March 12, 201015 yr In this case generally called DIRT! You can see from the grey I prepped for show that once they are nicely spruced up there is no more dirty stained look. If you look carefully you can see some staining on some of the yellow lacewings too. It's especially prevelent on those birds that seem to relish fresh corn on the cob. I don't know what they do on it but they usually end up with grubby faces and masks. Usually when they moult out it all looks nice and fresh for a while and then they get all grubby again (unless they get a wash!). Sometimes though the staining can indicate respiratory disease or even airsac mites but in this case it's just filthy grubby budgies. Yep....its the part budgies rub on the bars of cages and stuff JB...........you notice it more on pale budgies
March 12, 201015 yr Author okay here are all my dom pieds. Don't mind the wetlook! I got so frustrated with them that I stuck them in a cage with water in the bottom - that sorted them out pretty quickly . Just for you Kaz!
March 12, 201015 yr okay here are all my dom pieds. Don't mind the wetlook! I got so frustrated with them that I stuck them in a cage with water in the bottom - that sorted them out pretty quickly .Just for you Kaz! Just for you Kaz! Terrific !!! When do I pick them up ???
March 20, 201015 yr Author Hmm just saw this. Bad choice of words by me there..... Sorry if I got your hopes up there Kaz. I'll post more varieties when I get back from Argentina.
March 20, 201015 yr WOW Nubbly.....this makes me want to learn and start breeding to show.... You must be very proud of them......This little dude has the sweetest face!!
March 28, 201015 yr Author Back from Argie! Had fun at MBC judging and saw some nice birds. So back to posting my baby variety photos! Clearwings go next. It's been a varied year for these guys. Numbers bred have been good but wing clarity varied. Some good some terrible but I guess thats what you expect when you try and up size in this variety. Now back to trying to keep size and clear up wings again.
March 28, 201015 yr Clearwings You love a challenge do you Nubbly I put them in the too hard basket myself :hooray: PS good you are doing it for us though
March 28, 201015 yr I know the balls are wet at the bottom, but that last picture - I mean, that bird is soaked. Come on, that bird must have loved getting wet, no one can be that dumb not to get out of the water and off the balls :budgiedance:
March 28, 201015 yr I know the balls are wet at the bottom, but that last picture - I mean, that bird is soaked. Come on, that bird must have loved getting wet, no one can be that dumb not to get out of the water and off the balls :budgiedance: Wet balls will do that to a budgie :nest: :rofl:
March 28, 201015 yr Author Wet balls? It's a girl!!!! :budgiedance: Anyway it's not just wet balls, I put in enough water that they are literally wading and the balls are floating around. Makes it REALLY worth their while to stay on the perch. Then when I get sick of the mental flapping and jumping around the cage the sprayer comes out too!!! They eventually give up and sit still to dry off. You can tell how good or bad they were by how wet they are. Just wait for the next batch, there are a couple of rippers! So here are the next lot - greys and blues. Edited March 28, 201015 yr by nubbly5
March 28, 201015 yr They must of been good,the last lot nealy all dry. PS I think you can get into trouble,if caught useing water torcher or is that only if you tye them to the chair & pour the water down there neck or hold there head under water,till they confess. :lol: :lol:
March 28, 201015 yr They must of been good,the last lot nealy all dry. PS I think you can get into trouble,if caught useing water torcher or is that only if you tye them to the chair & pour the water down there neck or hold there head under water,till they confess. :lol:
March 28, 201015 yr looking good mate if you got to many lacewing hens im here lol and one the greys to go with her would do good pmsl
March 29, 201015 yr Author Thanks guys! Some are good some not so good. The last grey has great feather but is smaller and has a shorter mask than I like BUT they are all still young and will wait until they are 12 months old before making any decisions on them. So here are my opalines (normals and cins). I am dissapointed with the 2 normal green opalines, they showed so much promise as youngsters but just have not developed as I expected. Not enough feather on top and short stuffy masks. The cin opalines I am very happy with and will be extremely useful especially most of the hens. Also the spangles. Didn't breed too many of these thankfully as they are not my favourite variety but they are useful none the less. Most of these (cin spangles at least) are Gazzard lines and have great features but take quite a while to develop size wise and are always quite small as youngsters.
