Posted August 22, 200618 yr Hey guys! My gorgeous Kirby, and his longtime wife Belle have been seperated with a nest box... Kirbys 18 months, and Belles 12, but they have loved eachother from about the time i got Belle on November 13th of last year... They first mated when Belle was at the age of 5 months, and Kirby was about 8-9 months... but obviously were NOT sucessful *thank god!*. So, ive added the nest box, Belle got VERY into it, and emptied many of the shavings that were in it, and Kirbys gotten VERY delighted at the sight of the box. Since i had to divide the big cage (as many of you have seen me do before) i put Belle and Kirby on top, then Oscar is on the bottom... Belle is now on the floor of the top part, looking at Oscar below her. She likes Oscar, but mates with Kirby... so shes torn. She not been in the nest box for about 2 hours now... So, maybe she lost interest? I know im a woprry freak, but with the luck ive had with Chico and Ariel, its not a mystery (Laughing out loud). ps- I let Belle play in a nest box when she was a bit younger (at about age 10 months) so im afraid she sees it as a joke, not a reason to breed? She likes to chew the shavings, and chew all the side of the box, but the only thing that makes me have hope is that shes cleared out the concave where eggs should go... instead of a random spot if she were to be playing... what do you think? Thanks my freinds! Another ps- ((Laughing out loud)) Kirbys a yellow faced normal blue type II and Belles a normal skyblue with honestly the most distinct and zebra looking stripes on her back. They keep me mesmorized, i cant stop looking at them even thoguht ive had many normal wing marked birds... So i will get blue normals, and yellow face normals out of these two, which is good becuase they sell the quickest in my area. (Belle went back into box now as we speak, and Kirbys on top singing away ) Kirby
August 22, 200618 yr sounds like she is starting to make a home. She will be looking at oscar becuase they are a flock and now are seperated but the 'flock' feeling is still there. She will chew and nibble at everything just like she did in play. You know you have to wait longer than a day for anything to really happen Just relax and wait.
August 22, 200618 yr Author thanks Nerwen... Yes your TOTALLY right! She has been seperated by her other flock members... and it will be some time for her to settle away from them and be 'alone' from the others...even thought Chico and Ariel are 2 feet away, Kirbys in with her, and Oscar is 4" uderneath her (Laughing out loud). Will keep you posted and will take new pics maybe soon... i just dont know how to make more than 1 page per album on photobucket, it never lets me so i always have to make new albums... Kirby
August 22, 200618 yr i just dont know how to make more than 1 page per album on photobucket, it never lets me so i always have to make new albums.. That's confusing I just keep adding (uploading) pictures and I get pages created for me. Edited August 22, 200618 yr by Nerwen
August 22, 200618 yr Author What the heck then! Ill try again soon... Which means new pics for everyone :ausb: (Laughing out loud) Kirby Edited August 22, 200618 yr by Kirby
August 22, 200618 yr Author Thanks Shawna! I think theyll be successful. As you can see, his got practise at balancing from premature mating :ausb:. Belles been in box playing around, and Kirbys been on entrance hole... I think Chicos got Kirby happy, and seeing Ariel with eggs makes Belle want them now, so hopefully both clutches will be fertilized Thanks again Shawna... Kirby
August 22, 200618 yr Author New pics of them taken 25 minutes ago... http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/pet...22/MVC-001F.jpg STOP LOOKING AT OSCAR!!! I love you more! http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/pet...22/MVC-012F.jpg okay you go ahead and check it out, and ill await your return... http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/pet...22/MVC-007F.jpg You comin' out anytime soon hun? http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/petguy/My%20Budgies/Tweety/group22/MVC-013F.jpg Took ya long enough! http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/pet...22/MVC-004F.jpg No wonder why he loves me so much... Im gorgeous! Kirby Edited August 23, 200618 yr by Nerwen
August 22, 200618 yr Author Thanks Mate! Not like i forced you to reply or anything (Laughing out loud) Cheers :fear Kirby
August 23, 200618 yr very cute I love the picture of where Kirby is grooming, how his colour matchs perfectly with Belle's.
August 23, 200618 yr Author HAHA Your right!' Oh i thoguht i resized them good enough? guess not :glare: I just do 75% of origional image in photobucket... Thats was Bubbles does and hers are fine...? Belles be in the nest a lot today (Well so far, lastnight and this morning). If shes not in it, then Kirby is.... Everytime i go near the cage, she jumps in it (she doesnt like me that much, my least tamest bird i have) so its not usualy for her to hide, but i like how shes comfotable with the box and its only been 2 days... not even Kirby
August 23, 200618 yr Kirby, I think the resizing depends on the size of your original image. Try downloading Microsoft Picture Resizer. It is free and you can just right click on an image and choose a size or enter a custom size. Pictures are resized in seconds and ready to upload to photobucket. You mentioned selling your babies. Do you do this at petshops or privately. Just curious. I hope to sell privately.
