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WBO Colour (wild-type) Standards
WBO STANDARD OF PERFECTION FOR COLOUR BUDGERIGARS COLOUR:25 points To be as described in the Colour Standards. Emphasis should be placed on a pure uniform colour throughout the entire body. VARIETY MARKINGS: 15 points On cheeks, back of head, neck, wings and tail to be as described in the Colour Standards. MASK AND SPOTS:10…
Read MoreAWEBSA: Kwazulu-Natal Provincial Championship Show 2015
PIETERMARITZBURG HOST FIRST OFFICIAL PROVINCIAL SHOW FOR A.W.E.B.S.A. The start of the 2015 Royal show saw Pietermaritzburg Budgerigar Club hosting the first ever Provincial Budgie show for the young association AWEBSA. AWEBSA, founded in September 2014, stands for Association for Wild-Type and Exhibition Budgerigars of South Africa. Pietermaritzburg Budgie Club were the second club…
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Read MoreAWEBSA Founder Member Profile: Larkwood Aviaries
AWEBSA Founder Member Profile: Larkwood Aviaries Name: Larkwood Aviaries comprising the following members: Suzanne Lucas, Johan Lucas and NiQi During. Our partnership exhibit mainly with ring code L1. Club: PMBBC/SBC …
Read MoreMember Profile – Suzanne Lucas (Member of Larkwood Aviaries)
Suzanne Lucas (Member of Larkwood Aviaries) I entered into the budgie world by default, when I met and married my husband, Johan. Until we met I did not know anyone who kept and bred budgies, and thinking back on those days I remember there being an aviary of birds in the back garden where he…
Read MoreNorbert Kirstein Visits Jo Mannes in Freiburg
Norbert Kirstein | May 30, 2012 As arranged, my breeding colleague Jens Pollmann and I visited Jo Mannes in March. After a warm welcome with Linda serving up coffee and cake we struck up a lively conversation about how the breeding season was going. Jo commented that he was very pleased with the overall very good…
Read MoreFallows – Part 4: colour Varients
FALLOWS Colour Varieties/Colour Production/Genetics & History Colour Varieties: Fallow Yellow (Light Green): Mask: yellow, ornamented by six evenly spaced large round brown throat spots, the outer two being partially covered at the base by cheek patches. Cheek patches: violet. General body colour: back, rump, breast, flanks and underparts, yellowish green. Markings: on cheeks, back of…
Read MoreFallows – Part 3: The AIDA strategy
The AIDA strategy: Amplification of the rare recessive trait. Pair your Fallows with the best normals from your exhibition stud. Introduction of desired genes (from exhibition birds) to birds with the rare trait (in split form). From these pairings no visual Fallows will be bred and you will not know whether your birds are carriers…
Read MoreFallows – Part 2: Introduction
Introduction Fallow budgerigars have been regularly bred since 1930. It is published that at least three different mutations with a very similar phenotype/appearance exist. Fallows can be bred in the Green as well as in the Blue and Yellowface series of colours and in combination with most of the mutations. The wing colour of Fallows…
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