Wynnum Redlands Budgerigar Society Inc. Newsletter.

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1 Wynnum Redlands Budgerigar Society Inc. Newsletter. Nov. December 04. The Club s Web Page is : The Newsletter Editor milton.ludlow@gmail.com Wynnum Redlands Budgerigar Society Inc. would like to state, that it s objective in reporting various articles & advice in our Newsletter & communication, both verbal and written, is merely to disseminate information, and not to make recommendations or directives. Wynnum Redlands Budgerigar Society Inc would like to state, that the views expressed therein are not necessarily those of Wynnum Redlands Budgerigar Society Inc

2 Your Committee is as follows: President Trevor Broadbent Ph Vice President Kerri Potts Ph Secretary Kay Ralph Ph Treasurer Bill Sedgwick Ph Ring Steward Bill Sedgwick Ph Show Secretary Pat Sedgwick Ph Show Steward Ian Anderson Ph Frank McGill... Editor Milton Ludlow Ph Caterer Val Scott Ph Social Director Kay Ralph Ph Committee Members:- Milton Ludlow, Ray Saunders, Val Scott, Mel & Shane Whell, and Darryl Hoffman Editorial. Hi members. Well I m back, yes had a fantastic trip. Would love to do it again, Grand Canyon was the best, then horse riding with the Granddaughters. Weather perfect, no rain, BUT health has suffered. The next Newsletter will be a Jan/ Feb 05 coming to your door approx mid Jan. For those Fanciers, and their partners, on the sick or Crook List. We wish you all a healthily and speedier recovery, Minutes of Committee Meeting held on,,,,,,?????????. SQ Page. No info has been passed on to me.??????????. CLUB NEWS. Membership fees are now due.

3 Xmas Party. To the members whom didn t attend, we had a really great night; we would love to see you next year. Some interesting photos from the night. Raffle Time A GREAT night had by all. Not a junior much longer And Toni is Happy Milton received a couple awards. Darryl s still winning. Ray & Kim Saunders were elevated to Intermediate congratulations to Ray & Kim

4 Exhibiting Budgerigars Although many breeders are content to breed budgerigars just for the love of their wonderful range of colours, the vast majority are sooner or later drawn into the competitive world of bird shows. There are thousands of All-Bird Shows held around the world each year where budgies are exhibited in a separate division from the other cage-birds. And there are special Budgerigar Shows where hundreds, and sometimes thousands of budgerigars, are judged to a "Standard" or "Ideal" which is usually approved by the national society. There are budgerigar shows all around the Australia. The show season continues throughout the year, with the majority of shows being staged from May through November. Most clubs sponsoring Budgerigar Shows are affiliated with national societies [ A.N.B.C.]. Patronage from these Societies includes special medallions, plaques, rosettes and certificates which are awarded to the owners of winning birds. But most local clubs supply their own trophies. An exciting feature of exhibition for the beginner [ Novice] is that you do not have to compete against the longtime breeders until you have gained experience and had some success on the show bench. In Aust. there are "divisions" for Novice, Intermediate and Open exhibitors, another for the Rare Varieties, and a junior division for children, all birds must be bred and banded by the exhibitor unless a special division is specified to enable bought birds to be shown. Each variety has its own section, such as Green Normals where the Light Green and Grey-Green birds and Dark greens compete. Separate classes are provided for cocks and hens and for young birds (which have been banded during the current year). The birds compete in class, section and division, with the winners being later compared to determine the "Best In Show" awards, the Judge often places the birds first through to third best in each division. Special awards are usually also made for the top hens and the best young bird. Once you attend your first show and have been "bitten by the budgie bug", you can look forward to many years of exhibiting, camaraderie, travel and excitement. At many shows you will have the opportunity to ask questions and learn from the "old-timers" and Champion breeders. In this hobby, like most others, knowledge is the first ingredient for success. Do not be afraid to ask questions, it doesn t matter how silly the question seems, we all have asked the same question years ago. Many friendships are formed during the social functions and educational sessions at club nights. There are some breeders whom hone in on new breeders and try to guide them to buy their birds, be careful, only time will tell if you get stung. Try and only buy several birds from one or two breeders, and work on them. Only choose one or two varieties or colours. You can decide on Sex-linked, Recessive, Dominant or Normals, but don t try and breed these all at once. There are other members in the club with vast experience in breeding different types of birds. Choose what type of birds you would like to breed, and spend a couple of years experiencing and understanding Genetics in birds. There are numerous books in the Club Library to assist and improve your understanding of the Budgie. 4

