Some Extracts from Jo's Web Site.

 

 

This has been translated from Germany. Schauwellensittich (Budgerigar)

 

"If I back-think of it, what I as Schauwellensittich - breeder already experienced everything, then I look on a long time of full defeats and successes back. But never I gave and my continuous breed up brought me finally to the point of the German looking waving CCIT I BREEd.

 

I was born in Augsburg, where I also buildup. I bred Wellensittiche and Kanarienvögel already at that time. Later it struck me then into the Black Forest. In tough rings, the northern quarter of Freiburg, I live since then with my wife and my son in a single family house. Before approximately 35Jahren, when I was still zoo specialist shop owner and an interested Zierfischzüchter, I visited a Wellensittichzüchter in the Black Forest together with a friend. I know still that it had particularly done a violet cheque hen at that time to me and I wished myself such birds to possess and also these to breed. On the same day I bought a pair of Australian - Schecken. The first, second and third brood did not bring however the desired result and I was very much disappointed. Besides the young birds lightened ever more, and three doppelfaktorige Australian Schecken developed.

 

 

But I gave up not and made myself over the leaving teachings well-informed. Few years later I won already the first group winners on country and federal looking. There I became acquainted with naturally also the breeders of those days and had under other contact to Mr. Sperber from Nuremberg. The time too at that time of one few the breeder in Bavaria was, who original English - Wellensittiche possessed. When Sperber gave its breed up, I acquired a grey Zimt - Opalinen cock and a quite inconspicuous hen with wing errors from the line of its federal winner. The cock fertilized nothing, but got I on detours a Zimt - Opalin - the grey Green cock from the same line, and paired this with the hen and had of it very good Nachzuchten. And put thereby the foundation-stone for my current Zimt - Grandpa LINE. I acquired many further looking birds of considerable - breeders at that time.

 

 

In addition I got over third also birds from Nachzuchten of the Omerod - Moss - line, as well as Doug Saddler - birds which I always gradually in-crossed. Züchteri, mixing machines “me to a large strong cheque hen help, was at that time my break-through. By the combination of this Sperbers - bird with all other lines my Schauwellensittichzucht was revalued clearly.

 

 

Already succeeded to me 1978 in Recklinghausen, at twice issuing on AZ - DWV federal looking, the jump into the progressing stage. Afterwards my training as the breed judge followed.

 

 

The intensified demand for my Wellensittichen used already one year later, than I behind black mountain on federallook 1979 in DIN sheet the best Gegengeschlecht look (0,1 Australian Schecke Zimt grey-green) placed. I paired this hen with an old Moffath bought from third hand - cock. It brought me my deep mask and was probably the basic stick of my current looking bird. In my birds I see characteristics, as, to size “and, strength “, which I breed consciously out. Therefore give I mean Wellensittichen gladly names as, Herkules “, Big bulletin “or, Rambo “. I know that these characteristics cannot be attained with the change of the skeleton. The feather/spring by different widths and lengths as well as the fine branchings are variable give it infinitely many feathers/springs, by whose breeding I man - bird created (only by selection and hard selection was this to reach), which coins/shapes the Schauwellensittiche in the long term and to shower sequences without same help me.

 

 

20Jahre intensive breed brought me finally to the point of the German Schauwellensittichzucht, of which I, if I mean magnificent Wellensittiche regard, am very proud.

 

 

 

, the German Schauwellensittich “

 

 

 

Like a puzzle compound (in the wahrsten sense of the word) with my ideals conception of a monströsen however very pretty fruitful looking bird with soft feather/spring to breed succeeded to me, my success gives me right.

 

 

 

IT FLIES IN ALL WORLD!!!

 

 

If some one can translate more...Great.

 

Jo's Website (Translated)

Interestingly enough we had an interview with a man who whilst living overseas for many years, built much of his stud from Jo Mannes birds. They had "the LOOK"

Edited January 24, 200718 yr by Bubbles

there are bus loads of english breeders who visit joe every year for birds and he will not let any one leave without a bird even if you dont have the money he will give you are a pair (but you must ask the right questions ect )