights are cleaned once a week and the flight disinfected once a month the concaves are changed between rounds but the nestboxs at the end of use unless changing the pair in the cage then a new box is used and the old one cleaned the birds are checked before breeding and after but not weighded these are done by hand ie feel them and look them over the birds in the flight are caught and checked by hand once a month unless i see something out of character wormed every 6 months every 3 months 3 random birds are taken for a check including bloods to the vets (this is just started thanks to pixie) every couple of days i start the soacked seeds and mung beans off this does change slightly in show season

you look like you have got a good start i really like the yellow face hen looking at the birds i would start to improve head mask and spots in the first couple of years

this can happen quite a bit if it is the hens first time

it does rainbow but thats why you despot them thanks the photos dont do justice really

lovely looking bird shame about the spots being tear shaped instead of round but he certainly has tha swagger of a champion bird our recently crowned champion also with the tear spots

yet you told this women it was not desired when it was only your personal opinian

i still think it is called a creamino as a nick name carried over from the love bird it is not the official name which is a yellow faced albino http://www.budgerigars.co.uk/genetics/yfalbino.html http://www.budgerigars.co.uk/genetics/yfalbino.html

they would be called yellowface albino technically there is as far as i know (or my books state) no such description as a creamino budgie creamino is a term used to descibe a certain mutation of love bird not budgie http://www.magsi.com/Aviary/creamino.html

then i would remove the eggs as the youngest will be young for the floor what i have done now to stop this happening is keep some clear eggs and replace the hens eggs as she lays them

is that the oldest or youngest

depends how old the chicks are

why was this ? was it a show bird ? father with flecking father and son

yea that was the artcle i was reading but i dont think its on their site

nerwen i have seen birds win sections with that amount of flecking ill try and get one of my pied tomorrow

i have a very bad flecked cock bird hes a pied but his other points are good and as long as i pair him to a clear hen he doesnt seem to pass it on but you have to be very carefull

comfirmed in the france in a farm th efirst confirmed case in a farming situation in europe interesting to see the french president saying it is still okay to eat poultry when they banned beef ect from this country after the bsc scare

Dark markings in the feathers on top of the head. i tryed to find a picture but couldnt

i dont think they have exagerated numbers but they are certainly on a whole larger i cant say for why but its just something you get with opalines as well as giving good spots they also tend to suffer from flecking

anthracite i believe is a new mutation (but i could be wrong) im sure i had a article on it which gave you the breeding expectations ect ie dominent or recesive but cant seem to find it but i will have another look

know what you mean i had a few last night couldnt type or spell

one little problem pixie its been proven that if you breed closley related birds you lose size not gain

i didnt like the smell of them when i got them from the beach they were all right when cleaned but i threw them away as i couldnt be 100% sure they wernt contaminated

un fortuatly i think it will be a big cull as in foot and mouth i watched a tv show the other day where they were at a free range farm and they had been told that if it comes into their region all there birds will have to be kept indoors but the sleeping quarters wernt designed for that so they would end up having to either kill or keep their birds in disgusting conditions

yes it is my dad has one and we cut it rite back every year use the branchs for perchs ect you will be surprised how quickly they grow i must remember to spell check especially when i have had a drink

nerwen for some reason opalines are renowned for their spots if you want to improve mask and spots it is generally done by using opalines