Golden Wings Aviaries

29/08/2024

Budgie Vlog - Nest Daffodil - Ranger and Star - Pic N Mix

28/08/2024

2 gorgeous little loves off to their new home with Emma!
One is a GWA bred hagoromo and the other is our very last rehome which means after 7 days of her being in her new home, we can release the funds to Charlie's Place budgie rescue charity!!!

Again, thank you to all that donated the funds are going to such a worthy cause!!

27/08/2024

Budgie vlog - Nest Tulip - Rascal and Dream - Fosters

26/08/2024

Budgie Vlog - Nest Jasemine - Berry and Valkyrie - Lacewing hagoromos and foster TCB

26/08/2024

It's just gone 1am Monday morning.
We decided to cut our trip short and get back to the birds asap.
I've spent the last hour checking on everyone and doing nest box checks.
Tally had 3/5 babies fostered to other nests, leaving her with 2 as she wasn't coping with the 5 she had after the loss of Haze.
I've been keeping in constant contact with my mum, sister and her boyfriend who were coming in together to feed and water them and unfortunately discovered Haze having a stroke and it was then decided to foster as many babies as I could out to others.

I can report that all babies are safe and well, all fosters have been accepted and Tallys 2, have full crops.

I can go to bed and relax now and start with the catch up tomorrow.

Goodnight all ❤️

24/08/2024

We are currently away camping, with my family coming in twice a day to sort the birds.
Very sadly yesterday, it was discovered that Haze had suffered a stroke, and despite best efforts, he sadly passed this morning.
He leaves Tally with a nest of 5 babies on her own until I get back on Monday.

I'm absolutely devastated. Tally and Haze were my favourite pair and were a love pairing with Haze choosing Tally as his partner when she was just 12 weeks old. He faithfully stayed by her side until she was of age, when they raised many beautiful babies together.

Haze wasn't a GWA bred budgie and came to us as an adult so we have no idea of his age.

I'm hoping and praying that Tally can hold it together for 2 more days until I can get back to them and assist if necessary.

It's very rare that I leave the birds, having one holiday a year in August for a few days camping. I'm crushed that this has happened while I've been away and I wasn't there to comfort him.

Tally is a strong girl but her devotion to Haze is unmatched and I'm very concerned that while grieving, she will have the burden of the babies alone.

I'll update you all on Monday when I get back 😭

22/08/2024

This girl just gets even more beautiful by the day.
Not only is she absolutely breathtaking, she's also incredibly friendly and loves attention. To be honest I'm not surprised as anyone who comes into the birdroom immediately wants to hold her.
I can officially introduce Ember, the violet dark green blackwing baby girl 🥰

Just as a side note, I will be away for 4 days, having a much needed break. I will be camping pretty much in the middle of nowhere so I won't have enough signal to do daily updates. So please bare with me when messaging that it may take a few days to get a response.

Those of you on the waiting list will be contacted with offers when I get back as I'll have babies fledging while I'm away.
Don't worry, the birds are left in very capable hands so I hope they won't miss me too much! Haha!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend! 🥰🥰🥰

21/08/2024

The gorgeous little Basil is off to his new home via High Flyers courier 🥰
He's an absolute stunner! He was an absolute champ being in the carry box so I have no doubt he'll settle in quickly with his new Mummy 😍

20/08/2024

The first little flowers forming on the eldest lacewing Japanese crested hagoromo! These are so super cute! As dad is a split lacewing and mum is a visual lacewing these little lacewings have a chance of being male or female!

I just love how the shoulder flowers start sprouting just like real blooms!
All babies from this pairing will be blue series (pure white) with cinnamon wing markings and ruby eyes 😍😍😍

19/08/2024

Omg my heart... 😍
I can't get over the personality of this one!
It's giving I'm a boy, nope I'm a girl vibes which are different every day so we've got no official gender on it yet buuuuut I'm leeaaaaning towards a male.
Very friendly, but that could be the extra cuddles it's been receiving because they're so darn cuuuuute.
That crest is phenomenal 🤩 no flowers and from hago parents so still hago bred but with just a fantastic crest ❤️

