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Re: For when the Forum is Quiet - News from Your collection
Posted: 22 Feb 2020, 10:20
by noah.till
finchbreeder wrote: 21 Feb 2020, 23:05
ive bred some nice show budgies to.
I suppose - I can claim some credit for helping mum with her 32 breeding boxs of budgies this season - slow start nothing hatched till July - and as always some pairs did not take - so the boxs were then re issued to other pairs - but some went up to 3 rounds - probably round 50 chicks this year - some of the first hatches will be on the show bench for their first show over the weekend - now she has to decide if she goes to the nationals in Geelong this year - no I don;t join in that
LML
Wow, what mutations is your Mum working with FB? Sounds like she's been in the game for a fair while
I don't suppose either you or your Mother would know a fella named Brian Goode?
Cheers
Noah Till
Re: For when the Forum is Quiet - News from Your collection
Posted: 23 Feb 2020, 13:27
by Shane Gowland
Picked up a couple of Star finches today. Thought it was time to get back into these little delights.
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Re: For when the Forum is Quiet - News from Your collection
Posted: 23 Feb 2020, 17:43
by noah.till
Top looking birds Shane, how much the pair?
I love Stars, had a pair for a bit but they ended up dying from night fright when I was away
I would love to see those Kimberly Stars in person, but I think they are a thing of the past last time I heard
Cheers
Noah Till
Re: For when the Forum is Quiet - News from Your collection
Posted: 23 Feb 2020, 19:34
by finchbreeder
Sounds like she's been in the game for a fair while
Dad was a cockie, parrott and show chook and bantum breeder when they married. And he had racing pidgeons too. So he bought her a couple of Pairs of Budgies as her little hobby.
That was round 1960.
She breeds mostly rares. Golden face, clearwings, opalines. But also a few Australian and danish pieds, and normals for outcrossing. Anyone who has been to a National Budgie Show in the last 10yrs has probably seen a bird or two of hers, and possibly her inspecting the birds as well.
LML
Re: For when the Forum is Quiet - News from Your collection
Posted: 23 Feb 2020, 20:33
by Shane Gowland
$30 + 8 king quails for the pair.
Re: For when the Forum is Quiet - News from Your collection
Posted: 24 Feb 2020, 08:17
by noah.till
finchbreeder wrote: 23 Feb 2020, 19:34
Sounds like she's been in the game for a fair while
Dad was a cockie, parrott and show chook and bantum breeder when they married. And he had racing pidgeons too. So he bought her a couple of Pairs of Budgies as her little hobby.
That was round 1960.
She breeds mostly rares. Golden face, clearwings, opalines. But also a few Australian and danish pieds, and normals for outcrossing. Anyone who has been to a National Budgie Show in the last 10yrs has probably seen a bird or two of hers, and possibly her inspecting the birds as well.
LML
I see where you got your genes from
Re: For when the Forum is Quiet - News from Your collection
Posted: 24 Feb 2020, 08:17
by noah.till
Shane Gowland wrote: 23 Feb 2020, 20:33
$30 + 8 king quails for the pair.
Good deal
Re: For when the Forum is Quiet - News from Your collection
Posted: 24 Feb 2020, 11:19
by noah.till
Just wondering everyone
My Aberdeen cock has been making nests like mad (and yes a hen is coming soon), and he has made a great big nest in a grass brush cylinder
I thought this was a bit odd, as I always thought they always made nests in boxes
Cheers
Noah Till
Re: For when the Forum is Quiet - News from Your collection
Posted: 24 Feb 2020, 12:15
by E Orix
A couple of years ago there we a flock of 50++ Stars in the trees at the Wyndham Cemetery which is in
the Kimberleys so they are there at least.
Noah if you get a hen I would seriously think about pulling the cock Aberdeen out of the aviary and then
release the hen in by herself for a couple of days. This gives her an opportunity to get to know the aviary
layout before she is confronted by an aggressive cockbird.
Re: For when the Forum is Quiet - News from Your collection
Posted: 24 Feb 2020, 14:11
by noah.till
E Orix wrote: 24 Feb 2020, 12:15
A couple of years ago there we a flock of 50++ Stars in the trees at the Wyndham Cemetery which is in
the Kimberleys so they are there at least.
Noah if you get a hen I would seriously think about pulling the cock Aberdeen out of the aviary and then
release the hen in by herself for a couple of days. This gives her an opportunity to get to know the aviary
layout before she is confronted by an aggressive cockbird.
Oh wow, good to see re. Kimberly Stars
Thats a very good idea about the Aberdeen, he is a randy little bugger and won't stop singing and bouncing up and down, I will make sure to take him out and let the hen spend some time in the aviary by herself
Cheers
Noah Till