MINIATURE BUDGERIGAR SOCIETY Of AUSTRALIA INTERUM PROPOSED STANDARD

MINIATURE BUDGERIGAR SOCIETY Of AUSTRALIA INTERUM PROPOSED STANDARD

The MBSA Guide To The exhibition And judging of the Ideal miniature BudgerIgar. INTRODUCTION Any aspect of a bird that falls short of the standard or which goes beyond the standard is to be penalised. E.G. Heads that are too large or feathers that are too long or coarse. No judges sub-committees are permitted nor are colour & standards committees permitted. The members at general meetings decide ALL THINGS Budgies are not to be wrong-classed; the stewards are to move birds to the correct classes prior to judging. If this is not possible, the bird is to remain in its class but be penalised appropriately. 1. EYES To be bright and clear. Any directional feather that impedes vision is to be penalised. 2. MASK SPOTS To be Clear, wide and deep where demanded by the standard. Six evenly round spaced throat spots. The outer two to be partially covered by the cheek patch. Spots to be in proportion to the rest of the bird 3. POINTS Size, shape, feather, size of head 40% Colour, Markings and Symmetry 60%. 4. HEALTH Is paramount for exhibition, The bird must be healthy, vital and athletic-looking. The bird should stand clear of the perch and be a real show off: chest out, beak in. Any sign of injury or sickness. May be removed from the bench. 5. MARKINGS As per the 1962 BSA standard. E.G. Clear mantles in Opaline, No grey in the wing markings Body colour suffusion. E.G. Or on the wings of Normals, Spangles etc. 6. VENT The vent must not be obstructed with excess feather. 7. BEAK To be clean and bright. Cocks with a brown cere will be penalised. 8. FEET and LEGS Pink feet and legs in any variety are acceptable. Not to be covered with feather. NOTE - Some varieties this is standard. Front two toes only to be forward on the perch. 9. FEATHER All feathers should lie smoothly against the body forming a satin sheen effect. E.G. like wild budgies or Gouldian Finches. 10. DRESSING No visible signs of dressing, feather tampering, gluing of feathers is allowed. No noticeable spot-plucking is permitted

11. IDEAL LENGTH To be 71/2 inches or 188 mm. This is not the major concern. Balance is the priority. With the IDEAL LENGTH being the challenge. 12. COLOUR As per the variety standard and even in shade. JUDGES Will be voted on by the members each year and included in the list or deleted as the membership decides. Our system is that the members vote to approve probationary judges. Once a probationary judge has judged at a show, the members can, at any time, decide to appoint him or her as a senior judge for 12 months. All judges, probationary or senior are required to be re-approved every 12 months. If the members don't approve of a judge's judging, he or she will go back to probationary judge or lose their judge's status altogether ( this is done for many reasons, but primarily to stop judges' drift towards extremes). To facilitate all of this, monthly meetings at designated times will be so that judging can be monitored and voted upon. No affiliation with any other judging group outside the MBSA unless voted on by the members will be undertaken. Members will have all the say in the Way they want the club to be run. RINGS A Correctly marked ring from any club is allowed. NOTE The MBSA has slightly smaller rings available. Only young birds need to be rung with the current year colour closed ring. They must have been bred by the exhibitor. Old birds do not need to be rung at all, nor do they need to have been bred by the exhibitor. CAGES Any sort of show cage is acceptable. They must be clean and presentable. Budgerigar seed mix on the floor with a water drinker attached inside for al l day shows. Table or club night shows, clean white paper on the floor cut to size. PENALTY AND DIQUALIFICATION CLAUSES To be followed by the standard of the day

Adult Young 1 Light Green 1 101 1A Grey Green 1A 101A 1B Dark Green & Olive 1B 101B 2 Sky Blue 2 102 2A Grey 2A 102A 2B Cobalt, Mauve, Violet 2B 102B 3 Dilute 3 103 3B Dilute Grey Yellow or Grey White 3A 103A 4 Black Eyed Self 4 104 5 Lutino 5 105 5A Albino 5A 105A 6 Clearwing 6 106 7 Greywing 7 107 8 Cinnamonwing 8 108 9 DF Spangle 9 109 10 Opaline 10 110 10A Opaline A.O.S.V. 10A 110A 11 Clearbody 11 111 11A Clearbody A.O.S.V. 11A 111A 12 Lacewing 12 112 13 Fallow 13 113 14 Yellowface 14 114 14A Goldenface 14A 114A 15 Spangle 15 115 16 Dominant Pied 16 116 17 Recessive Pied 17 117 18 Crested 18 118 19 Darkwing 19 119 20 Saddleback 20 120 21 Brownwing 21 121 22 Dark Eyed Clear 22 122 23 AOV 23 123

THE IDEAL BUST HEN COCK

THE IDEAL COCK 7 1/2 INCHES 188 MM.

THE IDEAL HEN FRONTAL HAS NOT THE RISE AS THE COCK BACK SCULL NOT AS FULL AS THE COCK

This publication should be read In Conjunction with the Standard of Perfection The BSA STAndArd of 1962 Produced by Lester Harris Senior judge Patron of the MBSA