ARTICLES 

 Variety Recognition - What does it mean?
Most varieties of Budgerigar are completely different from one another yet there still persists a problem with identification through lack of experience and sheer stubbornness. Some mistakes should just never happen but they do. This article highlights but a few of those errors.

Dark Factors.
Those wishing to learn the basics of breeding Dark Factored birds can't go past this simple and easy to follow article. Through the use of Punnet Squares the beginner can easily follow the pairings made here.

Dilute, Yellow or Whites (suffused), Greywing Dilute, Clearwing Dilute, no wonder Breeders are confused!
Since the emergence of the varieties dealt with in this article, there has been never ending confusion. Part of the problem is due in part to lack of knowledge of the different breeding patterns when combined and some in part due to the lack of knowledge in regards to what they should look like. Hopefully this article will explain some of the problems and expel some myths.

Culling your birds - Consider more than just Visual Qualities
The culling of birds is an annual process. Show quality often seems to be the deciding factor on whether a bird stays or goes. This short article has been written to bring awareness of other criteria that should be looked at. If the exhibition side of Budgerigar keeping is to survive then we must take a closer look at the complete Budgerigar.

The Australian National - Worth the risk?
Once a year each of the states of Australia send a team of birds to compete to be the best young bird of a particular variety in the country. While the glamour and competition is at the fore front there is always a behind the scenes element. This article explores the risks involved in the week that the bird is away.

Exploding the Myths. Plain Canary Seed. 
Is the modern trend to feeding high percentages of Canary seed having a detrimental effect on our birds.

  Webmasters of the 21st Century.
This article is in interview format. Since computers are so much a part of our lives now we thought it was time to look at views of various webmasters around Australia not just on the hobby but also about building, maintaining and publishing the web sites and therefore the clubs to the world at large.