18/08/2024

The gorgeous little tufted hen has now found a forever perch and has been named Tinkerbell 🥰
She's gone to live with Robberta and is in quarantine with her other lovely GWA babies ❤️
Thank you so much for sharing the wonderful pictures, it's lovely seeing them all settle in 😍

17/08/2024

This little lady still hasn't found her forever perch. Her dad is a crested and her grandmother is a hago. This little girl is a crest bred and has a tuft over her eye. She's a very inquisitive girl and is from Tinker and Chomp. PM if you can offer a perch as she's ready to fly now 😍

16/08/2024

I have been utterly blessed with some new German fallow rainbows in my nests! So far, 1 boy and 1 girl that will be staying with us. One is a yellow face and the other is a golden, as for body colour I would assume violet as the rainbow siblings that have been produced were violets, however until their final moult at 12 months I won't see much colour due to the German fallow gene diluting up to 75% of the body colour. As far as I am aware these German fallow rainbows are the only UK bloodline that exist so it's integral to GWA that these birds flourish before we consider allowing other people to own them for their project. We do have another yellow face in another nest as all the eggs were fostered around so that takes our numbers to 6 of these gorgeous birds 🥰
We have also been blessed with a German fallow Rainbow from Alison as a gift, as her birds contain many of my rainbows that are split for German fallow. This little beauty popped out and ahe kindly gifted her back so we can continue the project with a fresher bloodline 🥰🥰🥰

15/08/2024

Wendy has sent in this wonderful picture of Eric and Ernie, her 2 new rehomes that contributed to the funds for Charlie's Place 🥰
Eric and Ernie were collected today and are settling well into their new home.
Thank you so much Wendy for the support for the Charity and offering these babies a forever home ❤️
Funds for CPUK will be released 7 days after the last rehome has been collected, allowing time for the birds to settle and ensure that everyone is happy.
Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed 😚
You're all stars!

14/08/2024

Don't forget that the UKBC show is fast approaching! We're even holding a show for pet birds, all you need to do is bring along your budgie in their cage to be judged by Neil Cawley who is the chairman for the UKBC! There will also be the heritage and exhibition budgie show as well as stalls with lots of goodies to buy!
I will be there in support of the UKBC and I hope to see you there too!

13/08/2024

Budgie vlog - Bubblegum and Blanc - Nest Lavender - Hagoromo, crested and blackwing foster

12/08/2024

This baby is sooooo dark! Even for a blackwing, I can't quite make out what colour she is! 😍

11/08/2024

It's just one of those lazy days today 😍😍😍

10/08/2024

7 little wrigglies from Berry and Valkyrie.
Both hagoromo, Berry split for lacewing and Valkryie a visual lacewing. 3 red eyed babies in this nest which means 3 guaranteed lacewing hagoromos. As the father is a split and the mother is a visual, we will get white lacewing hagoromos in both genders 😍😍😍

08/08/2024

A little video of the gorgeous girl that's still with us and looking for her new mummy or daddy 🥰

07/08/2024

Budgie Vlog - Charm and Eve - Neat Eagle - Blackwings and foster.

06/08/2024

The chickens have been absolutely loving the warmer weather 🥰
Hatching season is still here and we have 7 gorgeous showgirl chicken babies looking for a new brooder!
Please PM ❤️

05/08/2024

Gorgeous little tufted hen, crest bred (from hago lines), father is crested, his mother is a hagoromo. Mother is TCB.
Very inquisitive little girl, sadly has not been chosen yet.
Ready for her new perch 🥰🥰🥰

04/08/2024

We have fantastic news!
All of our rehomes are now reserved!
Thank you so much to each and every one of you that showed interest 🥰
Funds will be gathered and birds will be collected after a fortnight of quarantine and as an extra boost to Charlie's Place rescue charity, an extra 2 birds (one rehome that came in separately on Saturday and one of my own) will also be included in the donation!
An extra special thank you to Wendy Ho**er who also donated extra money on top of the rehome fee in support!
Amazingly we're looking at a donation of £250 once all funds have been received!!

I can't thank you all enough for your support for this amazing cause!

If you would like to donate to CPUK please follow the link to help support those budgies in need that many other rescues cannot take due to them being positive for PBFD or FM.

https://www.facebook.com/charliesplaceuk

Once again, thank you all from the bottom of my heart, you are all amazing and I'm so proud of you all!