5 GRANDKIDS. She was in the bathroom, putting on her makeup, under the watchful eyes of her young granddaughter, as she'd done many times before. After she applied her lipstick and started to leave, the little one said, "But Grandma, you forgot to kiss the toilet paper good-bye!" I will probably never put lipstick on again without thinking about kissing the toilet paper good-bye. My young grandson called the other day to wish me Happy Birthday. He asked me how old I was, and I told him, 80. My grandson was quiet for a moment, and then he asked, "Did you start at?" After putting her grandchildren to bed, a grandmother changed into old slacks and a droopy blouse and proceeded to wash her hair. As she heard the children getting more and more rambunctious, her patience grew thin. Finally, she threw a towel around her head and stormed into their room, putting them back to bed with stern warnings. As she left the room, she heard the three-year-old say with a trembling voice, "Who was THAT?" A grandmother was telling her little granddaughter what her own childhood was like. "We used to skate outside on a pond. I had a swing made from a tire; it hung from a tree in our front yard. We rode our pony. We picked wild raspberries in the woods." The little girl was wide-eyed, taking this all in. At last she said, "I sure wish I'd gotten to know you sooner!" My grandson was visiting one day when he asked, "Grandma, do you know how you and God are alike?" I mentally polished my halo and I said, "No, how are we alike?'' "You're both old," he replied. Frank McGill. Happy Birthday, what a cake, spoilt, spoilt, spoilt. 5

6 Wynnum Redlands Budgerigar Society inc. Accumulated Show Points as at 0//04 Novice Anderson Family Bressow Cosh Family Dionysius Forbes Kennedy McGill Morriss Mouritz Price Ralph Saunders Thompson Townsend Wenck A C Aaron G & M F T Bevan E Kay R T & V Grant D & D to Intermediate 05 Intermediate Ault Broadbent Brown Campbell Crawford Farren-Price Greber Grunert Hammond Hoffmann Johnston Family Kelly Ludlow Macdonald Menzies Procter Reid Smith Trebbin Family Tucker Whell Family C & M T & T D K Bob H & A M M & C L Darryl B M C & B G T M T & Y G & H

7 CLUB MEETINGS... January. No meeting, as some will still be away holidaying. AGM,,,,,, th February.We will have some dvd special so you can pay your dues.and catch up with friends. Murphy Challenge: - 7th March 05 big changes, watch next month s Newsletter. Start getting your entries sorted out. WRBS Auction: - 9th April 05 fast approaching. End of Year Results Best Exhibitor 04 Green Blue Lutno Albino Cinnamon Lacewing Opaline Clearbody Dominant Pied Yellowface Yellowface Spangle Clearwing Fallow Recessive Pied Most Points Preselection Intermediate Spring Festival Novice Spring Festival Novice Encouragement Novice Novice Annual Show Intermediate Junior Beginner Table Show Junior TableShow Barbara Kelly Darryl Hoffmann W & G Robinson Darryl Hoffmann Barbara Kelly Alex Johnston Whell Family John Scull T & T Broadbent Milton Ludlow Ray & Kim Saunders Milton Ludlow John Scull Whell Family Milton Ludlow E & L Miller Milton Ludlow Will Johnson Will Johnson Ray & Kim Saunders Ray & Kim Saunders Darryl Hoffmann Alex Johnston Pendergast Family Natasha Pendergast 7

