SarahR 70 Report post Posted November 29, 2015 Finally i find the time to set up the budgie thread again It has been a while.....haha Not long after the finch forum closed down, i had an aviary built it measures approx 8ft wide, 6 1/2 ft deep and about 8ft high (will attach pictures) in the back of one of the pictures, you can see my dads finch aviary it cost me a grand (annoying) total of £600 (including perches and other stuff) overall, since i got the aviary up, i have had 2 clutches outside and about 5 clutches inside (will attach some pictures of the babies too) i have 35 budgies outside and another 8 budgies inside, 1 pair with eggs how are everyone's budgies doing? this cold weather has meant i have has to heat and cover up my aviary, but i am also expecting to lose a couple more birds i will be putting boxes back up in aviary end of February time my guard dog haha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SarahR 70 Report post Posted November 30, 2015 **update** My pair with eggs (polo and houdini) now have 3 eggs and 1 is showing fertile Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmy 528 Report post Posted November 30, 2015 Hope the other two are fertile too Sarah. You have some lovely birds there. Who knows I may get a couple of budgies to keep indoors (most of my birds are out in my bird sheds now and I really miss not having them in the house -but I seem to be the only one that misses them in here, everyone else, family and visitors are smiling now and saying 'now we can hear what we are saying to each other and don't have compete with the birds' (Lol) Forgot to ask is your 'guard dog' lol a long haired Chihuahua, (looks so like the one I had he died age 15 just over two years ago) Emmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SarahR 70 Report post Posted November 30, 2015 Thank you emmy, she is still laying last clutch she had 5 or 6 eggs so keeping my fingers crossed, they mate every morning and evening lol!! my room is a literal bird room now can't believe it's been over a year since my first babies My birds stay quiet if people are round.........but I can't hear myself think if I'm on my own haha I usually end up closing my curtains and sitting in a dark room to keep them quiet :):) wouldn't change it though...........yet haha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SarahR 70 Report post Posted November 30, 2015 **help needed** has anybody experienced a male bird/budgie not able to mate? I have a perfectly healthy (no missing toes, no in-turned feet, no splayed legs) male budgie who is about 3 now apparently his patents always had fertile eggs and were good breeders, but my boy is clueless! he has never been bred with before apparently. he literally mounts the hen......then he doesn't know what to do....he moves his feet a little....poor hen just sits there with him on her back while he tries to figure out what to do :/ i have his brother(topaz) with the hen at the moment to see if it's the hen's fault...Topaz has bred before (not for me yet) and apparently is a great dad thank you in advance :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SarahR 70 Report post Posted December 4, 2015 got another pair starting to lay........doubt they will be fertile though Polo has 5 eggs now!! with 4 showing fertile 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SarahR 70 Report post Posted December 6, 2015 Polo now has 6 eggs.........with 5 showing fertile! i'm going to be busy over x-mas! Wicked (the other hen laying) has laid 1 egg, not showing fertile, and another on the cage floor, sadly it had cracked on the bottom of the cage so had to bin it. saw her and her partner mating on the cage floor....as they kept falling off the perch haha. if she only has 1 or 2 fertile eggs, i will give her polo's youngest chick as they laid an egg on the same day. keeping my fingers crossed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SarahR 70 Report post Posted December 10, 2015 i can now say.......in 3 days my girl polo will be busy, all 6 of her eggs are fertile will upload pictures when the first one hatches Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chrisd346 7 Report post Posted December 10, 2015 Some very nice birds there Sarah. My exhibition birds finally started breeding in August. I won't spam your thread with photos but I'm really pleased with the results. Your aviary looks really good Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmy 528 Report post Posted December 10, 2015 You're definitely going to have a wonderful Xmas if all those eggs hatch out look forward to seeing those photos Emmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SarahR 70 Report post Posted December 10, 2015 Go for it Chris,I don't mind, the more the merrier And thank you I'm dreading this xmas emmy lol going to hand rear 1 or 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chrisd346 7 Report post Posted December 10, 2015 Ok Sarah, here you go. I discovered by accident that my birds couldn't mate because the perches were 2 small, I saw a cock try to tread a hen and they both fell. Since that I haven't looked back. Here are some photos! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chrisd346 7 Report post Posted December 10, 2015 Umm, is it just me or are those photos massive lol? