Hi there,

I've got mainly pet type budgies, but bought some show types in the past couple of months...because I really like the bigger looks and 'personality' of the show types and wanted to breed them with my pet types to improve size of the pet types and I like the look of the half pet/half show type budgie. I am more interested in combining different mutations and colors than breeding the budgies to show standards.

So my question is whether all budgie club members breed show types only or whether there are pet type breeders in the clubs as well.

Thanks for your help.

lealotta

We have people join clubs who have pet type budgies but unless they get into the spirit of things ( showing etc ) quite often they fall away through lack of interest.

You could try breeding a line of show budgies only in yellowfaces .............YF blues, or violets. That would peak your interest in the colours but maybe get you interested in having some you could show as well ( show to show breeding though not pet to show ).

I kept pet budgies and show budgies for a long time until I decided the pet types had to go. Basically the pet breeding side was paying for my show budgies initially.

Find a club you like, where you like, and go to a few meetings/shows and see if you want to proceed. Noone will force you to join if you are just trying out the whole experience for a meeting or two.

Lealotta,If you are going to join a

club,just go along to a club in your area,

& make yourself known & in most cases,

the club members,will be very helpful,

I see you went to the Eastern auction,

so you know, the birds that are show type

& if you realy want to get in to the showing

game,get a couple of good pair of birds & start from there,

& don't breed your pet types in to them.Better still

just keep 2 pr of the pets for feeders & use the first round

from the show birds eggs to go under the feeders * you have

you have 4lots of chicks,instead of 2.

MOST CLUBS INCORRAGE VISITORS

I KNOW OUR CLUB WELCOMES ANYONE TO SIT IN

 

I KNOW YOUR TWO FAR FROM ME

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Thanks for your help guys. I will see how I go, I might just breed pet types and a couple of show types to get a little more experience for the next couple of breeding seasons. I will also try to visit some club meetings to find out whether the club life suits me ;-).

 

Hey gb - I would love to come to your club meeting, but yes, it's a little far :-(. Your birds are doing great. The white lacewing Sherbert might be a dad soon, he paired up with a show type albino hen and she's already got 3 eggs. The green spangle Popeye has got a girl friend, too....a pet type yf albino hen.