Got some OBs :D

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Jayburd
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hi all,
got myself a nice pair of Orange Breasts after chatting with russell on the saturday night before the singleton sale.
They're really cute :D I've missed having them around.
Just wondering: will they eat Mike Fidler's soft food? I bought some at the sale, and it didn';t come with instructions >:( so should I mix it with water? feed it straight? mix it with my frozen soaked seed?
Thanks!
Julian

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Congrats on the new OBs .
I imagine you would just use the MF soft food like any other .

I mix the soft food I use with water for weaning birds and the rest get it dry ....with the warmer weather I can leave dry food in longer than wet food.
They still eat it dry or wet so it makes no difference unless you want to mix it with other foods.
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i also purchased some from the sale jayburd, i plan on mixing some of it with my soaked/sprouted seed. and possibly having a little dish of it dry.
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Adding to your waxbill collection eh Jay?

I love OBs, I dont think Ill ever know how many I have in my big aviary :D :D
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Thanks guys :) I'll try it out in the ways I said and see what happens :)
(that guy was a really good salesman eh Misso :lol: )
Julian

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and yes Mackstaa like I said I've missed them quite a lot :D saw them at Crazy Cubans and I snapped.... so talked to Russell about keeping them in my big cage, got the all clear so here they are :D
Julian

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They really are delightful little birds. Enjoy them.... but Jay where are our pictures of your new little petite waxbills?
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:D Thanks monique, they're on the other computer sorry :P I can't get them right now.... but soon.....
Rained today and I found out where I have set up the big cage for them will get wet... off to bunnings for some heavy duty clear plastic sheeting :twisted:
amazing things you can do with that stuff :lol:
Julian

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Great minds Jay, got myself a pair while I was there as well, not an overly coloured cock, but they are a good style of bird. Also grabed a pair of Russels Ruddies, really good hen, very well spotted, & a pain in the ass to catch. Went to change them to another cage when I got back to where I was staying, & she slipped out above my hand, took 3 hours to get her back, luckily she couldn't get out of the shed.
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:thumbup: my cock isn't too orange either, but I'm fine with that :P
glad you got her back! I think I saw her flying around....
any idea what happened to that king parrot hen that got out?
Julian

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