Most people start breeding budgies as something pretty to look at in an aviary in their garden.  Many then become interested in the exhibition side of the hobby.  When starting out we would never advise spending a lot of money on initial stock, the reason being it is better to learn the basics of breeding budgerigars from a larger number of less expensive birds, as opposed to a small number of expensive pedigree budgerigars.  Always remember that budgerigars are colony breeders and tend to breed better in greater numbers.

Once you have started to produce your own stock you will hopefully be able to sell some of the lesser quality birds to enable you to purchase fresh blood to improve your stock.  If you are generally happy with your breeding results it is worth sticking with the breeder where you purchased your initial stock from.  Many people make the mistake of shopping around and end up with mixed bloodlines that don’t gel well together.  This can seriously slow down your progression towards breeding quality exhibition budgerigars.

C&D Jones - Due to the relatively small number of birds that we now keep, we rarely have spare exhibition stock available for sale.  If you are interested in buying birds from us, please send us an email and we will let you know when we have something available.

Here are some photo's taken in our stock flights back in April 2007:

The cocks Flight

The Hens Flight

Hens - Close up