Hi!
There has been no up-dates over the last two weeks because of a family bereavement, My family and I have been on Merseyside sorting things out over the last few weeks, however Tom and I will be updating this weekend, many thanks for your e-mails wondering why we have not up dated for a while.
Java News!
Here is the last of my chicks in the new style nest box, I have now got to make 12 more of these one for each breeding cage, after trying this box with my Java's it worked and made inspecting the box much easier for me, I have always put a small perch on nest boxes to make entering the box easier, on this box I did not use a small perch, this did not stop the java's using it, they are in and out with no problems, so now when it comes to stacking the 12 nest boxes I have no perches to worry about.
This poor little chick has had a bad start to life, the parents did not feed it when it hatched, two days past so I took out the other two infertile eggs I was keeping in the nest to stop the hen sitting to tight, after removing the eggs the parents then feed the chick which was at deaths door buy this time, it was very dehydrated and limp, it did pick up after the feed but the parents are not feeding it as they should the crop is empty more time than it is full, I am hoping it makes it to fledge, I will keep you posted.
I have now stopped breeding to give my Java's a rest and myself, all the java's are now in the main flight, cocks and hens together with access to an outdoor flight for fresh air and sunshine
Budgie News!
Sorry I have not updated my website but I have had a loss in the family.
In my bird room I have bred some wonderful cinnamon light green pied’s and I have my first cinnamon yellow-faced grey. I will be updating my baby’s page soon for you to see my new youngsters; today I have built myself a box to take photos of my birds in.
I will be celebrating my 16th birthday this Wednesday which also means that this is my last year of being a junior and I will be going into the beginner’s section next year.
In the photo of the month (above) are some of my babies, there is a cinnamon light green pied and a cinnamon light green, I am really looking forward to seeing what these birds look like after they go through their molt.
Java News!
Here is the chick a week on and still with us, I can not ring this chick as it's feet are so small, it's well past the normal date for ringing, I don't want to give up hope with this Java as it is a visual Agate chick.
Here are some of the Java's enjoying the fresh air today plus the sunshine , they have access to a large tub on the ground full of water for them to bathe in, as you can see in the photo all of their feathers are nice and tight.
Click on the photo to see an enlargement.
Budgie News!
This week my lovely yellow face cinnamon grey fledged the nest, so I have photographed it for you to see. I have also updated my babies of 2009 page this week on my website so feel free to have a look. I and my dad have been fishing at Legge farm I pulled out 11 nice sized carp one was 10 lb the other was 14 lb however my dad only pulled out 4 lol click the link to see some of the fish we have caught on the Legge farme website.
Not much to report about this week as all the Java's are free flying in their outdoor flight, what I have notices is a pattern to their day, most mornings around 10 ish! they come from the bird room to the outdoor flight and fly up and down for half an hour then sit on perches until 12 ish! they will spend the rest of the day indoors until 3 ish! at this time they all descend on the aviary floor and start a bathing ritual for an hour or so, the rest of the day is spent preening their feathers and drying out, about 6ish! they come back indoors and spend the rest of the time here until the lights go off. This patton of behavior only changes when the weather is to bad to go outdoors.
In the photo I am showing you what I feed the java's as an extra to their normal daily seed intake, its all grated vegetables like carrots and Broccoli apple, plus a heap of dried egg food to bind it all together, all so i will put a whole lettuce in once a week and let the pick at it.
Budgie News!
I have paired a sky blue cock and a dark green hen and all of their chicks have turned out to be sky blue so I will be looking into that to find out why they have all turned out sky blue, I know the hen is split blue but it seems odd not to get at least one green, especially as green is the dominant colour.
This week I have had three chicks hatch from my clear body pairing, so they will all be visual clearbodys as their parents are also 2 visuals.
