Love the logic 
HOW DEPRESSING IS THIS!!!!!!
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wildbill
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Spot on Gary. Turbo guy told me I should pick up an extra 50 bhp or 35 bhp at the wheels. Now that should get me a 0 to 100 kph in 5 seconds flat. 
Now that's Porsche territory! I've had a Porsche - the cars good but the expense to run/fix it 
Overall, not bad for what some call a hairdresser's car
Now that's Porsche territory! I've had a Porsche - the cars good but the expense to run/fix it Overall, not bad for what some call a hairdresser's car
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wayno.fuller
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Nice
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SamDavis
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Very tidy, but you'll probably need a hairdresser after riding in that! And same colour scheme as the pied diamonds.wildbill wrote:Spot on Gary. Turbo guy told me I should pick up an extra 50 bhp or 35 bhp at the wheels. Now that should get me a 0 to 100 kph in 5 seconds flat.
Overall, not bad for what some call a hairdresser's car
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wildbill
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Good news today.
After painting a section of the roof - I took 5 off to check out the so called 'VILLA' version of my aviaries. This is where my good birds are kept and pampered for.
My best and only heavy pied diamond resides here. Had this guy for several months and was under the impression he was 'GAY' He was more a loner and always sat with other cock birds.The only problem I later found out that they were all cock birds
Today that's far from my mind. Heard squarking coming from inside the aviary and he has finally done the deed!
He was busy on the food bench eating green milk millet - thanks gouldian paul and his fawn hen was into the termites. He's the far more striking pied bird when compared to the photos of his dead brothers done in via the rat incident.
So i sat for 20 minutes in a concealed location observing the birds
then a voice or screach - "Graham are you still on the roof" 
Didn"t bother replying so she went back inside 
We all know how frustrating it is when you spying - to put in a better word on the birds and some-one annoys you.
Five minutes later the fawn hen took off and into an old dis-used diamond nest and seconds later the familiar diamond young squark
Sounds as if there are a few in the nest . Maybe noise wise in the 7 to 12 day of age mark. So if all goes well I may be in for a chance to recover some of the losses. ............so fingers crossed.
So after the excitement I went back inside the house - Was immediately asked
"where you been" wife
"On the roof" I replied
" I couldn't hear you -so I yelled out"
wife
" Too windy" I replied. " Just checking how long it's taking the paint to dry"
wife
- "How long does it take"
"Well" I replied. " It took about 20 minutes before you called and another 5 minutes after that. "not sure about the paint!"
After painting a section of the roof - I took 5 off to check out the so called 'VILLA' version of my aviaries. This is where my good birds are kept and pampered for.
My best and only heavy pied diamond resides here. Had this guy for several months and was under the impression he was 'GAY' He was more a loner and always sat with other cock birds.The only problem I later found out that they were all cock birds
Today that's far from my mind. Heard squarking coming from inside the aviary and he has finally done the deed!
He was busy on the food bench eating green milk millet - thanks gouldian paul and his fawn hen was into the termites. He's the far more striking pied bird when compared to the photos of his dead brothers done in via the rat incident.
So i sat for 20 minutes in a concealed location observing the birds
then a voice or screach - "Graham are you still on the roof" Didn"t bother replying so she went back inside We all know how frustrating it is when you spying - to put in a better word on the birds and some-one annoys you.Five minutes later the fawn hen took off and into an old dis-used diamond nest and seconds later the familiar diamond young squark
Sounds as if there are a few in the nest
. Maybe noise wise in the 7 to 12 day of age mark. So if all goes well I may be in for a chance to recover some of the losses. ............so fingers crossed.So after the excitement I went back inside the house - Was immediately asked
"where you been" wife
"On the roof" I replied
" I couldn't hear you -so I yelled out"
wife" Too windy" I replied. " Just checking how long it's taking the paint to dry"
wife
- "How long does it take" "Well" I replied. " It took about 20 minutes before you called and another 5 minutes after that.
"not sure about the paint!" -
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Perhaps it's another case of the Dominant cock dies and a recessive cock then feels free to do his thing? Or did you not have any hens? Good news either way. 
LML
LML
LML
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Nice birds...Thats a real shame..
I hope I never cop such carnage in my avairy
I hope I never cop such carnage in my avairy
Breeding Project 2020-2025.
agate mosaic canaries, agate yellow mosaic canaries, red zebs, self bengos and goldfinch mules.
agate mosaic canaries, agate yellow mosaic canaries, red zebs, self bengos and goldfinch mules.
