Golden Wings Aviaries (2025)

27/04/2025

The gorgeous German fallow siblings have now fledged and have had their official pictures done 🥰

I also couldn't help but do a sibling photoshoot, too, as they're just absolutely perfect together ❤️

These little cuties are from Wolf and Samhain but have been raised by Rome and Fae due to them having a few problems in their bio nest. The bio parents have been on rest, and I have just paired up Samhain to her new partner, Champion, a German fallow rainbow who won Champion Heritage 2024 last year! Hopefully, this will be a better matched pairing and will also allow for some more diversity in my German fallow rainbow bloodline 🤞

We have a golden faced violet german fallow little girl (unreserved) and a white faced violet German fallow male (soft reserved) 💜

Absolutely adorable 😍

26/04/2025

Butt nuggeeeeets, BUTT NUGGGGGEEEEETTTS, COME AND GET YEH BUTT NUGGGGEEEEETS! 🎤

Spring is truly in the air, and we're starting our first chicken hatch with new babies due on the 4th of may! 🐥🐥🐥

We also have an abundance of eggs looking for a new incubator or fluffy but broody hen!

Dust off those incubators, bring out those brooders, ITS HATCHING TIME!! 💃💃🕺🕺

Super friendly and perfect for backgardens. The silkies and showgirls are the perfect choice!

PM to reserve!! 💌

25/04/2025

Today's update is;

SHOW OFF YOUR GWA BABIES!!

GWA was created in 2017, so we've now been running for a glorious 8 years! ✨️✨️✨️

Time has definitely flown by, and I know that during that time, I have learnt so many new things! I've gone from a few birds and one breeding cage to having over 200 and running 24 breeding cages at my highest peak 😱

I can't wait to see your beautiful babies that may have even had babies of their own! Possibly, I'm even a great great great grandma at this point 😆😆😆

So please share away, I can't wait to see them all 😍

Pictured is one of the babies from Samhain and Wolf currently being reared by Rome and Fae ❤️

24/04/2025

Our gorgeous rainbow split German fallow pair, Benji and Madeline are now parents to 3 gorgeous babies, with 3 more eggs to hatch!
Benji is a mauve Rainbow and Madeline is a cobalt violet rainbow 🌈

So far out of the 3 babies, we have 2 visual German fallow rainbows! Woooopwooooop! 🤗🤗🤗🤗

Our visual German fallow rainbows will be our keepers and will join their siblings, Song and Lullaby from the previous clutch! 🫶

Non visual German fallow rainbows will be offered down the waiting list when they're ready ❤️

23/04/2025

Guys, guuuys GUYS!
Whaaaaat!
Remember my little surprise recessive pied hagos. Well, I initially thought the first that we named Enigma was male, then I second guessed myself and said female. 💙💖

Well, I was still not convinced, and I thought I'm going to pop both babies in the photobox together now that the sibling we've named Crypton has fledged. 😄 (Thank you Edwin for the name suggestion!)

Guuuuys, they're both boys! And both heavily marked!!! I was NOT expecting that! 😱😱😱

I'm so so so so pleased with the outcome as I needed some new boys for next year and I have some STUNNING girls to pair to them which means I'll be able to offer recessive pied hagos (fingers crossed) from next year!! 😍😍😍

Look at those little smooshy faces Ohmegerd 😆😆😆

Now I've got to find where they've come from... sooooo.. I've paired up my only visual recessive pied hagoromo hen named Davina, with her love partner Nero as they are top on my list of suspects 🧐

I'm kinda hoping they're not the parents because that would mean I have another unrelated bloodline for the recessive pied hagos! Either way we should know soon, I'm still getting eggs laid in my flight and fostering them to other nests so, those foster eggs should not be recessive pied hagos, if my theory is correct and there were some laid by Nero and Davino, so we shall seeeeeee 🤗

All proper exciting stuff!

Do you like the look of the recessive pied hagoromos? ✨️✨️✨️

21/04/2025

Happy Easter to my lovely GWA family! 🐣

Couldn't get more eastery (is that even a word haha!) Than this gorgeous yellow face sky blue baby girl German fallow! Just look at those colours! 😍

She's from Wolf and Samhain and she will be the last baby from that pairing ✨️

Her sister is number 5 and everyone went mad over her gorgeous looks and this little lady will be exactly the same 😍

19/04/2025

Budgie Vlog - Rome and Fae - Nest Breakwater. All foster babies. ❤️

18/04/2025

The lovely Kim Cooke received her GWA babies on Thursday and is absolutely over the moon with them! She got 3 girls, 2 hagoromos and one of our beautiful cinnamon German fallow opalines! ❤️

So I want to do her a shout out! If you want to follow her journey with her birds please give her a like and follow!

Her page is called 'The budgie nest Melksham' and you can find her here;
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61573405132496

She also has Instagram so any of my grammers can find her here;
https://www.instagram.com/thebudgienestmelksham?igsh=czUycnZqdG94bmxn

So please do pop over to her socials and show her support 😁

Sharing the love for our fellow breeders and keepers 🥰🥰🥰

17/04/2025

4 gorgeous babies were couriered to their new homes today!
The lovely Kim had a stunning trio of girls including a German fallow cinnamon, a TCB hagoromo hen and a dilute rainbow hen.
The lovely Sarah had one of our exhibition size recessive pied boys 🥰

All were received this morning and all are now settling in ❤️

Thank you both so much for choosing GWA for your babies 🥰

Don't forget that High Flyers couriers are available to deliver birds up and down the UK so you're not limited to collecting in person.

