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avril
03-23-2006, 05:04 AM
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Hi Everyone I'm Avril and I live in country Victoria the second most southern State of OZ on the East Coast.
At present I am setting up my avairies to house my budgies as I am just getting back into breeding them for my own pleasure as I can't part with any of them.
In the past I have owned about 50 or 60 Budgies but unfortunately I had to stop breeding them and give them away to good homes that were hand picked by me.
Now that I have the time to be able to give them my full attention there will be no stopping me.
I also have light sussex chooks, muscovy ducks, Elizabeth ducks, fish, wild animals like koala, wombat kangaroo and emus that are in this area, we also have a beautiful river that rans down the back of our property.
There are White cocatoos, galahs, kookaburras, magpies, crows,plovers,blue wrens and native finches so I live in a very pretty place.
Looking forward to talking and reading all about budgies.
Bea
03-23-2006, 05:56 AM
Welcome!! I'm also in Oz (Canberra). Can't wait to hear more about your budgies. :D
Amy
03-23-2006, 06:30 AM
You sound like you have a lot of experience with birds! I can't wait to find more about them!
Budgiekin
03-23-2006, 09:14 AM
Welcome Avril! Your experience with budgies will certainly be an asset here! Don't hesitate to post. I certainly hope you stick around the forum as it is quite an enjoyable place to be!
Amy
03-23-2006, 09:16 AM
I love your avatar Avril, its so funny!
Shiney_things
03-23-2006, 11:07 AM
Hello! Welcome to the site! =D

May i ask... is a cocatoo the same as a cockatiel? :S
Amy
03-23-2006, 12:29 PM
Do you mind if I answer?

Yes they are the same. I think!
miss_missy
03-23-2006, 01:13 PM
well we can use more knowledge, anytime. welcome:D
Dave
03-23-2006, 02:53 PM
Hey Avril! Welcome to the site :) .
Bea
03-23-2006, 04:23 PM
May i ask... is a cocatoo the same as a cockatiel? :S
No, they're not the same. Cockatiels are the little cute ones with the weeny crest (super cute!), there are loads of different types of cockatoos but the most common around canberra at least is the sulfer crested cockatoo:
http://images.google.com.au/images?q=tbn:Iz_BMeIeO-g4-M:www.fnqwildliferescue.org.au/daintree/images/Sulphur%2520Crested%2520Cockatoo.jpg
Amy
03-23-2006, 04:39 PM
Oh wow! My mistake! I did not know that!

Nice pic! Their heads must ache with all that feather weight!
Budgie_Birthday
03-23-2006, 05:56 PM
yeah huge feathers! :duhh:
Budgiekin
03-23-2006, 06:24 PM
Did you know that cockatiels are actually a type of cockatoo?
avril
03-23-2006, 07:29 PM
As Bea said the cockatiel and the cockatoo are very different. If you want to read up here a a couple of site that you look at
www.ckcbirds.co.uk/cockatiels.htm
www.ckcbirds.co.uk/australian_cockatoos.htm
Sunny baby
03-23-2006, 08:33 PM
Welcome Avril! Can't wait to hear more about your birds.
Amy
03-24-2006, 11:32 AM
Did you know that cockatiels are actually a type of cockatoo?

Yes but I thought they were exactly the same with 2 names, but I'm wrong!
Mistyoriline
04-28-2006, 09:38 PM
Avril I like your name Welcome hope you love it like me:)