Dr Kev’s Budgies

31/08/2025

Birds are having a well earned rest while the breeding part of the shed is being cleaned ready to restart in about four weeks time.

20/08/2025

16/08/2025

Struggling with my blackfaces and dun fallows for numbers this year so a wee trip to Don Dickson for some new outcrosses for next year. A blackface male, then a dun fallow and split hens.

03/08/2025

Popped into K and S Pet supplies dropped off eight birds to swap for seed, however this little blackwing hen caught my eye as an outcross for my blackwing family. Still that’s seven less birds in the shed…

31/07/2025

Starting to look at how to pair up the birds next year. All my birds are back from three David Woan Brothers. This group is from my dad’s Goldenfaces with the addition of a Mike Ball C**k and two Cobalts from David Randall. Normal cobalts from my Cawley / Lutolf family will be added. Cinnamon will be purged from this group. These will be the hardcore birds used into the majority of the rares (not slates or crests).

28/07/2025

13/07/2025

Dun fallow x single factor anthracite hen. Proof there is recessive pied lurking in the Dun Fallows too. This is the second split from this male with two different hens. He doesn’t have a head patch and there’s been no history of head patches in the family. I trust his breeder 100% (as opposed to many others I have dealt with when it comes to the newer mutations).

29/06/2025

Starting to look at the rainbows and have bred a lovely lot of young hens to use to build the family.

12/06/2025

12/06/2025

Another great find at K and S birds, Kirkcaldy. A lovely TCB opaline Yellowface cobalt male.