You can find their website here,
https://www.highflyersukcouriers.com/

❤️❤️❤️

16/04/2025

Budgie Vlog - Jasper and Lydia - Nest Faith - Pic'n'mix ❤️

15/04/2025

Bit of an early update than usual, but I wanted to give you a Pickle and Pepper update! 🐦

They are now coming up to 6 weeks old and were moved from the brooder to their temporary nursery cage yesterday. For the last week or so, they have been getting to grips with some french red millet and have naturally dropped the volume of formula they're taking at feeding time ❤️

They're still on 3 feeds a day, but I'm hoping they will start their weaning very soon 😍

They have been rung, Pickle is 003GWA125 and Pepper is 004GWA125 and these are split rings so new owners can remove them if preferable.

They have also had their DNA test done today, and i ran it up to the post office right away with first class delivery, so hopefully, we should get results within a week!

All DNA tests also come with a DNA certificate for the new owner 😁

But look how much they've grown! I'm so surprised that even seeing them daily, there is noticeable growth every day!

These are very snuggly and hand tame babies, and if they're anything like their sisters, they will still be with me for another few months so I get to enjoy them for even longer 😊

Please can those who are still interested drop me a PM as I would like to confirm serious interest. One baby has already been reserved ❤️

14/04/2025

Back in October of 2023, I was given an amazing opportunity to own some Montezuma/Mearn quail babies.

Thanks to Ursie Hart, who kindly made it possible with swapping some budgies, Beast, Belle, Ariel, and Eric came into my life, and I was incredibly fortunate to be blessed with 2 pairs!

Montezuma/Mearns quails are incredibly rare, even more so in the UK, with only birds being imported holding the bloodlines. These are incredibly expensive birds not only due to their popularity and rarity but also due to the fact that they are very slow maturing and unpredictability with laying and rearing babies.

The Montezuma quail was made even more popular by the famous Finn, a Montezuma quail with a huge wardrobe of different hats 😁 whose videos can be found on Tiktok.

Finally, after 18 months. I have been blessed with my first few eggs! 🐣

I'm over the moon and can't wait to have a go at hatching my very own montezuma quail 😍

Make sure to follow for updates! ❤️❤️❤️

13/04/2025

Chop day today for my little beauties!

Lots of added supplements today as they're all looking a bit rough with their moult so a nice good boost is what they need 💪

Added to my soft food is nutrobal, TOP s, thrive and gloss, Hormova and fonio paddy. Lots of extra protein and calcium to aid with that new feather growth!

The birds absolutely love it, with their favourite being the tinned sweetcorn. Watching them chase each other around trying to sn**ch a piece is hilarious 😂

Do your birds enjoy their chop? Post your pictures below! Id love to see them digging in 🥰🥰🥰

12/04/2025

Had a visitor last night!
She seems quite perturbed at our Halloween skeletons 😆

In all seriousness, though, it's actually our pet ferrets that are in their hutch, causing the worry for Mrs Fox. While a ferret is no match for a fox, they're still predators with a ferocious bite.

We are now in fox cubbing season, so it's very important to make sure all of your animals are safely locked away as the vixens will be out searching for food. 🦊

Our chickens are behind a heavy wire run and locked door, mesh dug under and inside the perimeter and sleeping in a coop, 6ft off the ground.

Our other birds are locked up safely in the confines of the birdroom.

Please see this warning and make sure your animals are safe when putting them to bed at night 🌙

Want to give a shout out to a friend called Shannon who has just started her budgie breeding journey! She runs a Faceboo...

11/04/2025

Want to give a shout out to a friend called Shannon who has just started her budgie breeding journey!

She runs a page called Budgie Heart Aviary, so please head over and give her a like and follow and share the luuuuurve!
https://www.facebook.com/share/18nKB4DA8o/

She also has Instagram, so for my fellow grammers, you can find her page here;
https://www.instagram.com/budgieheart.avairy?igsh=MTEzMXRnOGtyenlycA==

Times are tough with the cost of living, and so all help and support for fellow breeders is very much appreciated. ❤️

Follow her on her journey and adventures and watch her grow and flourish 🥰

10/04/2025

We had the lovely Sinead and her family down for a collection today to collect their new baby Eric! 🥰

Sinead waited over 2 years for her baby, she's a lady who knew what she wanted, and I was up for a challenge 😆

Clearwings are incredibly difficult to source, so I made it my mission to find a good quality pair to be able to breed the violet clearwing baby that she wanted.

I could only find babies, so I kept Sinead up to date with their progress, and she waited patiently.

The clearwing pair that we named Romeo and Juliet produced a variety of types in their nest, including albinos, mauve, and violet which was a bit of a surprise, but with the bird gods shining down on us, we managed to breed a violet clearwing that Sinead so desperately wanted ❤️

I can't wait to hear about Erics adventures with his new girlfriend Ariel 🥰

Thank you so much for choosing GWA for your baby and for being so patient with us ❤️

09/04/2025

So proud of my girl Heather! This is only her 2nd clutch, and she unfortunately lost her partner Milkshake a few weeks ago 😢

She's raised her 4 babies all by herself, taking time to show her newly fledged baby how to eat and then returning to the nest to feed the others. 🥹🥹🥹

Heather is GWA bred, by quite a few generations, so it really is a testament that the birds I produce are heading in the right direction in terms of personality and the decision to move forward with the hagoromos was the correct one!

Just look at this gorgeous little boy. What an absolute sweetheart 😍

My hagoromos are known for their sweet and fun personalities, so we'll worth getting on the list for one if you're thinking about a new companion ❤️

Golden Wings Aviaries