I thought I’d take the opportunity to do a little upgrade post about the bird situation at home.
Stanton Birdman currently has 5 baby budgies for sale to good homes only. They have now been taken from the aviary and placed in a cage ready to go to eager buyers. There was 6 to start with from 2 clutches but one has already been claimed, a beautiful bright yellow from Squeek’s first clutch of the year, go to my earlier post http://stanton-birdman.blogspot.com/2011/07/nest-box-cleaning-time-again.html to learn a bit more about their upbringing and a photo of them when they were younger.
To try and make sure they go to good homes I'm asking £10 each for them. I am only selling them locally however to minimise the phychological damage that they would suffer should they have to travel far to new homes. If you would like any and live fairly local to Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, UK then please email me at stanton.birdman@gmail.com.
Of the 5 that are left, 2 are from ‘Squeek’ (hen) – not sure who Dad is – and the other three are from ‘Blue’ (hen) and ‘Pied’ (cock), my most prolific breeders.
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| This year's first babies ready to go |
They are all strong and healthy birds that are eating well and ready to go, but as they have not yet seen their first molt I can’t tell which are female and which are male.
So far there’s no cockatiel chicks (although they’ve laid eggs) and no Java sparrow chicks (they have laid eggs also), the Bengalese (society) finches and the zebra finches appear to be struggling with the concept of egg laying – the nests are built but no eggs laid. Meanwhile both ‘Squeek’ and ‘Blue’ have already laid again, but I will only allow my birds to raise a maximum of 2 clutches each per year.
On a similar note, ‘Squeek’s’ baby from last year – another beautiful bright yellow – which I decided to keep myself because of her colour has also laid eggs but no chicks yet, so good luck to her!
Apart from the budgies the other birds seem to be struggling but I live in optimism.
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