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SarahR 70 Report post Posted December 11, 2015 yes them photos are massive haha loving the grays i have had that problem too, only it was because the perches weren't stable enough for them....yet my other budgies managed lol some really nice chicks there the light green male looks like one i sold a while ago what does the back of the last pictures chick look like? im going to guess a spangle? i now have 7 fertile eggs! my other pair have a fertile egg fingers crossed for more Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chrisd346 7 Report post Posted December 11, 2015 Yeah the last is a spangle, last 2 actually. The last chick is only about 5 weeks old do going to be a big girl I think lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SarahR 70 Report post Posted December 12, 2015 one of the pictures has gone lol they look massive where did you get your cages from? i'm looking for some the exact same...i already have 2, cheapest i have found is £145 for 6 cages attached is a picture of one of my boys, "ripple" and his dad "topaz" with my kakariki, hoping to get them paired up in the new year when i get some more cages and nest boxes haha, looking for some cheap plastic ones this time Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chrisd346 7 Report post Posted December 12, 2015 The cages are from supapets and yes I think it's 145 roughly for 6 but they sell them in pairs too. I have some of their racks for them as well. Great cages but alot of mess gets out. If you check pvc nestboxes on ebay a company called oriel gems sell them, I have a few and are very good.I like ripple, how do they get on with the kakariki? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chrisd346 7 Report post Posted December 12, 2015 My photo disappeared because I tried to resize it, let's see if it worked lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chrisd346 7 Report post Posted December 12, 2015 I think not lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SarahR 70 Report post Posted December 12, 2015 the photo worked looks to have yellowface also thats where i am planning to get my cages from, going to go for the 6 as i have enough hooks on my wall for 6 cages i have a budgie that actually live with my kakariki, they get along fine, usually when i let my budgies in my room out for a fly with her, they all end up chasing one another and my kak joins in they are funny to watch i found the seller on ebay how do you attach them onto the cage? i refuse to use wooden ones now....i had a bad run with redmite in the summer, i have had to sell all my wooden breeders and replace with wire.....but i prefer wire now, more room in them for the birds think i'm going to have to come and "borrow" that grey spangle haha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chrisd346 7 Report post Posted December 12, 2015 That grey spangle has quite a few admirers I have to say lol. Is the photo a better size now? I'm using my phone so it's hard to tell. With the nest boxes I just drilled a couple of holes in them and used cable ties to attach them. That works with the table top and long type. The ones that sit to the side need 4 holes drilled. Pretty straight forward though. They come with Mdf concaves, I bin those as I don't want the birds chewing that stuff Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SarahR 70 Report post Posted December 12, 2015 i dont mind big pictures haha, makes it easier for me to see them i think you will have to keep it under lock and key haha i would be getting a couple of the long ones (sliding door at back) as i already have 3...which are undergoing mite treatment and the bird seem to prefer the long ones i use wooden breeding boxes outside in the summer. i dont agree with MFD concaves, however with the smaller nest boxes you have to cut a concave to size lol my partner says MDF swells up when wet, and i have had mold grow on MDF concaves do the nest boxes come with ventilation holes drilled in mine have got them drilled in, i think the person i got them off did it i think i will try and use cup hooks to keep the nest boxes on, here is mu setup at the moment....excuse the mess, uni work taken over haha you can faintly see the holes in the nest box these are my smaller ones, the only ones that dont have redmite at the moment lol here are polo and houdini, first egg due to hatch tomorrow but it has already started to pip Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SarahR 70 Report post Posted December 12, 2015 another few pictures of my set up, hoping to get some new storage in the new year, big enough to hold all my budgie supplies and toys, then have some room for my own personal stuff haha, first picture is my 2 breeding cages and my kaks cage, second picture is my ceiling.......i might as well have a pet monkey? haha third picture is my budgie stock cage and my parrot cage (grey one) This is wicked and her partner, they now have 2 fertile eggs and just some random pictures now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chrisd346 7 Report post Posted December 12, 2015 That looks a good set up and obviously you get to keep warm as your indoors all the time. I think if I had the ceiling like that the missus would have something to say haha. Mdf also contains glue that is poisonous to the birds if chewed and I'm surely read somewhere cyanide! I didn't bother with vent holes and to date have had no problems at all. The hole in the front and the slight gap at the back where the slide goes in does the job I feel. I will get a photo later of how my nest boxes sit. l like wicked I must say. Is the second last bird a dominate pied? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SarahR 70 Report post Posted December 12, 2015 shes one i bred last year, hatched on 2/1/2015 so shes ready to breed, i have only a small amount of birds inside, the rest are outside in my aviary hopefully building a stock flight in the shed after new year (just before the cold really hits) also do you mean the grey and yellow? i think he is......will double check now, but i know hes a golden face with yellowface Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