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11 I n my humble opinion this is,,,,,,,the Biggest Mistake Ever Made in the Budgerigar Fancy: By Mr. Keith Gough. As many of you are aware, at the Delegates Meeting in 0, it was decided that the Yellow Face Blue Variety was classed as a colour and not a variety this was deemed by people with many degrees after their names, But as a layperson and a budgerigar breeder of over forty years, I personally consider this decision to be one of the biggest mistakes ever made in the budgerigar fancy. How the Yellow Face cannot be a variety I cannot comprehend as when you breed a Double Factor there is no yellow what so ever. We now have Yellow Faces capable of winning in every class except the Normal Green and the Normal Blue classes. Even more bewildering is the fact that the Standard has changed to allow yellow intrusion on the body colour as well as other areas. The Standard now reads for Blue Yellow Face. General Body Colour for both the Australian Golden Face and the Yellow Face is per the corresponding Normal Blue Series with yellow intrusion Buttercup or cream mask should extend over the frontal and crown with no more than minimal intrusion into the undulations at the back of the head. The frontal and crown should be clear and free from all markings. Deep yellow or cream overlay on the white areas of the secondary tail feathers is permissible. By the above wording we can only assume we have changed the Standard to the birds some people are breeding and not to the ideal of perfection. The winning Fallow this year at the Adelaide Nationals was a perfect example of how this has all gone wrong. The bird was a lovely style bird but where is the variety, what colour was the bird really????????? The Standard for the Fallow states: The general Body Colour is approaching half intensity and may carry intensified colour over the rump and mark. Markings on cheeks, back of head, neck and wings, dark brown clearly defined and symmetrical on the appropriate ground colour.[white on a blue bird and yellow on a green bird]. The Standard allows the Yellow Face Fallow to be modified by the requirements the variety and colour with which it is combined. I was so disgusted with the decision that we contacted Jeff Attwood, a leading budgerigar authority in the United Kingdom and who has been breeding Yellow Face [both English and Australian Variety] for more years than most of us have been in the fancy. When we explained that the Yellow Face is now a colour and not a variety, and he settled down as he thought we were on some drugs at first, he wrote me the following. With regards to the Yellow Faces, either European or Australian, they have always here been considered as a variety, not a colour. I still have a colour chart illustrating the recognized colours given to me during a visit to Sydney some years ago, and in every case the colour extended throughout the body, underbelly, and rump. Furthermore, all original birds were Normals [wild type]. All greens had yellow faces together with black and yellow wings and were dominant genetically. Alternately all blues were Normals carried the colour exactly as the greens, but had white faces and black and white wings, but with the exception of the modern grey were all recessive. We must remember of course that the original was like all other blue series at that time recessive. In time with the coming about of modifying and suppressing factors, the variations or mutations we recognize today gradually came about. In respect of the Yellow Face, I believe that a suppressing factor is at work. Bear in mind that unlike all other recessive blue series, all Yellow Faces are Dominant.

12 I think that a likely explanation is that the Yellow Face is in fact a green with a suppressing factor acting in a greater or lesser degree on the body, underbelly, and rump, but not the face bringing about the various types of Yellow Face with either no or some suffusion in the body colour.to say that the Yellow Face is a colour in its self; I believe is a great mistake. Like Opalines, Pieds, Spangles, Cinnamons etc, the Yellow Face is quite clearly a variation from the original Jeff Attwood. To Summarize, I feel a number of mistakes have been made: Yellow Faces ARE a variety and not a colour. Yellow intrusion has now been accepted to an extreme degree. Yellow Face is now acceptable in too many other varieties, thus ruining those particular varieties. As I stated earlier, these opinions are my own but I would like to discuss it with anyone with an alternative point of view. I am at a large number of shows and meetings, so come on up to me, and we can discuss the various points. K. Gough.. I am of the same opinion as I have been breeding birds since 975; I have bred many Yellow Face and Golden Face, and feel as if the weather or something has affected these so called experts. In the old school, if you didn t know how to improve your stud, then you would seek another breeder with experience. NO we didn t CHANGE THE STANDARD. Milton Ludlow. SQBBA 05 Calandar of Events - please check your club information for any updates Date Club Event Jan th Judges Association Annual Meeting Jan 7th S.Q.B.B.A. Meeting Calala Hall Jan 8th Australian Budgerigar Society Silent Auction Inc. Feb st Pine River Budgerigar Society Annual Show Inc. Feb 8th Caboolture Budgerigar Society Annual Show Y/B & A/A Feb 5th Brisbane and Northern Suburbs Annual Show Budgerigar Society Inc. Feb nd Australian Budgerigar Society Inc. Annual Show Feb nd Budgerigar Society Bundaberg Yes, pay your dues, subs, taxes, a donation to the club, BUT they must be paid.