Not a lecture just good advice :rofl: and much appreciated.

 

The birds I have are the best I could get of what was on offer at my local branches annual show, there wasn't too much on offer though.

I'd like to go to an auction to find birds from a good stud. Also since my initial bird purchase I've decided to narrow down the varieties I'd like to concentrate on a little to make things easier on myself and give me a bit of direction.

 

Great idea! What varieties have you selected?

I'd like to get a few good foundation birds though, I'm hoping to save a bit of $ and go to an auction somewhere as there aren't a lot of people down here willing to part with good birds, understandably.

 

If you have a trusted person who can bid for you at an auction elsewhere, then you might have to consider shipping them in to you in the future.

Dominant Pieds & Spangles mainly but I also want to keep a fairly strong supply of normals too. They're always handy.

 

Which is funny because a lot of the birds I have now are ino's or split ino's and I only have one Dominant Pied.

 

I don't really know many people that I could ask to bid for me. I think I'm just going to have to put in a bit of leg work.

Edited July 3, 200916 yr by Linda_S

Dominant Pieds & Spangles mainly but I also want to keep a fairly strong supply of normals too. They're always handy.

 

Which is funny because a lot of the birds I have now are ino's or split ino's and I only have one Dominant Pied.

Spangles can be used in the place of absent normals a lot of times.

I noticed how Nubbly said she uses Spangles like normals.

 

I'm hoping to save some $ and hopefully find some good birds here

 

http://www.budgerigar.com.au/west%20sydney/Auction%20ad.pdf

Edited July 3, 200916 yr by KAZ

Coz spangles are a dominant variety when you use them you know if a chick is spangle or not so they are easier to use than some other varieties. Still, they are often not ideal so a good line of normals is fairly handy. It's a great idea focusing on a couple of particular varieties like that too.

 

Good luck finding some nice stock birds and remember that a good bird is a good bird regardless of colour and variety and if they have the features you need they will be of use no matter what variety they are.

Excellent thread nubbly. Especially greatful to have seen some comparison shots from a few years back. Im sticking with some rather lesser quality birds right now as i am 99% certain to be moving to canada after i graduate in 2011. Should really start building bridges and getting to know the breeders there as i cant wait to get some quality birds and start out small and surely in canada. Hoping to learn a lot by pairing up carefully this year. I will probably hold back on my excitement and take time to further nourish the hens before putting them down.

 

I think i'd be best off taking photos of individuals and showing you guys what pairings i have picked so i can get some feedback.

 

Your birds are excellent nubbly, you should be very proud and im excited to see what you get from them this year

Coz spangles are a dominant variety when you use them you know if a chick is spangle or not so they are easier to use than some other varieties. Still, they are often not ideal so a good line of normals is fairly handy. It's a great idea focusing on a couple of particular varieties like that too.

 

Good luck finding some nice stock birds and remember that a good bird is a good bird regardless of colour and variety and if they have the features you need they will be of use no matter what variety they are.

 

this is good advice one very thing

its making me look at my birds in a whole diffrent light

cause if i drop the colour and mutation i have a very good range of quality birds ...

however i thought you needed to be careful of what birds you breed together as not to get odd chicks poping up

but i always thought odd chicks are bonus intill i got told to stricktly stick to certain mutations and not to mix genetics

so i had started to get a bit mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm about my pairings

im glad you explain all you pairings their reasons as i now see i have more birds than i thought that i can use now and sort out the typings colour and stuff later

get the birds numbers up first

cheers nubbly u just got me back on trake i was getting all mmmmm their not knowing if i should bother trying show birds and not cause lack of quality

just lack of being able to just pair what every looked good together

 

looks like im better off doing just that

thanks for prospective

Thanks Dean

 

Ooooh, I wonder what the budgie population in Canada is like. Hopefully they have some nice clearwings over there for you!

Noooooooo, whilst I was away Grant found one of my hens with what he thought was a broken wing. He put it into a holding cage and said it was very hangry and tucked in straight away to some seed. When I got home I found that it was not a broken wing at all but what looked like a general lameness not sure what from but it looks like maybe a night fright and crash. I stufed her immediately into the heat box and crop needled her with broad spectrum antibiotics and emergency soft food for several days incase it was an infection of some sort causing liver swelling and pressing on spine (this sometimes casues leg paralysis). But after a few days of no improvement and the fact that I was due to go away again, I put the poor girl down.

 

Bugger of it is that she was in one of my pairings so now I have to find another hen for this pairing

 

 

I always kinda worry about making up pairs too early in case I jix them somehow but I stil can't help myself.

That is bad news Budgies dont always fall into line with our plans for them do they. Most of my best hopes get dashed.......but the tide is turning ( I hope )