Well my first lot of Bubs are ready to go their new homes this weekend *sob*

 

As for the rest I am having some issues.

 

Box One - Ashley & Brandon - she was my sick bird that the vet said to pair and see what happens, so far lots is happening but no eggs has been produced. She has now gone out of condition.

 

Box two - The new pair I got from an old strange man she laid two soft-shelled eggs then two hard shelled/normal eggs which both got kicked out of the nest, she is going back to lay now.

 

Box three - Lucky and unnamed cock - she is young he is old not much seems to be going on

 

Box four - Kaja and DQ (pet type) She is sitting on 9 eggs, candled them and looks like 5 are going to have chicks. She was also sitting on the egg that came from the Hen I lost a few weeks back but when I candled it did not seem viable and then she kicked it out of the nest.

 

Box five - Unnamed pair - She spends all her time in the nest box but no eggs so far

 

Box six - Mikey and unnamed hen - she laid an egg but kicked it out now almost a week later she is showing signs of laying again.

 

Box seven - Harley and Grey - He is my 8 year old pet cock and she is a BIG 5 year old hen who he picked out to be his girl friend. They are sitting on 5 all look to be viable (I was really happy when he picked her as the breeder I got her from said that she was a great mum but had low egg counts and never really laid more then 4 or 5 eggs)

 

Box eight - Flame and Blue (pet type) back down for the second round, straight in the nest box expecting eggs any day

 

Box nine - Cloud and Pretty/Tifa (pet type) put them down and took her about 3 seconds to discover the nest box and has not come out since.

 

Box ten - Lemon and Lime - again an older pair, she is my ground layer and pippi lent me this great breeding box for her but she can't decide if she should lay in the bottom of it or the nest box! Just going to give her time and space and see what happens from there.

 

Holding cage one - unnamed grey cock and Angel (albino split with lace wing) both going through shocking molt so on molt aid as neither of them can fly it is that bad!

 

Holding cage two - Boof and the babies. Boof is doing a great foster dad role. He does not want to feed the chicks but will if they really push him he will, so while they wait to go to their new homes they are sharing a home with him.

 

Quarantine cage one - Yellow face grey cock and yellow face pied cock of Pippi's that he made me buy for him as his other half would have killed him! He might have to fight me for the yellow face grey as he is a really NICE bird!

 

So that is all my birds, I have a few in the aviary but other then that it is pretty much it.

 

My sister ripped out her bathroom yesterday so I took the vanity/bench unit and put it in the Bird Room, this gave me a place to put the breeding cages on for cages 8 - 10 and also a bunch of shelves and cupboards to put all my other stuff in. Will try and take pictures of it tonight for you.

 

So yeah that is my update.

Edited October 7, 200816 yr by Neat
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Woooow it sounds like you have yours hands full, good luck with all your pairings I hope you get lots of little bubs :feedbirds:

Personally I would not breed with anything sick or not in condition. That means pairs numbers one and two. I wouldnt breed the hen that laid the soft shelled eggs...she should have been rested. Breeding the first one when sick is inviting disaster also. Good news about the 8 yr old cock

Hope all your others do better for you

Edited October 6, 200816 yr by KAZ
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Good luck with it all... Hope you do well with them...

Personally I would not breed with anything sick or not in condition. That means pairs numbers one and two. I wouldn't breed the hen that laid the soft shelled eggs...she should have been rested. Breeding the first one when sick is inviting disaster also. Good news about the 8 yr old cock

Hope all your others do better for you

 

 

The "sick" hen is the hen that we could never work out what was wrong with her (we are talking multiple vet visits and $100's in tests). When she went into condition the vet said to pair her with a cock I would not mind losing (if he too became sick) and see what happened. They did everything right but she did not lay an egg and has now gone out of condition so the nest box will be removed. The cock has never shown any signs of sickness so the vet and I have concluded that whatever is wrong with Ashley is not passed on, they will be quarantined together and monitored. If she goes back into condition then they will be given the breeding box again but if not they will be back in the aviary in about a months time. I would like to get chicks out of her to see if her poo issues are transferred to them or if it is just something that she does and is nothing more then her body being different from other birds. Everything I have done with her has been under vet supervision and instructions.

