November 16, 200915 yr Author it looks great Kaz. Can you take a picture that shows us the set up from a distance? Think backdoor then one every 4 or so metres as you get closer The two other kindie cages are in the way at the moment. And the full distance is not quite 6m. Ken and I are doing the external cladding of the front aviary right now, so all birds can go in and be safe. Once thats done I will take more pictures. If you mean take pictures from the back door of the house to the aviary, there is too much building cr*p in the way right now. I have noticed now that more birds in there have learnt to fly fully front to back and gain enough lift for the perches. Edited November 16, 200915 yr by KAZ
November 16, 200915 yr Author wow its coming along well love it I think the birds do too LBB They seem excited in there, and taking flying lessons Kindie cages are in there till I sort out all the birds from them and also till I remove them tomorrow. I am putting all red and blue ringers in one aviary and older ones the other. Meanwhile top of the cages is one of the places to hang out. Thundra ( named by Dave ) is moulting Edited November 16, 200915 yr by KAZ
November 16, 200915 yr I am SOOOO glad you have let some of your birds into those flights!!!! It must feel so good after all the hard work it has taken to get it ready.
November 16, 200915 yr Author I am SOOOO glad you have let some of your birds into those flights!!!! It must feel so good after all the hard work it has taken to get it ready. Yeah It has taken far too long. I just love watching them accustomise to the new spaces......they are learning fast how to get around. No stress poops either...all good
November 16, 200915 yr Glad to see Thundra, moulting or not. It had come along well Kaz. Look how clean the floor is. Get a picture of that - LOL.
November 16, 200915 yr Author Love it Kaz, looks great and there ia lots of room for flight Heaps of room.......two flights each 2m wide by nearly 6m long plus the extra metre suspended.
November 17, 200915 yr Author Are you shadeclothing the roof to keep it cool in those hot perth summers? Yes, that is the plan although timewise I may not get to do it until xmas or so. We will see. If it needs it sooner it will be done. The higher roof and crossflow breezes help a lot with temperatures. Time will tell, but the plan is for shadecloth for summer. Edited November 18, 200915 yr by KAZ
November 18, 200915 yr Author The birds have tried out their first patch of rain in the open ended section of the aviary as it rained last night. Some fo them were enjoying getting wet this morning when I checked on them. Today is windy with some more rain. i am working ...leadlights so I wont be moving any more birds in today. The weekend will see all birds in the new flights that will be going in. Here's some photos and a couple of the "inmates" I like this boy......one of Omelettes babies....I had to handfeed him when he was forced to leave the nest too early as a baby Before........... and now
November 18, 200915 yr Author Now THAT's what I'm talking about! Show cage training for him!!! Doesnt he look different to when he was a baby ? He was the sibling that his sister NASTY attacked in the nestbox and he came close to dying too as he wouldnt take the feeds I was giving him....so glad he turned around and started eating. The chicks had to leave the nest early as their Mum started laying again too early. He was bumped out of the nestbox at age 2 and a half weeks or so.
November 18, 200915 yr Oh I don't know .... he even looks pretty good in the blue container .... I'd have picked him there and then as a keeper. Just noticed he has the key hole effect - drats! :fear HOW are we going to cut that out???? Doesn't it seem most of our best birds have it?
November 18, 200915 yr What is the keyhole effect? When you look at a budgie straight on the outline of feathers appears to nip in at eye level so it looks like a key hole as opposed to being round faced.
November 18, 200915 yr don't all budgies look like that? any pics of ones that don't? shoudl we make this a new topic?
November 18, 200915 yr Author Oh I don't know .... he even looks pretty good in the blue container .... I'd have picked him there and then as a keeper. Just noticed he has the key hole effect - drats! :fear HOW are we going to cut that out???? Doesn't it seem most of our best birds have it? Mostly thats the bad photos.......he looks different in real life
November 18, 200915 yr Oh I don't know .... he even looks pretty good in the blue container .... I'd have picked him there and then as a keeper. Just noticed he has the key hole effect - drats! :fear HOW are we going to cut that out???? Doesn't it seem most of our best birds have it? Mostly thats the bad photos.......he looks different in real life Good-Oh! Well he is definitely a keeper then!!!!
November 18, 200915 yr Author Just noticed he has the key hole effect - drats! HOW are we going to cut that out???? More photos keyhole or not..I like him and he is only just 6 months old. Edited November 18, 200915 yr by KAZ
November 18, 200915 yr Just noticed he has the key hole effect - drats! HOW are we going to cut that out???? More photos keyhole or not..I like him and he is only just 6 months old. above is a young bird not really key hole all birds have this key hole look ... im sorry but the key hole look was what everyone was arter only 5 years ago so ....and personally i still look for this its the best way to get birds with large blow on head just wack too a boof head hen and wammo this your own cock ren look key hole flanagan and sheppard bird key hole very well breed cock bird again key hole carl adler c&b gerring breed bird a fantastic bird key hole this is a perfict bird and anyone thing diffrent then i say give up now again ren key hole so you tell me how do you get rid of it ...???? why even the biggist cat head bird needs the key hole to achive the perfict look the above bird was exactly what people wanted this is comming back mark my words
November 18, 200915 yr Well yes, you are right, not only 5 years ago that is what was most desirable However, we are currently encouraged to breed round headed buffalo blow types! How to breed that bird is a bit beyond me .... I'm thinking that pronounced backscull may play a part ... I don't know, hence my question, HOW ar we going to cut that out?! This year I have seen a couple of the "new" bird on the bench but as yet they are few and far between. Edited November 18, 200915 yr by renee
November 18, 200915 yr Well yes, you are right, not only 5 years ago that is what was most desirable However, we are currently encouraged to breed round headed buffalo blow types! How to breed that bird is a bit beyond me .... I'm thinking that pronounced backscull may play a part ... I don't know, hence my question, HOW ar we going to cut that out?! This year I have seen a couple of the "new" bird on the bench but as yet they are few and far between. you breed a bird to your own look ren you breed your own head your own stud too be reconized as yours the buffalo head as you call it they are very nice but honestly we breeding birds here or perrshain cats you want a big buffolo head bird then i say sell your flock and spend some dollors get 4 pair of this but belive me you will be buying in the keyhole birds to keep the fertility and the length the buff head is easy to achive its a time and patience thing and an eye for quality in features nubbly is achiving the nice round headed birds just ask her how long and what it involves personlly i know they will be out of fashion in no time im breeding for my own look as is nubbly and may i say doing bloody great job splat and kaz also both have birds with certain look going off take a walk to your aviry do you birds have their own destinkt look ???? if the answer is no then you need to reasece your breeding plan unless your happy just to breed birds not achive a name for your stud i know what im aimming for will be years mabe even 20 or more but im young have the time the patiance and the eye i belive (i mean an eye for what im aimming for not the eye to pair ) my plan is set was 3 years ago im just gathering stock and playing till i have what i need to persue my start buffalo out you watch
November 18, 200915 yr okay i am lost sorry i gust dont get it And without a photo it's very difficult to describe. I will post you tomorrow a photo of one of my chickies that has "the look".
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