Bird Blog

• Yesterday I said goodbye to my beloved birds.
  Posted by Norma on Sunday 5th May 2013 at 07:46:10
    - 1 comment on this post - most recent Monday 6th May 2013 at 13:13:34

• Dad's Reply. A light hearted joke to make you smile.
  Posted by Norma on Monday 18th March 2013 at 18:24:00
  

• RETIREMENT! Yes, it is time to take it easy
  Posted by Norma on Monday 25th February 2013 at 19:47:54
    - 1 comment on this post - most recent Saturday 16th March 2013 at 19:17:30

• Baby Budgies and even more eggs are hatching.
  Posted by Norma on Tuesday 18th December 2012 at 19:21:42
  

• BABY HAND-REARED BIRDS
  Posted by Norma on Tuesday 27th November 2012 at 11:38:53
    - 1 comment on this post - most recent Thursday 13th December 2012 at 18:12:12

• What food do you feed your birds?
  Posted by Norma on Sunday 25th November 2012 at 16:36:57
  

• What is wrong with Companies this day and age.
  Posted by Norma on Tuesday 20th November 2012 at 21:46:13
  

• SULPHUR DIOXIDE effects on birds and humans
  Posted by Norma on Monday 5th November 2012 at 20:02:14
    - 1 comment on this post - most recent Monday 6th May 2013 at 21:02:43

• MY NEW BUDGIE BREEDING CAGES
  Posted by Norma on Sunday 28th October 2012 at 14:05:54
    - 1 comment on this post - most recent Tuesday 26th March 2013 at 20:55:09

• Problems, Problems and more Problems
  Posted by Norma on Tuesday 23rd October 2012 at 19:43:50
    - 1 comment on this post - most recent Wednesday 24th October 2012 at 08:39:54

Things are very quiet now with winter setting in.

Posted by Norma on Saturday 14th April 2012 at 19:38:24

2 comments on this post - most recent Friday 20th April 2012 at 11:27:49

Winter is coming and it looks like my birds are resting now. My Budgies have laid eggs but it looks like none of the eggs are going to hatch, perhaps because it is getting colder especially at night time.
I have 2 female Cockatiels who are also sitting on eggs, I will have to wait and see if they hatch.
Since returning from my holiday in the UK, only one baby Budgie hatched in January.
My daughter said it was because my birds missed me, but this I cannot answer, as I have been back now 3 months plus.

KOI FISH.
My new Koi that I placed into my new fish pond that I had built last year, have produced baby fish, far to many to count.



I know nothing about fish and as far as I understand by reading some information on the web, it seems that some people have trouble getting Koi to breed.
My knowledge as I stated before is zero, but whatever I am doing must be working as I have so many baby fish now that I will have to build another pond or sell some fish.

   

My eldest son gave me 2 Koi that he had in an aquarium, he said the tank was not giving them enough room. Since he gave them to me they have practically doubled in size. At a guess I would put them around 35+ centimeters.

 

My son-in-law also gave me 7 koi that were in a small pond in his garden, but as my great-grand daughter kept going into the pond he also decided to give his fish to me. They were quite small and now they are around 15+ centimeters.

About a month ago I decided that I would let the water level drop so that I could clean out the bottom. As I was standing looking at the pond trying to decide the best way to clean it out, I saw a very small white thing seeming to be swimming in the water. On closer inspection I realized it was a baby fish, it was about  2 centimeters. Then I noticed a lot of little baby fish which seemed to be sucking on the walls.

 

I decided then that there was no ways I could clean out the dirt at the bottom as I would perhaps disturb any eggs there. Since then I have had 3 lots of baby fish. The first lot are now around 7 centimeters, the second lot are around 5 centimeters, and the last lot are now 3 centimetres. I have all sort of colours, black, gold, white, and some with all sorts of a mixture of colours, quite beautiful to watch.

I sometimes switch off the pump and the filter as the young like to come up and eat from the side where the water rushes in.  I love to just keep low down behind a tall plant trying to keep a low profile so that the big ones don't stir up the dirt, so that I can watch the little ones eating from the side, or just swimming round and around playing follow the leader.

My pond water is clear on some days, but if the fish notice me looking in, the big ones go to the bottom and stir up the dirt so that it forms a dirt cloud in the water to hide the baby fish. Now I must decide what to do. If anyone has suggestions please contact me as I have no idea what to do next.









Duke my old Doberman of 13 years guarding my birds.



The 2 Aviaries built inside the entertainment centre.

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