Charity organisation

02/08/2024

Budgie Vlog - Bongo and April - Nest Sunflower - Hago and fosters

01/08/2024

Everyone is in and have settled in very quickly!
All are tucking into seed and millet and are now on their first day of exzolt.
Despite the warm weather, they travelled well and I've managed to get some lovely pictures of them 🥰
All pictures are labelled 1-10 and all have descriptions as follows;
1 - Violet sky cinnamon exhibition C**k not GWA bred '19' rung
2 - Yellow faced cobalt C**k - Not rung
3 - Golden faced sky blue dominant pied hen - Not rung
4 - Cobalt violet spangle opaline dominant pied hen - Not rung
5 - Sky blue dominant pied opaline C**k - Not rung
6 - Golden faced sky blue exhibition C**k - rung '21'
7 - Lutino hen - rung '21'
8 - Cobalt Violet hagoromo C**k - I will be keeping this one as he's from birds I no longer have.
9 - Yellow faced cobalt, split clearwing C**k (slightly tufted) crest bred- '22 rung'
10 - Light green clearwing opaline split German fallow (rainbow fallow project bird) - Offset wing due to previous injury that's now healed (affects flight but is otherwise healthy) - '21 rung'

All unrung birds are estimated to be between 2-3 years old as the previous owner bred them herself.

All in lovely feather condition and are happily chirping away 🥰

31/07/2024

Don't say I don't treat you lovely lot 😆
From today and for a short period only, while stocks last, I will be including 2 bird stickers at random into all of my take home packs!
These are absolutely adorable and there are 3 sets to collect from! From cute budgies, to teils and parrotlets as well as the stunning stained glass sticker collection that contains a beautiful selection of other types of birds.
This is at no further cost, I just wanted to add a little extra something to say thank you to you all!

Update regarding the rehomes coming in tomorrow; they will be arriving to me around 9am so as soon as they're in and settled I will get pictures taken.
All will start off with a treatment of exzolt to give maximum coverage.
1 holding cage and 2 monitoring cages have been set aside if any separations need to be made for their health and safety.

Can't wait to update you all and a huge thank you to all the people that have contacted me with interest and are on the list to be contacted directly 🫶

30/07/2024

We will be taking in 9 rehomes on Thursday, 5 of which are GWA bred.
This is due to an aviary being shut down due to financial reasons which is utterly heartbreaking.
Times are so so tough at the moment and prices for absolutely everything has doubled, many bird keepers and breeders are feeling the pinch and having to pack up. This is why I'm so incredibly grateful to all of you, my followers or members of the GWA family that has had a baby.
However you interact with us, it helps boost the algorithm and as you know, funds go straight back to the birds.
I do this because I love it, I get to see all the happy faces and updates of the birds, absolutely thriving in their homes.

This is why I need your help! I already have 1 rehome here and with the 9 coming in, that will make 10. This means I need to find placements for them as soon as quarantine is over due to lack of space. So if you have a little piece of your heart and a spare perch that you could share, please get in touch ASAP so you can be contacted and updated through the process.

Due to how difficult things have been lately, I have decided that all rehome funds taken for these birds will be donated IN FULL to Charlie's Place budgie rescue charity. This rescue is run by a lovely lady called Siân Owen who takes in those budgies with more complicated issues such as FM and PBFD. What she does for the budgie world is nothing short of miracles. Without her, these special needs budgies would likely be PTS.

Currently, she was given an egg that was found in a cage, has hatched it herself, and has been feeding this little one day and night to give it a chance at life.

With your help, we can get these necessary funds to help her run this wonderful rescue and support the charity ❤️

Please follow her page here; https://www.facebook.com/charliesplaceuk

Please get in touch with any questions. I will keep you all updated.
All bird will be quarantined with me, will receive their mite and worm treatment, ronivet S treatment and all supplements while under my care.

I know at least 1 budgie will be staying with me and so I will be donating myself, so let's be a part of this wonderful fund raiser together and do something great for budgies less fortunate 😇😇😇

Charity organisation

29/07/2024

Budgie vlog - Kevin and Tundra - Nest Blossom - German fallows and foster rainbow