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They're really cute!

Well in the wild budgies breed when food and water is plentiful and the temperature is good as well so yes, by supplying lots of fresh foods it can help to encourage a hen to breed.

Well mine is a little bit bigger than yours and i'll soon have 26 budgies in there. I expect you could probably fit about 15 - 20 in yours provided you arrange the perches well so there's plenty of perching space. :hap:

I decided to test out the babies flying abilities today to see if they're ready for the aviary in the next couple of days. Well i had Blinkie bird out at the same time and Blinks had great fun chasing them around trying to defend all of his territory all at once! :(Laughing out loud): The best bit was when all 3 of them ganged up against the force of Blink. Very angry looking Blinks and Blondie having a beak war. Pudding and Blinkie ignoring each other. Blinkie vs Pud and Gus Blinkie looking like a strange chicken! :hap: Now for some of just the babies. Little Pudding, the little explorer. Blondie...... on Blinks gym!! Gus and Pud Gus If anyone would like to help me figuire out their genders i would love some other opinions. Sometimes it looks like 3 girls, sometimes 2 boys and a girl, sometimes even 3 boys (even though Blondie must be a girl cause of her colour).

:hap: I was searching through old photos and found some interesting ones including the fruit hat and......anyone remember Captain Blinkie?

Oh fine then! You got me! Does Tiggy like his swing? It's one of Blinkie's favourite toys, he sits on it and randomly attacks the bell! :(Laughing out loud):

Well they are VERY lucky budgies to have such a clever mum! They look like they're gonna love it! :hap:

She's about 5 or 6 i think. The oldest budgie i have, that's for sure! I think she's the 4th budgie i ever got.

As requested here are some photos of the budgies enjoying their new perches and toys. Lots of birdies sitting on the dowel perches. Little moulty Jelly sitting on one of the branches. The hanging food plate i made this morning.....still being considered by the budgies, they're not quite sure about it. Blinkie's sexy mummy, Razzo. Not a very good photo but here's Buzz's children. Lemon Bubble Squeak Patrick Lilly and his 2 girls (Jelly and Dimsim) Razzo 'enjoying' the paper towel rolls. Bubble and Gerri considering the new food.

I'm glad everyone like it! Yes, i do feel very satisfied seeing the birds using everything knowing that i made it. Whoever said i should do a course on woodwork or something, i have always joked about becoming a builder just because it's such a guys job and also because there's always those hot young guys who take their tops of when they're working. However, if you had of seen a movie of me attempting to cut the stuff to the right size you would see that i had a lot of trouble, i couldn't stop laughing....it was pathetic!! :(Laughing out loud): I took heaps of photos just now so once i resize them i'll post them in the pictures forum. And if anyone is interested all the wood and nails, screws, etc only cost me $30AU!! I was very pleased!

I think she's plotting to kidnap Blinks! *runs to put lock on Blinks cage*

(Laughing out loud)!! Looks very good all finished! :yellowhead:

That is sooo incredible!! How much did it cost you to make?

Well i do spend a good 30mins styling his feathers each morning but yes, his head's that poofy about 99% of the time.....anytime he's in a flirty mood. :yellowhead:

A little too cute....what's she up to? :yellowhead:

Well making the frame only took probably 20 mins including cutting the stuff to the right sizes. We were stuffing around a lot though so we probably spent 3 hours making stuff, cleaning the aviary, catching the budgies, arranging stuff, putting the birds back.

You would have wouldn't you! Lot's of blood and grossness! :

Sure did. Tiki especially seems to like it. I have this feeling that i'll constantly be replacing the string but if they enjoy it then it's worth it.

Well if my memory's working well i believe i donated that swing to Tiggy's cage so it's only fair that i steal the idea of the ropey thing! :(Laughing out loud):

Surveying his kingdom. Thinking up evil plans to use on his evil human who didn't let him out until about 6:30pm!

Awww! That's sooooo cute! I remember when Blinkie was a snuggle bum!

Blinkie can make the sound but i'm not sure if he actually does the crime.

If you just got a couple of dowel rods and put them across the cage about 10cm apart it should make a sturdy place for the nest box to sit on, that's what i did when i was using a non-breeding cage.

If you were to breed him with a blue pied or even an opaline blue pied you should get quite a lot of different colours. Spangles, opalines, yellow faces, pieds, etc.

Wized sure has changed from a baby to an adult! I love Merly, she's such a pretty girl.