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Bea
10-07-2006, 10:01 PM
Today i set up 2 breeding cages and a few nest boxes in the aviary. Lots of interest from the many couples in the aviary so i'm off to buy about 4 extra nest boxes this arvo to hopefully prevent fighting. Pairs that are already full steam ahead and ready to breed are: Bob and Akala, Gherk and Tirikke, PB and Asparagus, Lime and Dimsim plus a few others. :D Should be babies galore in a few weeks time. I'm expecting opalines, normals, recessive pieds, dominant pieds and if some of my spangle boys find girlfriends spangles too! Now i'll tell you all now so you can remind me when the babies are 6 weeks old but I AM NOT KEEPING ALL OF THEM!!! :lol: So don't forget to remind me.
Budgie_Lover_01
10-07-2006, 11:31 PM
AHH!! I want spangles!!!! LOL...They're so totally pretty :D
Got any pics of them? :D
Alora
Bea
10-08-2006, 02:37 AM
Of the spangles? Yeah -
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/Baby_Blinkie/4June05011.jpg
(dad and two sons)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/Baby_Blinkie/Patrick2.jpg
parakeetluverr
10-08-2006, 09:40 AM
oh my goshh they are oh soooo pretttyyy!! you're so luckyy!!
Bluey_owner
10-08-2006, 06:52 PM
they are beautiful!!!

newaiz busty and sky are coming along together jst fine! hopefully they will breed soon.. it took them a while for them to get a long with each other...

cherps and tweets still new to each other.. hopefully they get into the breeding mood too...
Meghanxx4
10-08-2006, 08:31 PM
OMG i love the colour of teh bird in the second picture!! i mean the other ones are very pretty aswell but omg i love that shade of blue i dint know theybad that shade of blue for budgies or maybe its just the lighting thats making it look like that i donno anyway you ahvea lovely birds! good luck on the breeding.
Bea
10-08-2006, 08:36 PM
He's a violet, they're not uncommon in budgies. :)
Budgie_Lover_01
10-08-2006, 11:04 PM
WOW!!!!!!! I LOVE your sky blues! I'm really liking your birds there Bea =) Beauties!
Alora
Bea
10-08-2006, 11:09 PM
Well the bottom of the skyblues (Jasper) and the violet have both got mates so fingers crossed for some more spangles. :D
Joey
10-09-2006, 12:02 AM
Thats great BEA...could you possibly post pictures of all of your pairs you are trying to breed?:D please
Bea
10-09-2006, 12:20 AM
I'm not really *planning* on specific pairs - more just letting them do their thing and see what i get. I'll get some photos over the next few days though and post them
Joey
10-09-2006, 01:54 AM
Ohh I thought you had them in cages...thanks I would love some pictures.
Bea
10-09-2006, 09:35 PM
Here's some photos of what's happening in the aviary. I did some shuffling around today because a couple of the ladies were pairing up with their bros. So we now have a jail cage, a breeding cage and then 8 nest boxes placed around the aviary.
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m217/belinda_p89/October102006-breeding013Custom.jpg
Akala and Bob in the breeding cage

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m217/belinda_p89/October102006-breeding005Custom.jpg
Asparagus and DimSim have taken a liking to the boxes sitting on top of the breeding cage

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m217/belinda_p89/October102006-breeding002Custom.jpg
Others like the look of these ones

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m217/belinda_p89/October102006-breeding003Custom.jpg
And Gherkin and Tiki like the looks of these ones

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m217/belinda_p89/October102006-breeding006Custom.jpg
Gherkin not paying attention while his wife inspects the potential new family home

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m217/belinda_p89/October102006-breeding008Custom.jpg
Gherkin: hey, where did my wife go?

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m217/belinda_p89/October102006-breeding009Custom.jpg
Tiki: Hehehe

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m217/belinda_p89/October102006-breeding010Custom.jpg
YOU stole her didn't you!

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m217/belinda_p89/October102006-breeding011Custom.jpg
Oh how embarrassing - never mind, i found her.
pal0m1n0
10-09-2006, 11:32 PM
Nice photos. Did you make the nest boxes yourself? I have only seen one kind in the pet stores. If you made them, what dimensions and materials did you use?
Bea
10-09-2006, 11:35 PM
I bought them from a pet shop. :)
BUUZBEE
10-10-2006, 03:55 PM
how many birds do you have in your aviary bea? omg if i were to put in 8 boxes, i'd have ww3!!! i have 24 in mine, and they'd all be fighting for the same box, lol
Joey
10-10-2006, 05:03 PM
Those nest boxes are for budgies?They look different!I nvere seen those before...:cool: beautiful pairs though!
Bea
10-10-2006, 07:56 PM
how many birds do you have in your aviary bea? omg if i were to put in 8 boxes, i'd have ww3!!! i have 24 in mine, and they'd all be fighting for the same box, lol
I have 20 with about 5 bonded pairs. I've had to do a little shuffling around to get the super agro hens out but other than that there's not been much trouble.
keet/budgie luva
10-10-2006, 10:21 PM
bea i am begging(praying/hoping)
you have many chicks
Bea
10-10-2006, 11:36 PM
I've taken the nest boxes out - we have a few minor injuries now and i'm not going to wait for one of them to be life threatening. So out came the nest boxes. I still have the 2 breeding cages out there (Akala and Bob, Gherk and Tiki) so hopefully i'll still get some bubs.
apollo
10-11-2006, 12:02 AM
So I take it your not going to try coloney breeding?
Bea
10-14-2006, 02:06 AM
No, i'm not. Akala laid her first egg today. :)
Bea
10-16-2006, 03:33 AM
Akala laid her second egg today, it was a little bloody but she looked ok so hopefully there's nothing wrong.

In the other breeding cage not much is happening - Gherkin is spending all his time being the hen and hanging out in the nest box while Tiki hardly ever goes in. :rolleyes: I'll give them another week or two to look interested then i might put a different pair in the cage instead.