 

As for the hen that laid the soft-shelled eggs, I was going to rest her and give her heat but then she laid two normal eggs so I left her just added some more heat to the cage and also upped her calcium intake. I only found the eggs kicked out when I topped up water today and if she is not showing signs of egg bum then her nest box will be removed tonight and both her and her cock given a good rest before joining the aviary. I was not planning on breeding from these guys but within a few hours of getting her home she had laid an egg so have allowed her to get it out of her system (so to speak) I have also consulted with my vet in regards to her.

 

I do value your opinion and am not dismissing it in any way just wanted to give you more info as to why I had made the choices that I have made.

Edited October 6, 200816 yr by Neat
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Good job AV!

also I'm very happy that I met you! and Thank you.

 

and.. if you still looking for the home for your little one that left..

 

I have a man at my workplace who's wife and a young daughter just came to Australia. for a long time they used to have a budgies at home but unfortunately because of move they had to gave it away (to other family members). So the little girl still crying and wants to have a budgie here.

I've told his the news about my trip to you and he was very happy to hear it and told me that story above.

 

I gave him the address of this forum and your name so he’ll contact you.

Looks like they are all sold but have 4 more pet pairs down so if he wants he can pick one of those.

 

Anyway pictures i promised you.

 

Also edit, I have 11 cages, cage 8 is in fact Mozzie and Fiji, then 9 is flame and Blue, 10 is Cloud and Tifa, 11 is Lime and lemon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 7, 200816 yr by Neat
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Looking terrific in there All the little extra things all helps to make a birdroom run smoothly. Great job

Thanks i am still trying to find the cupboard doors have no clue where they ended up! Also tossing up between creating shelves in the far end cause the draws done open due to the cages.

 

I want to ended up with the whole bench clean that i can have as w "work bench" but knowing me that will never happen

Edited October 7, 200816 yr by Neat
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Great job looks like a great set up. Look forward to hearing about all the cute little bubs that come out of the maternity ward

Ummm.. AV there is a possibility that I may only be able to take one budgie. The childcare center has just informed the chick that runs the toddler room that they aren't allowed to have one in the two younger rooms She's devastated as she had a big cage set up for him and everything She's going to double check with the other carer incase she wants to keep one herself as a home pet but if anyone contacts you don't knock them back quite yet. Bec, who's taking the other one is sick and won't be back until Wednesday but I'll ask her which colour she wants when I see her.

Edited October 7, 200816 yr by Neat

That's fine, Brandon has taken a shine to Head Case (he was waiting for a boy out of Kadaj and DQ but I am sure he will end up with two!)

 

Let me know and we will go from there. On Friday they are all going to get their wings clipped and sex confirmed buy a breeder who is going to talk me through the process as I am still a little freaked out about it.

Let me know and we will go from there. On Friday they are all going to get their wings clipped and sex confirmed buy a breeder who is going to talk me through the process as I am still a little freaked out about it.

 

Hello!As I told you I bought the cage and have to pick it up from Lilydale so I'm going the on Saturday morning and on the way back I'll come by to pick up Jelly Bean

Edited October 7, 200816 yr by maesie
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That's fine, I will have his pack all ready for you. It's getting sad letting them go but i know it is for the best.

 

I finally got my card system up and running so now I can tell how many eggs I have without opening all the boxes all the time. I always said I could cap myself at 5 breeding boxes at once and now i have 11 how did that happen!

I always said I could cap myself at 5 breeding boxes at once and now i have 11 how did that happen!

 

I'm not sure if they have done studies... but I'm sure budgies are addictive...

Edited October 7, 200816 yr by maesie
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If Kadaj and DQ don't work out for Brandon let me know AV as I currenty have DQs sister sitting on 5 fertile eggs