The budgies are having fun in the sunshine, eating sweetcorn and basil.
I have had to remove seed troughs from two cages because Iris keeps trying to destroy them and tip out all the seed. Also a water pot from one cage for the same reason!
Peter has made friends with just about all the boys. Every morning he will fly over to the top of the cage nearest to me and sing a little song while bobbing his head. He’s a very happy go lucky budgie.
Everyone seems happy. I hope it stays this way for a long time.
It’s Spring now and the weather is sunny most days. The budgies love to sing when it’s sunny.
They also sometimes like to bathe, mostly in their water dish.
Peter has integrated very well into the group. He enjoys spending time with George. I have also seen him playing with Blithe through the bars of a cage and bashing beaks. Plus he’s sang and played with Billy.
Here are some photos of everyone. I particularly like the one of six of the budgies on the swing, they look like a circus act 🙂
My budgies seem to have colour coded themselves. Last night George moved over to the yellow/green cage.
So now we have a blue cage and a yellow green one 🙂
Do budgies choose the way that they feel safe by spending time with similar coloured budgies to themselves? is it a survival instinct for camouflage?
I am pleased to announce that we have a new budgie friend. He came to live with us near the end of November.
We have named him Peter. His previous owner wanted him to go to a place where he would have other budgie friends to play with. He has 7 other playmates here and is very happy.
He’s a quiet little soul (so far, but I’m sure we’ll be able to tell more over time).
Peter will get on my hand for me to lift him into his cage for bedtime. He shares a night time cage with Blithe, Bertie and George.
I have attached a photo of him with Bertie – Peter is the Sky Blue spangle. Also a photo with all of his current friends.
Welcome Peter, we’re glad to have you here!
I’m very sad today – we lost our beautiful SkyBlue hen, Lucy.
She had a very short illness and I found her at the bottom of the cage this morning.
Lucy was approximately 4 years old , she came to us in March 2017 at the age of 6 months. She had been through a lot of health issues and also a few scrapes.
After vigorously chasing him around until he agreed that he was indeed her soul mate – she formed a very close relationship with George, George continued devoted to her and to feed and preen her all through her issues. Even though he had a brief relationship with Polly, he fed both hens and they never fought over him – I do not know where he got the energy.
We will miss your crazy antics and zest for life Lucy.
Photos attached of Lucy – George is the Green spangle sitting next to her.
A couple of days ago one of my budgies laid an egg. I have three hens, but I suspect it was Iris.
Co-incidently, I have been reading a book to my little girl called “A busy day for birds” by Lucy Cousins. Eve likes me to read this book at least 5 times a day.
There is a page that says “Say Cluck Cluck and lay an egg”.
I think Iris has been taking this literally.
Two of my hens (Lucy and Iris) are constantly trying to find nesting places in the curtains.
The other day I walked into the room, holding Eve(my daughter), to find that Lucy had herself tangled up in the bottom of the curtain and was flapping away.
I quickly put Eve down and held Lucy with one hand, making sure to hold her wings in (getting bitten really hard many times)and tried to free her with the other. She had cotton tangled around her leg and foot and was flapping to try and get away. I called to my husband for what felt like ages for help as he was in the other room and the doors were closed.
Eventually, he appeared and I asked for some scissors and for him to hold her while I snipped the cotton. I made one snip and it freed her so she flew off.
Thankfully there was no damage to her, I’ve no idea how long she was there.
So now, this is what the curtains look like to try and prevent it happening again!
When I get the camera out to take photos of the budgies, Daisy will do anything to get away from me.
She likes to fly away as fast as she can and keep her beady eye on me!
Oh well, at least she is having fun and being active.
We all moved back in to our flat on 9th July. I think the budgies are glad to be home too.
When we were on the 4th floor they could constantly see seagulls circling and it made them quite unsettled.
Here is a photo taken yesterday of the budgies enjoying some basil
