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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Mar 25, 2012 21:05:09 GMT
Personally I think I would prefer to breed the pet type birds to the exhibition type birds, but that's preference. I really hope I have enough time to get into breeding in the future Why do you prefer so
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2012 21:36:17 GMT
I guess just because I prefer how they look, BB. I'm not as keen on the huge afro-like (XD) head feathers of the exhibition type birds that I've seen, and I guess I just like them smaller too ^^ Plus breeding pet types means you don't have to worry about getting everything as best as it can be. It's more fun for me just to see what happens rather than think "Those spots aren't good enough." or "This one doesn't have a deep enough mask." etc, whereas for other people trying to breed the exact characteristics is more fun. I guess I'd probably get into that sort of thing with time but as long as the budgies I was breeding were healthy then I wouldn't mind ^^
Speaking of big budgies. There was a huge cock bird recently in the pet shop where I bought Munchy. He had a ring so I'm guessing he was previously kept for showing or breeding and had been sold on because he wasn't good enough any more.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2012 23:55:30 GMT
Personally I think I would prefer to breed the pet type birds to the exhibition type birds, but that's preference. I really hope I have enough time to get into breeding in the future The question is could you breed a exhibition type, it's not about buying two show types and breeding.
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Mar 26, 2012 0:56:42 GMT
Personally I think I would prefer to breed the pet type birds to the exhibition type birds, but that's preference. I really hope I have enough time to get into breeding in the future Why do you prefer so What is the reason behind breeding. I mean a show breeder will breed for show and so on
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2012 19:34:09 GMT
I guess more as a hobby, BB, and I'd probably aim for birds I find pleasing as opposed to the standard. My granddad surprised me with a book about it, though, and I'm currently rather taken with the idea of breeding budgies to show. It all sounds very complicated though.
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Mar 26, 2012 21:16:07 GMT
I guess more as a hobby, BB, and I'd probably aim for birds I find pleasing as opposed to the standard. My granddad surprised me with a book about it, though, and I'm currently rather taken with the idea of breeding budgies to show. It all sounds very complicated though. Best of luck. It certainly is very interesting hobby
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Aug 2, 2012 22:18:36 GMT
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Post by kakhan on Aug 10, 2012 21:07:31 GMT
Very nice article Barrie,we need more in this. I was trying to search how Exhibition Budgies developed and your article helped me understand the basics.A few questions... DO we need exhibition budgie male or female from top line breeder in our setup to start the breeding program? From where and How the first Exhibition Budgie developed? My understanding is that we have not manipulated the genetics in the embryo its just by selective breeding then how was it possible to get a larger male and a bird with puffy feathers.I am sorry if question seems dumb but i know only you can answer me
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Post by nigelsstud on Aug 11, 2012 23:14:02 GMT
It amazes me that budgies have remained unchanged in the wild for millions of years and yet with mans influence look at how many new varieties have been created in less that 200 years this has to be down to inbreeding from a small gene pool which has thrown up the freak genes ( all exhibition animals are by nature freaks created by us )
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