Chatto Creek Aviaries

07/11/2024

Hey guys, sorry about the variety video is late I'm trying my best to get it done😃, just dealing with a few health issues. The variety videos might not be every week now they might be every second week sorry, but will try my best to get them done.

26/10/2024

Those who are learning.
Here is a quick quiz😁

What variety is this chick ?
Comment down below on what you think it is.

Dont be shy to comment, if you get it wrong thats fine, this page is all about learning 😊

Abit tricky as shes still feathering up, just thought it might be abit to a challenge for you guys who are learning 😉

23/10/2024

Hey guys, finally its done 🤩. Sorry for the late video, my day didn’t go as planned and the video took way longer to edit it all then the last one. But anyway here it is 🙂 Hope you enjoy it😁😁😁

Episode 2 learning about the variety called Opaline 🤩

Would love to hear others feed back on the video as well 😊

NOTE: so i forgot to mention about how you tell what is what when they are really young in the nest and haven't coloured up yet.

So first off those who dont know (down) is like fluffy feathers they have before they start to colour up) so all chicks with white down will be opalines and grey down for normals.

22/10/2024

Sorry guys I didn't manage to get the whole variety video done today, but will be posted tomorrow afternoon.

In the meantime enjoy this wee hen
She loves people and extremely curious, just shows how much time i spend in with the birds 😅 as she was not handreared or specially hand tamed.

She is one of the hens i will keep for foster pair and breeding pretty colour for pets for people.

Any name suggestions for her ?

I dont normally name my birds as i wouldn't remember all their names, but shes a wee special bird, everyone loves her on the aviary tours as she comes right up to you and interacts with you😊

16/10/2024

So the next variety video is in the making 😃 just struggled to get photos of good examples of opalines.

But a huge thanks to the UK budgerigar club for so kindly getting me the photos i needed.

Also a reminder for those that dont know,
If your interested in following all about the rare colours and my show budgies. I do have a page for them, I have attached a link to it down below.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558645263493&mibextid=ZbWKwL

10/10/2024

Well this is an awesome surprise that came in the mail today 😁

Won it at Christchurch bird show for the best novice rec pied.

06/10/2024

Farm fresh hard boiled eggs from chatto creek are used in the soft food for the bird. The blended eggs are for the pairs and the half eggs are in the flights for the birds to chew.

Hard Boiled eggs are good for them as its a source of protein and calcium for them. just have to be careful in the summer times here as eggs go off quickly in the heat.

For those who are local😁 go check out the stall its past chatto creek tavern around the corner going towards omakau, they are in a little fridge and good price they are 5 dollars a dozen.

06/10/2024

Now its all go!!🤩 we have the first chick of the season and another 5 due today.

05/10/2024

Its finally done!
Hope its easy to understand ?

Please let me know what you think of it🙂

As gives me an idea of what the next variety video will look like, either similar to this one or more too it.

30/09/2024

Hey guys, just letting you know this week will be the first episode of the variety and colour videos🤩. Just editing and making everything this week, hopefully easy to understand and learn, it is the first time i have made these videos so probably will get better the more i make them, but they will be correct.

We are going to start from the very basic variety Which is Normals.
Normals is a variety not a colour so it has nothing to do with the body colour, will explain more in the video this week.

30/09/2024

This is a variety not many people have seen before. (Sadly the camera doesn't show the true beauty of the red violet c**k bird, due to cameras can't comprehend violet)

So red violet is technically a df violet with a gene modifier, which is the red hue /sheen to him, but you only can see it in person.

You can see the colour shade difference between the c**k(red violet spangle(possibly opaline, but hard to tell as hes very poorly marked) and the Hen df(double factor) violet normal.

These are paired up to get more red violets
And to produce even more deeper purple birds. In person this is pretty much his real shade of colour 💜 which if you have been here in person you would have seen before.

Note this cage is just for video purposes, not their living place.

28/09/2024

Charlie is off on one of his farm adventures

Those who dont know about Charlie,
He is a 90 year old sulfur crested c**katoo
He can't fly at all due to being neglected in his past which he has permanent damage to both his wings and damage to one of his foot.

28/09/2024

23/09/2024

Very exciting!! this pair which i call the male odd ball as not sure what his variety is, i have my suspicions but won't beable to prove it till i breed him. They have 2 eggs now, hope they are fertile as half siders sometimes are not fertile.

The hen is your typical normal blue, shes not carrying anything in her pedigree. Which you want when trying to figure out what this male is, as if i get a random mutation from this pair i will know it has come off the males side and not the hens.

Note for those new Here, this cage is not the birds cage they live in, they are only in this cage for photo and video purposes.

04/09/2024

This is what i call my project aviary, some are just paired up for foster pairs, and some i haven't bred yet or I bought in, as some are ones that i have seen something about them that i am looking for.

all have a purpose, Not just wanting to breed pretty colours in ways of mixing every variety together. Going to be an exciting season!! All the dominant pieds and either clearflight,dutch, or a possible frosted pied also banded pieds which most of those pied varieties are vanished or a bird might have a some trait and i won't know for sure till i breed them.
the goal is to get them all pure while building up their size.

Then their are the just interesting birds that i have seen and interested to see what they breed.

Most haven't bred so not sure what to expect from the ones i haven't bred myself.

24/08/2024

Hey guys😃, just updating you on the mutation and variety videos i will be doing for people who want to learn the basics of genetics, then we can get to the more harder varietys. Just really a time thing. So once i get the breeding season kicked off, then i hope to get them started. Will keep you all updated. What does everyone want to start on ? Colour or variety?

Photo is an example this c**k birds variety is a rec (recessive) pied and his colour is a violet sky.

15/08/2024

Even tho Charlie's 90 years old he still has lots of energy and very cheeky . He hates me changing his news paper at the bottom of his cage, its all ripped it all up in minutes 🤣 very demanding in scratchs as well, and if he doesn't get scratches screams till he does😅

18/07/2024

I reckon budgies are definitely underrated birds. I dont see why there is not to much interest in breeding budgies. Just look how stunning these birds are!! Who wouldn't want to own or breed these colorful wonders🤩

The photos are taken in the dark, really makes there colours pop. no flash used just a light in the flights.