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Got some OBs :D

Posted: 24 Oct 2011, 15:18
by Jayburd
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!

Re: Got some OBs :D

Posted: 24 Oct 2011, 16:39
by jusdeb
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.

Re: Got some OBs :D

Posted: 24 Oct 2011, 16:45
by Misso
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.

Re: Got some OBs :D

Posted: 24 Oct 2011, 16:46
by mackstaa
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

Re: Got some OBs :D

Posted: 24 Oct 2011, 16:52
by Jayburd
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: )

Re: Got some OBs :D

Posted: 24 Oct 2011, 16:53
by Jayburd
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

Re: Got some OBs :D

Posted: 24 Oct 2011, 21:16
by monotwine
They really are delightful little birds. Enjoy them.... but Jay where are our pictures of your new little petite waxbills?

Re: Got some OBs :D

Posted: 25 Oct 2011, 15:19
by Jayburd
: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:

Re: Got some OBs :D

Posted: 25 Oct 2011, 16:36
by VR1Ton
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.

Re: Got some OBs :D

Posted: 25 Oct 2011, 16:53
by Jayburd
: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?