Babies

[Jane]

Wow John, you have a lovely budgie collection

[kiddo]

they are really cool.

what do you do with them once you breed them though?

cheers shannon

[AussieBirds]

Thanks Jane, I love budgies they were my first love I guess everyone started with budgies, at one stage I had 100 breeding pairs and some really beautiful birds, one in particular was my absolute favorite and served as the foundation for my breeding stock he was a huge bird and fathered a heap of babies here is his picture.



It was a sad day when he died I have never found a budgie with the same markings, I am going to put a lot of effort into the budgies this year and it will be good to get back into them again and breeding some nice colours.

John

[AussieBirds]

kiddo said:

they are really cool.

what do you do with them once you breed them though?

cheers shannon

I sell them Shannon, I am known for my budgies around this district and I have heaps of people come to my house to buy off me, I don't advertise and all my customers come to me by word of mouth.

John

[kiddo]

thanks john,
i just see so many around and was wondering if it is posible to sell them. i just thaught they were like cats (everyone breeds them and then tries to give them away.)
cheers shannon

[silvercloud]

They are gorgeous. I love the harlequin and your fave boy.

[Jane]

So John should I start taking bets on how long before you're back to 100 pairs?

Your foundation budgie definately had great markings too.

[AussieBirds]

jane said:

So John should I start taking bets on how long before you're back to 100 pairs?

Your foundation budgie definately had great markings too.

PMLOL Jane I dont have the room any more, when I had that many I had them in the aviary that has all my red rumps and cockatiels in it, it is about 15ft long and consists of two aviaries joined together, but I have to admit them were the days ;D ;D ;D ;D I had babies everywhere and met a lot of people and made some good friends through them.

I think the best part was when the mums used to come up with their little kids to get them a young one for a pet and watching the look on the kids face as they were trying to pick the one they liked the best, mum used to finish up picking it for them ;D ;D ;D ;D, I still get inquires and phone calls from them just asking questions and sometimes buying more birds off me.

John

[Jane]

Sounds great John Did you make all the aviaries yourself? They look well made, and I like the little bits to block the gaps in the trimdeck roof ( group shot). I am always trying to work on new aviaries, but unfortunately have more time for planning than time ( or money) for building. I was hoping to have something up for seperating the bigger parrots like the red wings this year but they may have to wait til next year to breed I am also trying to renovate my house so that may need to take priority.

[clara]

Thank you John, they are as beautiful the ones as the others, me I started with the budgies when I was child, then I continued with youyous of senegal, and now the gray ,and after.... ;D

Amicalement.

[AussieBirds]

jane said:

Sounds great John Did you make all the aviaries yourself? They look well made, and I like the little bits to block the gaps in the trimdeck roof ( group shot). I am always trying to work on new aviaries, but unfortunately have more time for planning than time ( or money) for building. I was hoping to have something up for seperating the bigger parrots like the red wings this year but they may have to wait til next year to breed I am also trying to renovate my house so that may need to take priority.

lately I have taken to building them myself Jane but the one in the pictures are manufactured by a company called Col Western Sheds, that particular aviary is the oldest one I have, hence the repairs to the roof before I put them in.

The bits that are blocking the holes come with the aviary which make it so much easier than making them yourself ;D.

Just a bit of information this morning everyone seems to be pairing up which is just great, looking very promising ;D

John

[Laraine]

I thought you already had quite a number of budgies John.

[AussieBirds]

laraine said:

I thought you already had quite a number of budgies John.

Yes I did Laraine but I wasn't happy with the way they were breeding or the colours I had plus they were all related and needed thinning out.

I had over twenty so I kept the ones that I wanted to breed with, which weren't too many I can tell you, then went out and bought some new stock, all the ones I didn't want I gave away to a guy that is trying to established, in fact they went to their new home this afternoon.

I am going out again this weekend to get a couple more cocks and that should do me for a while, unless I see one I like ;D.

John

[Laraine]

I've got a few lots of babies myself at the moment. The rain must have given them a shove. My show budgies are breeding again so I'm excited about that. Last time they had some really interesting colours.

[AussieBirds]

Yes Laraine there is nothing like Budgies for giving interesting colours and the best part about them is they breed all year long ;D.

John

[AussieBirds]

Well all is going well with the budgies they are all pairing up AND mating, I have three babies and they were from my original stock.

There is no doubt budgies are interesting little critters the pair that bred the 3 young, the male is a yellow face blue and then the hen is just a plain old green and budgie, the babies are one yellow faced blue, one gray and blue and one that is still colouring up but looks like it will be a white face blue.

John

[silvercloud]

Wow thats a combination. ;D

[Jane]

Sounds like every nest will be exciting John

[AussieBirds]

I think I am going to have a budgie explosion here very soon ;D, another two hens have gone down, no eggs yet but they are all working the boxes.

John

[budgiedcockatiels]

lol you might want to have some spare empty cages by the sounds ;D