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wildbill
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Hi all
What a difference a day makes............Or in this case 10 weeks. Back in March i was almost written off by a rouge rat which entered the aviary and dined on my best selection of birds. Pied -Cinnamon and Fawn Diamonds -Blue Caps - Pictorellas-Stars and Painted.Lost about 15 to 18 birds in total. Plus two nest of young Diamonds.
It was bad enough loosing the birds and the $2500 they cost me. Remember all these birds were purchased only months earlier and had breed nothing. That is apart from one young Diamond flying and two full nests of young..... Unfortunately the rat ate them too.
So i was down on my bird population and my luck as i had lost my purchase money as well. Now the good news
My best Pied cock and fawn hen produced 8 young since March and the hen has laid again. These are normal split Pied hens and cocks Normal /Pied /Fawn
Another Pied with Cinnamon has 5 young flying and another split Fawn cock with Pied hen has 3 young. Plus a few Cinnamon and Fawns have young.
So 10 weeks down the track I have a total of 23 young Diamonds flying about the aviaries and that's a lot more than I thought I'd ever had.
I contribute 5 key ingredients to the outcome.
1. Green milk millet
2. Plenty of fresh lettuce
3 Live termites.
4. Lebanese Cucumber
5. Fresh water and mixed canary seed
From observations I found that once young were in the nest - the hen immediately attacked the termites ( eating hundreds per day) and the cock the green millet.
From day 4 to 7 I saw the cock bird introduce termites to his side of the diet. First few days never touch them. As they got older the lettuce came into play. In one aviary a pair knocking over a large leaf a day. Pied cock had a very green bib from that.
I also noted that Lebanese cucumber was knocked over and saw one cock bird actually biting large chunks out of it. At first I thought it was the Tri-colours.
Nesting material
Green couch grass to start the ball rolling, swamp grass as a liner and Emu feathers to seal the deal.
While this has been going on our overnight temp was hovering for days at -3 to 14 daily. Although I had no luck breeding from my 6 split blueGouldians they and the Diamonds handled the temp well. These split blues are on fertile eggs but there chances of rearing young under these temp are nil. But there's always next year. I plan to catch the shortly to move to a better location in the yard.
What else have I been up too. For starters give the Turbo Mazda a B....good work out and after that it's on the motorbike. So thing look good. I keep the aviaries well baited for mice/rats etc and I learn a valuable lesson in the process
What a difference a day makes............Or in this case 10 weeks. Back in March i was almost written off by a rouge rat which entered the aviary and dined on my best selection of birds. Pied -Cinnamon and Fawn Diamonds -Blue Caps - Pictorellas-Stars and Painted.Lost about 15 to 18 birds in total. Plus two nest of young Diamonds.
It was bad enough loosing the birds and the $2500 they cost me. Remember all these birds were purchased only months earlier and had breed nothing. That is apart from one young Diamond flying and two full nests of young..... Unfortunately the rat ate them too.
So i was down on my bird population and my luck as i had lost my purchase money as well. Now the good news
My best Pied cock and fawn hen produced 8 young since March and the hen has laid again. These are normal split Pied hens and cocks Normal /Pied /Fawn
Another Pied with Cinnamon has 5 young flying and another split Fawn cock with Pied hen has 3 young. Plus a few Cinnamon and Fawns have young.
So 10 weeks down the track I have a total of 23 young Diamonds flying about the aviaries and that's a lot more than I thought I'd ever had.
I contribute 5 key ingredients to the outcome.
1. Green milk millet
2. Plenty of fresh lettuce
3 Live termites.
4. Lebanese Cucumber
5. Fresh water and mixed canary seed
From observations I found that once young were in the nest - the hen immediately attacked the termites ( eating hundreds per day) and the cock the green millet.
From day 4 to 7 I saw the cock bird introduce termites to his side of the diet. First few days never touch them. As they got older the lettuce came into play. In one aviary a pair knocking over a large leaf a day. Pied cock had a very green bib from that.
I also noted that Lebanese cucumber was knocked over and saw one cock bird actually biting large chunks out of it. At first I thought it was the Tri-colours.
Nesting material
Green couch grass to start the ball rolling, swamp grass as a liner and Emu feathers to seal the deal.
While this has been going on our overnight temp was hovering for days at -3 to 14 daily. Although I had no luck breeding from my 6 split blueGouldians they and the Diamonds handled the temp well. These split blues are on fertile eggs but there chances of rearing young under these temp are nil. But there's always next year. I plan to catch the shortly to move to a better location in the yard.
What else have I been up too. For starters give the Turbo Mazda a B....good work out and after that it's on the motorbike. So thing look good. I keep the aviaries well baited for mice/rats etc and I learn a valuable lesson in the process