www.grassparakeet.co.uk

My website now has the domain name www.grassparakeet.co.uk

Nest box live

My nest box cam can now be accessed direct from this blog by clicking the link above

Bengalese

Some pictures of me new bengalese finches.

I don't know much about these finches apart from that they are captive hybrids (they don't occur in the wild) and are fairly easy to keep and most importantly are reasonably quiet.  I don't even know what colours these are.....fawn & white, fawn ?? Or if I have a cock and hen.  I think that I have heard one singing (the cock) which I believe is the only way to sex them.

New birds

I managed to get some hen turks today at the Carlisle sale, another yellow opaline and a cinnamon opaline. Hopefully they are hens, there's always that bit of a doubt when opaline is involved.  I did a part exchange with the cinnamon cock I bred last year.  Shame, as I would have really liked to keep this bird, especially when looking at the pictures below, but I need hens, and I'm hopefull of breeding some more cinnamon cocks this year anyway.

 Cinnamon opaline (2011)

Yellow Opaline (late 2010)

Below are pictures of the cinnamon cock that I exchanged..........

I also got a piar of bengalese finches.....just something different for the aviary.  I'll get some pictures next week. 

CAM BACK ON-LINE

Despite the sudden cold spell I've decided to take a bit of chance with the bourkes.  They were showing interest in breeding so I've got them in the shed cage with light and a bit of heat.  Also the web-cam is in their box (see my web site).  I would like this pair to breed early (Rubino cock x rosa hen) because their 2nd round last year produced two birds with deformed feathers and if this is going to happen again I would like to know fairly early on in the season.