*** Quoting KATHY JOHNSON from a message to DEREK BRICE ***
DB>Our current session began when my friend was out cycling with my two
DB>sons and they found a half starved stray female opaline light green
DB>flying around, so they brought her home and we fed her until she was
DB>fighting fit then we purchased a normal light green mate for her. This
DB>all happened about 4 years ago, now, they have finished breeding though
DB>they did have several successful broods, in fact one of their offsprings
DB>herself is currently rearing the latest of her own several broods.
KJ> Sounds like how I got into budgies originally. My husband's uncle 
KJ> a normal green male budgie at his outdoor bird feeding station. He
KJ> brought the bird indoors, and put him in an old cage they had in the
KJ> attic. They bought him a friend at the local department store. The 
KJ> of them lived for years together. When the uncle and his wife were
KJ> expecting their first child (they're close to our age), they gave the
KJ> birds to us.
KJ> We had the male for another 3 years before he succumbed to some sort 
KJ> respiratory illness, and the female lived to be at least 11 years 
KJ> We acquired a couple other budgies to keep her company after he died.
KJ> She raised her first (and only) clutch at age 9, with no help at all
KJ> from the male who fathered the babies! In fact, as she was feeding 
KJ> babies, he was off courting the other hen in the flight! We didn't 
KJ> any of the babies, though, and when the older budgies died, we gave 
KJ> last two younger ones to a friend who had other budgies.
Do you still have any Budgies?
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