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Q. When Did you start in the
Hobby.?
Q. How many birds do you Keep and breed
per year.?
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Q. How big
is your Aviary & what seed do you use .?
Q. What extras do
you feed your birds chicks.?
Q. Do you
normally sell birds and what's the best tip you have been
given ?
Yes £20 to £40,
I was given this tip which i never forgot make
sure your Cocks and hens are in breeding condition before
pairing, this isn't as easy as it sounds. This may takes many
years of experience to get it right,
started
keeping budgerigars in December 2001.I started showing in 2002
but in all honesty did not have much of a clue. In 2002 I
bought my first birds from Ian Gordon and have not looked back
since. In 2003 I rung 90 chicks from 12 cages in two rounds
and breeding has been similar ever since. 2004 99 rung, 2005
112 rung and so far this year 105 rung. I do not take more
than two rounds and am finished breeding by May every
year.
I
have kept birds since the age of 11 starting with poultry then
onto racing pigeons which I raced successfully for 14 years. I
gave up the pigeons when I found I did not have enough time to
share between my family, the birds and work. When I had
given up I found that the evenings were missing something once
the children had gone to bed so I started looking for ideas on
the internet and stumbled across budgies and they seemed
to strike a chord with me. I found the Aberdeen B.S website
and discovered that the then secretary George Jenkins lived
two streets away from me in Portlethen. I made contact with
George and also discovered that an old friend from
my pigeon days, Michael Main was also in the hobby and as it
happened lived in Portlethen so I spent a lot of time with
them both in the early days. I moved to Forres (which is where
my wife and myself grew up) in 2003.I do miss the evenings
that George, Michael and myself used to spend at each others
aviaries talking about and looking at each others birds.
I
don't get to attend many shows due to work commitments but I
am very fortunate to have some great guys (Ian Gordon,Eric
Knight, Harold Hepburn and Jock Bowie) round about me who
regularly take my birds to the shows for me.
Have a nice day!
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