Budgie Varieties?

This is 1st part of video of birds shown in diffident section and classes at Budgerigar Society Show 2010. See more video's at www.budgerigar ...

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It's Show Time For Your Budgerigars

The American Budgerigar Society (ABS) was established in 1941, and that year the society sponsored its first national budgie exhibition. In the years that followed, local budgie clubs affiliated with the ABS were formed in cities around the country, with each local group sponsoring its own shows.

Since the 1940s, budgie shows have grown steadily in popularity. Today, nearly 100 ABS-affiliated shows are held each year in the U.S. In addition, many other cage-bird clubs throughout the nation sponsor all-bird shows that have a separate division for budgerigars. Showing budgies also is very popular in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.

The show season continues throughout the year, with the majority of shows staged from May through November. At any one show, several hundred, sometimes even thousands, of budgies are exhibited and judged.

The premier event on the U.S. show circuit each year is the ABS-sponsored All-American, where dedicated breeders gather from all around the U.S., Canada and even overseas. The location for this event rotates yearly; the 1999 All-American show is scheduled for September in Orlando, Florida.

Budgerigar | The Pet Barn

The Australian Bush budgie is the original species of budgies. Mainly occurring as a small green bird, naturally occurring blue and yellow budgies have been sighted. They are found over most of the inner area of Australia. The Australian budgie is an altered version of the original and has been bred over many, many years to produce a multitude of different colours. English budgies are bred for their size and for show. They are larger than both the Australian Bush and Australian budgerigar, however  all varieties make excellent pets.

Budgies are great as pets or as aviary birds and can be kept in large colonies in an aviary set up. Males seem to be preferred as pets however with the correct training females can be quite good pets also. Budgies can be visually sexed by the colour of the cere (the nostril area). Males will have a blue cere whereas females will have a cere colour ranging from a light blush pink to a dark brown when in high breeding times. Budgies generally get their cere colour at around 6 months of age and can be bred at around 12 months although 15-18 months is a more secure age.

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  • It's Show Time For Your Budgerigars

    BirdChannel.com - May 20, 2012

    “For example, if you have parakeets of some rare variety that no one else has, bird shows allow you to go out and let other people know that such varieties exist.” The American Budgerigar Society (ABS) was established in 1941, and that year the society

  • Cockatiel And Budgie Housing

    BirdChannel.com - May 20, 2012

    Since your birds are different species, a problem does exist in your situation. Cockatiels eat a different diet than budgies. Although a cockatiel mix contains the same seeds as budgies, it also contains some safflower, sunflower and other high-fat

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