awe man Dave when it rains it pours, maybe Thor will return to the sound of your aviary or anothor aviary near by? Don't give up hope on that. Hugs on your back & family.

sorry to hear all that Dave, hope you get him back and to hear you're all back in good health soon!

i am sorry to hear that you lost Thor and i hope your back improves for you. what a pain to have problems with your back just when school holidays have ended.

sorry to hear about your situation. you are in my thoughts

thank you everyone who has offered their kind words and thoughts.

 

Back is getting much better. Dad has pneumonia now and once that is better, they will consider him seriously for more heart surgery.

Glad to hear your back is getting better and i hope your dad gets better soon.

Edited April 30, 200817 yr by deb

Time to take this back to where it all started - the birds.

 

All the remaining young ones (Gwenevieve, Maika, Gabrielle, Mozzarella, Geography, Heimdall, Sif and Balder), along with Hugo and Nibbler have all been moved to the small aviary. This gives them a chance to fly and interact with other birds, whilst still having the protection of the smaller aviary.

 

Some pics.

 

Fathers Nibbler close up with Hugo in the background

 

Hugo with Gabrielle

 

Hugo with Sif, then Sif on her own

 

Gabrielle

 

Baldr with Hugo then on his own

 

Geo watches Heimdall

 

Gwenevieve with Mozzarella and also with Heimdall

 

Mozzarealla, Heimdall, Maika and Geo

 

They will spend a few weeks in here, then they progress to the large aviary

Great photos Dave How many budgies do you have now ?

Great photos Dave How many budgies do you have now ?

 

Thanks Kaz.

 

Off the top of my head, 35 I think, maybe 36.

 

36, if I rembered everyone.

 

Though there have been births, in 6 months I have lost Punter, Norm, Thor (flew away), Kim, Princess, and I gave 4 young ones to Deb, so a big turnover for such a little steup it seems.

they are great photos, i bet the birds love having more space to fly after being in breeding cabinets.

Getting up there in number

To think jan of 07 i had 20 birds

This afternoon I moved Dad's Hugo and Nibbler, and young ones Sif, Heimdall, Baldr, Maika, Gwenievieve, Gabrielle, Mozzarella and Geo from the small aviary to the big aviary. Quite a culture shock for them, I am sure, with them now seeing so many other birds, where before they could only hear them. They will have to learn who is top dog in the aviary. I am sure that none of the young ones will take any rubbish from the older ones.

 

They are all undergoing a 6 week treatment of Triple C in their water as well. Wilde, one of my newest, a green show bird, seems to have runny green poos and whilst I have tried a few things, Kaz suggested this. Thought I might do the whole lot at the one time, so everyone is getting a dosage. Means more work for me and no corn or spinach for a while, but at least they should all be healthier for it.

 

I will take some new pics, but I think they will be posted under my flock now. This thread is effectively at an end now. Thank you to all the people who have contributed and watched the journey of my breeding pairs.