Apr 16, 2015 8:34:55 GMT
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Post by Billy's Dad on Apr 16, 2015 10:29:14 GMT
Hi All, I have been looking at this fantastic forum for a couple of months now so thought it was about time I joined up Billy came to live with us in the middle of February,after watching Disco on Pets Wild at Heart,my wife suggested we have another Bud,(we have owned quite a few in the past but not recently). Billy was bought from a local show breeder and we have fallen hook,line and sinker for this gorgeous little fella!He was born 23 Dec 2014 and presumably was either surplus or not up to show standard but to us is perfect. Within a couple of days of getting him home he would step up onto our fingers and is quite content to sit there chattering away,he spends all day out of his cage and has the freedom of our living room to fly around,favourite perches are top of my model car cabinet and top of our wall clock. I have added a pic of him posing (hope it works). Regards Steve
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Apr 16, 2015 11:08:37 GMT
Post by OP on Apr 16, 2015 11:08:37 GMT
Hello & Hi yourself, welcome to our flock I hope you enjoy your stay. Sorry but you photo has not shown up. You need to set up an account with a free hosting website such as Photobucket. You can the share your pictures using the code presented to you for sharing. Just copy the code that says for BBCode. Paste that code into your message. That's all there is to it. Good luck. We look forward to seeing the pictures of your bud.
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Apr 16, 2015 11:16:29 GMT
Post by reajen01 on Apr 16, 2015 11:16:29 GMT
Hi there and a warm welcome to the forum. Isn't it funny how all these lovely buds just capture our hearts? And in most cases, take over our lives
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Apr 16, 2015 11:35:15 GMT
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Post by jellybean on Apr 16, 2015 11:35:15 GMT
Hi Steve, welcome from me too. Looking forward to seeing some pics of your little bud Billy
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Apr 16, 2015 8:34:55 GMT
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Apr 16, 2015 12:07:18 GMT
Post by Billy's Dad on Apr 16, 2015 12:07:18 GMT
Hello & Hi yourself, welcome to our flock I hope you enjoy your stay. Sorry but you photo has not shown up. You need to set up an account with a free hosting website such as Photobucket. You can the share your pictures using the code presented to you for sharing. Just copy the code that says for BBCode. Paste that code into your message. That's all there is to it. Good luck. We look forward to seeing the pictures of your bud. Thanks for the advice OP.It's been quite a few years since I was last on a forum and adding photos must be getting a bit rusty.
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Apr 16, 2015 12:32:23 GMT
Post by OP on Apr 16, 2015 12:32:23 GMT
I think they call it progress. Back in the days when I used to post onto Bulletin Boards, a precursor to forums, we uploaded an attachment for images. Pictures were far to memory hungry. Now we let these hosting servers do the donkey work and just put a link to the address of the image. If you need any help I will try and help you as will others on here. We have all been through it at some stage.
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Apr 16, 2015 8:34:55 GMT
Billy's Dad
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Apr 16, 2015 13:02:01 GMT
Post by Billy's Dad on Apr 16, 2015 13:02:01 GMT
I think they call it progress. Back in the days when I used to post onto Bulletin Boards, a precursor to forums, we uploaded an attachment for images. Pictures were far to memory hungry. Now we let these hosting servers do the donkey work and just put a link to the address of the image. If you need any help I will try and help you as will others on here. We have all been through it at some stage. That sounds familiar OP,used to be fairly active on Honda Goldwing forums and always posting pictures of our travels.Must admit old system did seem a bit easier to use as I have always kept my pictures on my computer (backed up on separate HDD).Thanks for the help it is much appreciated. Regards Steve
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Post by reajen01 on Apr 16, 2015 14:02:41 GMT
I still can't do photos even on my laptop but I shall not give up!!
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Post by Shirls on Apr 16, 2015 14:14:49 GMT
Hello and welcome Billy's Dad's Dad and Billy. Handsome boy you have there, and I can see he is a beauty. I have three what I call 'budgie rejects'. Birds bought from the breeder who doesn't show them for whatever reason, but they are still beautiful to me. I see Billy has lots of nasty pinnies there. Do you give him a bath/spray to help with them. Also egg food is good to give buds when they are or have moulted, they need more protein. You probably know all this already if you've been reading up on us for a while!! Looking forward to hearing updates from you two!
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Apr 16, 2015 8:34:55 GMT
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Post by Billy's Dad on Apr 16, 2015 19:51:51 GMT
Thanks All for the very warm welcome. Hello and welcome Billy's Dad's Dad and Billy. Handsome boy you have there, and I can see he is a beauty. I have three what I call 'budgie rejects'. Birds bought from the breeder who doesn't show them for whatever reason, but they are still beautiful to me. I see Billy has lots of nasty pinnies there. Do you give him a bath/spray to help with them. Also egg food is good to give buds when they are or have moulted, they need more protein. You probably know all this already if you've been reading up on us for a while!! Looking forward to hearing updates from you two! Shirls,Thanks for the advice re. the pinnies and moulting.Billy does have a bath,but have to admit that I haven't tried egg food yet as he hasn't lost any feathers to the moult,just occasional small feathers when preening.Although he was only 8 weeks old when we got him he did have a full cap of feathers pretty much as can be seen on the earlier photo.I will try him with some egg though tomorrow,it can't do any harm. Regards Steve
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Apr 16, 2015 20:10:47 GMT
Post by OP on Apr 16, 2015 20:10:47 GMT
What a lovely looking boy you have there. With out the pinnies he will be just like my Joey. He's the one in my signature.
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Apr 17, 2015 0:01:01 GMT
Post by Hezz on Apr 17, 2015 0:01:01 GMT
Hi and welcome, Billy and Steve. Billy is a beautiful boy.
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Apr 17, 2015 6:59:34 GMT
Post by samwiseg on Apr 17, 2015 6:59:34 GMT
Hello and welcome to the madhouse! Hope you enjoy being part of the forum and find it a useful as well as great place to be
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Apr 16, 2015 8:34:55 GMT
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Post by Billy's Dad on Apr 17, 2015 10:43:04 GMT
What a lovely looking boy you have there. With out the pinnies he will be just like my Joey. He's the one in my signature. Thanks OP,he is rather good looking isn't he.
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Apr 16, 2015 8:34:55 GMT
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Apr 17, 2015 10:45:11 GMT
Post by Billy's Dad on Apr 17, 2015 10:45:11 GMT
Hi and welcome, Billy and Steve. Billy is a beautiful boy. Thanks for the warm welcome Hezz,and Billy thanks you for the compliment.
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