Well i have spent the day in the bird room today as it's good
friday and i'm off work until the following tuesday, yippee,
Any way i took a few photo's in my nest boxes and 1 contained
this little fellow he does look lonely and sweet but i bet he's
spoilt by mum just look at that bulging crop i guess he/she
is about 2 weeks old now unfortunately the sibling died at about
3 days old and the other egg didn't hatch, I've now removed
it.
The parents are in the photo below the male is the green opaline,
I believe the chick will be just like dad going by the pin feathers
just coming through.
Incidentally the dad is in the photo frame on my homepage i
bought him from stafford last year and this is the first chick
from him, he is also hand tame and very friendly, The hen is
one of my favorite breeders she is very fertile and produced
a lot of young in the past, this is her first round after a
resting period so the next round i can expect 5-6 eggs this
is the norm for her.
Anyway just click the pictures for an enlarged view.
On the left is my little lutino friend he has splayed legs
which probably resulted from being the only chick in the nest
and the mother possibly sitting too tight, I did what i could
to correct it using sponge and zip ties but sadly it is congenital
if that's the right word, Its like a human being born with the
splits and it stays like it until medical intervention but the
risk involved and cost to a young budgie wouldn't be worth it.
At least this fellow is fairly happy and he does fly from one
end to another and clings on to the wire mesh in my kindergarten
cage and has developed its own personality. he does get about
and sleeps and roosts on his belly as you can see
But there's one thing for sure i won't get any more young like
this, now i'm aware this problem can affect any breeder at anytime
the only option would be to cull at the earliest time, (it's
cruel to be kind) as they say, But this young one will spend
the rest of its life with me because he's grown in to my friend.
There are 5 chicks in this nest they all shy ed away from the
camera which made the picture a bit faint but you can see the
older chick feeding the younger one which is normal in a nest
this size. The parents are excellent breeders and produced some
good young and they always produce 5 or 6 per round.
The parents will be rested after this round because they have
worked hard to give me superb results
There is 6 chicks in this nest the 7th never hatched, They
are coming up to there 4th week now and due to leave.
All the chicks are different in colors but have similar markings,
the mother is a greygreen and the male is a blue pied.
The male is very fertile indeed, he is like the soul of the
party very lively and is also very friendly i can't get him
on my hand unless i have lettuce on me, he will come up to me
at feeding times and is not a scared bird at all when i enter
the cage, he sits there and has a little peck at my hand.
More coming shortly.
26th april
theres not a lot to report really the most of the chicks have
now fledged and a couple have sold, I'm going to keep a couple
for myself this time.
My java's have started laying it turns out i have 2 hens and
1 cock and also my canarys and finches have started laying.
Anyway this is a picture of my back garden, it isn't the tidyest
of gardens but i was sat outside thinking what a mess the back
is. It has been my nature garden the apple tree makes it look
better, The tree is in the neighbours garden, there is also
an old shed in the top left hand corner and i thought to myself
wouldn't it be nice to sort it all out and build a second smaller
aviary.
So i put it to the wife and she lost so it's all go.
What i intend to do is to de-weed it and level off the mud
then i can put either shingle or chippings on top this will
then be nearly be level with the top of the wall, The next step
will be to take down the shed and do a bit of restoration work
on it, It needs a few slats and the door needs repairing, Im
then going to cover the base in aviary mesh to stop vermin coming
through the floor.
when i re-build it i will place it next to the left neighbours
fence as to give me an extra 2 foot then i will construct a
flight on the right side of the shed.
To your right is a better view of the shed, I'ts not very big
roughly 8x6 foot
and it has a slooping roof the flight will be on the window
side
I will start a new section on this project shortly.
more coming soon!!!!!!!!
