Bird Show Confession

[Berserka]

I went to a bird show on Sunday (where were you Judy?) and here is my confession.


I got a the male (right) then after much humming and arring I bought this handicapped girl. She looked so lonely.





This pretty little Pink Bourke Hen:




and some budgies:






and this Blue & White Pied Male:




I also has this gorgeous Cinnamon winged Violet Hen but she died today mum said there was a butcher bird hanging around freaking the birds so she obviously got a nasty fright:

[Admin]

what gorgeous birds!! what is the hen's disability karen? see you are a soft touch!! lol

those budgies are SO cute, the blue and white pied is my favorite - same colours as my frosty used to have #heart# sorry to hear about the violet hen, she was very pretty

[alexandra]

lovely birds sorry to hear about the violet hen, what a shame

[Berserka]

She's the Rosella on the left. See her right foot? It is curled into a ball. She's 3 years old and has learned to live with it, she walks on it & even scratches herself with it so it doesn't bother her. She's not a skittish bird either.

[Berserka]

alexandra said:

lovely birds sorry to hear about the violet hen, what a shame

Yeah, darn thing too is she was the most expensive budgie too!

Her colour was lovely in the natural light. Pity, I had big plans for her.

[Admin]

oh yes i see it now. she is a beautiful little lady, no wonder you went mushy over her

you wait, i'll remind you of her next time i have to ask your advice after buying a sick bird cos i felt sorry for it #norty#

[fred]

very nice birds Karen.
Sorry to hear about the budgie
The Easterns are nice birds ( are they permitted ? )
Are you going to breed them ?
I like the white budgies.
also the Pink Bourke is that a hen or a cock ?
well done.
but naughty

[Berserka]

The Bourke is a hen.
I'm going to have fun next breeding season. I have a few varieties now, think I'll breed her to a pink split rosa cock. Tracy from "that forum" forum said she was going to give me some of what she breeds next season in thanks for the cockatiels I gave her & we'll probably swap a couple to have new blood lines.

Easterns are permitted but have to have a Movement Authority to transport them.
I actually had a guy in Tassie email me a week or so ago offering me 2 pairs of Tassie Easterns for my Moustache's. I said no, I was rather annoyed at his cheek as the Moustache's are worth at least 4 maybe 5 pairs!

I don't know if I'll breed them or not. It depends on them really. I don't want to put her in the large aviary & I definately can't put her in with Larry as I might end up with a Crimson/Eastern hybrid!

I could have been alot more naughty. I went to the show with $700 and came home with around $450.

[fred]

Karen
That is a good idea with the Bourke,s
I am not sure with the Easterns as the hen might not be able to breed...time will tell.
As for the Tassie Easterns I am glad you said no.
There is big talk now about them being caught in the wild.
Also at the moment Tassie Parks and Wild Life are trying to stop the export of Tassie Easterns and Tassie Greens.
I also think I know the gentleman.

[Admin]

you did very well to come home with so much change if that was our lin she would have spent the lot plus her bill money lol

[fred]

I would have come home broke
But what a good way to build more cages
hmmm good idea
To come home with so much Karen how could you

[Berserka]

I would have come home with even less if there were more Bourke's for sale. Too many Red Rumps for sale.

[Scully]

what are the first two...they are lovely!and the pink rosella

i can see we are gonna have to change the name of this board to

Karens Confessional

[Berserka]

The top 2 are Eastern Rosella's.

The second is a Pink Bourke - not Rosella.

[Scully]

i was just testing


silly Scully