Post by barrieshutt on Nov 9, 2011 9:10:13 GMT
How to succeed breeding budgies :
Keep your aviary size manageable. Too many fanciers have too many pairs where they breed many birds, but lack quality. Rather keep less pairs. which makes the selection of pairs more difficult, but only the best is used for breeding which results in more quality being bred and thus improving your stud.
Remember not all birds are show material and some will do well on the shows and some will do very well breeding.
Be harsh - cull regularly to improve the quality of your stud. Don't keep a bird because it looks nice.
Attend to your birds before a show: in the end it is all worthwhile. like they say it is the little things that make a huge difference.
Knowledge is power - Read - Read - Read
Don't always believe everything what people are saying - listen to what is being said, work through it and then decide what will work in your setup. "Steal" with your eyes and ears - don't be too angry if it is said that your bird is not up to standard - find out what to do to improve your faults on the bird Spend lots of time with your birds and observe, you Must know your birds to breed them
Perseverance
Expect disappointments everyday and learn how to overcome them If something does go wrong - don't ask "what is wrong with the birds" - ask "what did I do wrong" and find your mistake - somewhere you did something different
Good quality food. good quality, water, quality soft food especially when there are babies in the nests and supplements
Determination - Set yourself reachable targets or goals (example - next year 1 want to win at I east 3 CC's at a show, or I want to improve the quality of my spangles or I want to achieve at least 20 points at a show) You must have goals or something to work towards.
Finally good luck and create new memories every day and may you breed many show winning budgerigars.
Thank you Pierre and Maja Swart
Keep your aviary size manageable. Too many fanciers have too many pairs where they breed many birds, but lack quality. Rather keep less pairs. which makes the selection of pairs more difficult, but only the best is used for breeding which results in more quality being bred and thus improving your stud.
Remember not all birds are show material and some will do well on the shows and some will do very well breeding.
Be harsh - cull regularly to improve the quality of your stud. Don't keep a bird because it looks nice.
Attend to your birds before a show: in the end it is all worthwhile. like they say it is the little things that make a huge difference.
Knowledge is power - Read - Read - Read
Don't always believe everything what people are saying - listen to what is being said, work through it and then decide what will work in your setup. "Steal" with your eyes and ears - don't be too angry if it is said that your bird is not up to standard - find out what to do to improve your faults on the bird Spend lots of time with your birds and observe, you Must know your birds to breed them
Perseverance
Expect disappointments everyday and learn how to overcome them If something does go wrong - don't ask "what is wrong with the birds" - ask "what did I do wrong" and find your mistake - somewhere you did something different
Good quality food. good quality, water, quality soft food especially when there are babies in the nests and supplements
Determination - Set yourself reachable targets or goals (example - next year 1 want to win at I east 3 CC's at a show, or I want to improve the quality of my spangles or I want to achieve at least 20 points at a show) You must have goals or something to work towards.
Finally good luck and create new memories every day and may you breed many show winning budgerigars.
Thank you Pierre and Maja Swart
Silly me ^^ Thank you for telling me 
