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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 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 1: English Fallow Mutation
English Fallow budgerigar mutation The English Fallow budgerigar mutation is one of approximately 30 mutations affecting the colour of budgerigars. At least three types of Fallow, the German, English and Scottish, all named after their country of origin, have been established, and although none of these types is common they are superficially similar, but adult…
Read MoreThe Wonders of Chickweed
Terry Tuxford | May 23, 2012 Chickweed Over the years there have been many references to providing our birds with Chickweed because of its benefits. I thought I would do a little research to try and find out why. Chickweed is a plant of Eurasian origin that’s made itself quite at home everywhere that Europeans…
Read MoreWild-Type Budgies
They say “A picture tells a thousand words!” Well in order to get across what AWEBSA means by ‘Wild-Type” Budgies please consider the images below and we trust it would clear the matter up for you. Perhaps it’s a case of David and Goliath. If you had any doubts the Wild-Type…
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