August 23, 200618 yr Author Well im going to keep some yf spangles when Emma and Oscar breed, not to mention one of Chico and Ariels babies as Chico's parents were my first pet, so i want to keep a baby with their genetics all my life thorughout my flock... Ive sold in the newspaper and 8 babies were gone in 28 minutes of the paper being out, and i also sold to a petshop, but i got less money, and didnt like not knowing who baught them... So i am going to sell privatly from now on, much better trust me. Whens your 1st pair up Shawna? Belles been in nest box all day, Kirbys been out singing, but im off to our cottage now until Sunday night... I do still have the computer though (laptop)... Kirby
August 29, 200618 yr Author I got a new cage today (same as the one Chico and Ariel are in) and put Kirby and Belle into it beside Chico and Ariel with a bristol board between them as a divider becuase Kirby will forget about Belle and flirt with Chico through the bars. Im so happy becuase i look like a real breeder now! Big flight cages, then 'rows' of the same cages with nesting boxes awaiting arrival of babies Belles ben mor einto the nest box recently. Remember how i though she was just playing inside of it, but not for the right reasons i guess im wrong! Shes been in it a lot before i moved them this morning, but now all day shes been in the box once in the new cage. She attacked me when i moved the nest box over to the new cage and i was bleeing for a good 30min with 3 scars now from a lil budgie (Laughing out loud). Kirbys singing like NUTS currently, and all i hear is 'pitter patter scrape, scratch, bang scratch pitter' from Belles moving around and diggin in the nest. The nest has been on about 7 or 8 days now... and her cere is a nice dark wood colour (as you can see from the pics taken 2 weeks back she just finished a gorgeous moult and shes in great shape). Kirbys cere is bright blue like always (Laughing out loud), but his plumage is GORGEOUSLY radiant and shinny!!!! So im hopeing for eggs any day now, hopefully fertile ones, which i bet they will be as Kirby has GREAT balance as he started practising at age 5 months with Belle when she was right oput of quaranteen... Will keep you posted, and am going to take new pics soon of my breeding layout(s) Kirby
August 29, 200618 yr Author New piccies! What shes done in her nest... http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/pet...29/MVC-009F.jpg Belle about to go in, Kirby singing, me being nosey http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/pet...29/MVC-011F.jpg Arent i a cutey pie? Um oh yea, you to hunny... http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/pet...29/MVC-007F.jpg Kirby Edited August 29, 200618 yr by Kirby
August 29, 200618 yr Author (Laughing out loud) what does that mean? Im having yet another slow day (Laughing out loud) ps- Belles poop has tripled in size already since this morning!!! ANDDDD!!!!! BEST NEW OF ALL!!!! Kirby mounted Belle RIGHT INFRONT OF ME (i was sticking nose close to the cage) next thing you know Kirbys on Belle tapping cloacas!!! It was VERY SUCCESSFUL!!!! SOOO... BABIES SOOOON!!! Like I dont ever remember seeing any bugdies even when i bred couple years back get this sucessful! Like Kirby was on a HUGE angle with wing spread over Belle, iris rings conracted and all that! Needless to say im doing the 'yay fertile eggs soon to get babies dance (Laughing out loud) Kirby
August 30, 200618 yr Author (Laughing out loud) thanks mate! Shes been in bopx all morning, and Kirbys been singing... No new poops i dont think that i can see... so she must have a huge one coming then... (Laughing out loud) Kirby
August 30, 200618 yr Author All i can say is (Laughing out loud) Im excited becuase i saw them mate PROPERLLY unlike my other pair, so when i see her poop getting big, it means eggs soon, then in those fertile eggs will be BABIES!!!!!!!!!! (Laughing out loud) Im so excited! Ive already got names for them... random household ones... ready for them? 1st born: Toaster 2nd born: Kettle 3rd born: Oven 4th born: Fridge 5th born: Blender If not those ones, then since my brothers a pilot and works with the weird Alphabet, ill call them: 1st born: Zulu 2nd born: Charlie 3rd born: Delta 4th born: Bravo 5th born: Ciara Which ones should i pick? Kirby
August 31, 200618 yr Author thanks Cosmo :wine Belles poopies are bigger again today... So maybe tonight 1st egg? Hope sooo!!! Kirby
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