Wow,

We went to visit a local SA breeder, Stephen Elliot today and have a look at his birds, and how his set up is. Imagine a large half open shed with a cull pen, 48 breeding pens, a pen for the young uns and another for breeding stock - all very clean set up in the north of Adelaide amongst quiet hills.

 

We visited for a quick half hour that quickly became 3 hours of chatting and listening to insightful information gathered from years of breeding, and his birds, did I mention them? Wow, all Exhibition Types, large fat, big colourful, latinos, albinos, greys, cinamonns, blues, pied, you name it he has it, oh, and expensive and excellent quality - fantastic breeder and so they should be - they were awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Steve's a very accommodating Gentleman breeder and made us very very welcome. Check out his site and drool like we did - the only thing we could do when we came back was to go and sit in our quaranteen room and say :we're going to breed some guduns next year. We are! and maybeeeeeee we will be blessed enough to get hold of two or three of Stephen's birds next year too???? What more can a bugdie person hope for...

 

Go I dare you, have a look at his site, and fill in your details on his guestbook!! Suppoort the breed! http://www.stephenelliott.com.au

Stephen Elliot Breeder

Wow!! I was the 10'000th visitor to his site!!

 

Far out check out the spangle grey 2008 grand champion in his 2007 gallery!!!

Edited December 28, 200816 yr by Hills

It says I am his 10000 visitor to :rofl:

 

He has some very good birds.

D'oh, I was hoping I'd win a prize! :rofl:

Edited December 28, 200816 yr by Hills

It says I am his 10000 visitor to :rofl: He has some very good birds.

Good birds?? Umm not good - %$#@!**&^ awesome!! He (Stephen) looked at them all and says, mmm... I need to focus on longer masks... and I looked at them and thought really?? I wish that was ALL I had to focus on. Yes, if Stephen says so, his birds needed longer masks, but from where I stood they looked just oh so fine as it was. I suppose that the nature of breeding, no matter how good our birds are, there is something that acn be imporved to make them even better.I for one would be happy for birds of such quality (David kicks himself that he is not the 10,000th web hit... )Pearce and Hills - how can you both fight over being the 10, 000th site visitor????come on one of you didnt get it - own up - who is it? (remembering that I met Stephen and his birds in the flesh today???)

Edited December 28, 200816 yr by **Liv**

Take a look down the bottom, the counter isnt going up. for me it isnt atleast. Its staying at 10000 everytime I refresh.

It says 10004 for me :rofl:

We had a really information packed afternoon. My favorite is the grey spangle too :rofl:

Thanks for the links 007 I was visitor 10,006.

Perhaps we drew at being the 10,000th visitor. I think we should win a budgie each! :happy-dancing:

 

I hope he's going to add this forum to his links

Edited December 28, 200816 yr by Hills

A non BBC member must of visited because I'm 10,008... unless someone here is shy great site. :happy-dancing:

Perhaps we drew at being the 10,000th visitor. I think we should win a budgie each! :happy-dancing:

 

I hope he's going to add this forum to his links

 

 

Mine still says 10000 so I think its my silly computer. You can have the prize hills. :happy-dancing: :happy-dancing:

The prize is having a look at some fantastic Exhibition Budgerigars.

 

I think that Stephen is / and is going to remain a force to be reckoned with. I found him to be meticulous with his record keeping, and his information. Out of a flock of 60 - 100 he could name each one and announce its pedigree without any hesitations. (not only that he was very genuine and easy to talk to. I'd recommend a visit to anyone in the area if they get the chance - just call first.)

I was just reading through the names of some of those lines... pretty impressive!

Thanks for the link that is agreat website and good info their about his line and his line breeding, notice he has use the watson bird too for his outcross. Most of my birds are watson now