1st visit to bird room 9.30 feed soft food to all breeding pairs and check boxes with chicks as indicated by a red spot on the breeding card sweep up, quick check of all stock turn the radios on turn the fan on.

EVENING
Fill all seed dishes replenish all finger draws sweep floor area and spend a quick 5 mins with Henry hovering Refill any empty or part empty water fountains, check all nest boxes and up date breeding cards. Add 1 part tonic seed 1 part jap millet to 4 parts soft food mix and feed a dish to all three nursery cages and a dish to all the birds in the flights. Prepare groats and seaweed ready for tomorrow. Take three two-litre bottles of water and add four drops of Herbal-life to each bottle ready for tomorrow. Re Asses all breeding pairs split pairs that I am unhappy with and return birds to half flights remove young birds from parents into nursery cages and register them on computer. Place all replacement hens in breeding cages gently trimming vents and pinning cards on nest boxes as required Have a beer or two!!! And choose a cock to go with the selected hens turn the radio off and turn fan to vent only

MONDAY

MORNING

Wash drinkers.

1st visit to bird room 9.30. Check all boxes with chick’s Quick check of all stock, turn the radios on, and turn the fan on.
Clean all breeding cages and all flights mid morning.
12 noon mix enough soft food for three days and give a finger draw full to all breeding pairs .Add 1 part tonic seed 1 part jap millet to 4 parts soft food mix and feed a dish to all three nursery cages and a dish to all the young birds in the half flights. Soak millet sprays in a weak vanodine solution and place unused soft food in an airtight container and refrigerate. Gently trim the vent area of selected cocks and introduce to the selected hen with the nest box hole blocked off.

EVENING

Fill all seed dishes, replenish all finger draws sweep floor area and spend a quick 5 mins with Henry hovering. Change all drinkers and soak soiled drinkers in a weak solution of domestos check all nest boxes and up date breeding cards.
Turn the radio off and turn fan to vent only

TUESDAY

MORNING

1st visit to bird room 8 .30 feed soft food to all breeding pairs and check boxes with chicks, drain millet sprays, sweep up, quick check of all stock and turn radios on turn the fan on.
Mid morning up date budgie programme on computer.

EVENING

All pairs with larger chicks get millet sprays as do nursery cages fill all seed dishes, replenish all finger draws. Treat 750 g of naked oats with re-juv and Nutri oil also mix 1 part sun gold with 1 part jap millet and 1 part treated groats and feed to flights and nursery cages. Sweep floor area and spend a quick 5 mins with Henry hovering. Refill any empty or part empty water fountains, check all nest boxes and up date breeding cards. Clean out all nest boxes and replenish with clean sawdust Fill nest boxes that contain new pairs with sawdust treated with worm-ban. Turn the radio off and turn fan to vent only

WEDNESDAY

MORNING

1st visit to bird room 9.15 feed soft food to all breeding pairs and check boxes with chicks sweep up, quick check of all stock turn the radios on turn the fan on.

EVENING
Fill all seed dishes replenish all finger draws sweep floor area and spend a quick 5 mins with Henry hovering. Refill any empty or part empty water fountains, check all nest boxes and up date breeding cards. Allow the hens that were paired up on Monday access to nest boxes. Prepare groats and seaweed reedy for tomorrow. Take three two-litre bottles of water and add four drops of Herbal-life to each bottle ready for tomorrow. Most Wednesday evenings a good 2 hours are spent accessing young birds and adults over a glass of wine Turn the radio off and turn fan to vent only

THURSDAY

MORNING

Wash drinkers

1st visit to bird room 9.15 feed soft food to all breeding pairs and check boxes with chicks sweep up, quick check of all stock turn the radios on turn the fan on.
Mid morning clean flights and remove copious droppings from breeding cages. Mix 3 days soft food fill finger draws and refrigerate

EVENING

Fill all seed dishes replenish all finger draws, mix a bowl of sungold and jap millet 50:50 and feed 2 dishes to all flights and all nursery cages. Sweep floor area and spend a quick 5 mins with Henry hovering. Change all water fountains and soak soiled drinkers in domestos. Soak millet sprays in a weak solution of vanodine and check all nest boxes up dating record cards as going along Turn the radio off and turn fan to vent only

FRIDAY

MORNING

1st visit to bird room 8.45 feed soft food to all breeding pairs and check boxes with chicks sweep up, quick check of all stock turn the radios on turn the fan on.
Drain millet sprays

LUNCHTIME

Add 1 part tonic seed 1 part jap millet to 4 parts soft food .mix and feed a dish to all three nursery cages and a dish to all the birds in the flights

EVENING

Fill all seed dishes replenish all finger draws sweep floor area and spend a quick 5 mins with Henry hovering Refill any empty or part empty water fountains, check all nest Turn the radio off and turn fan to vent only boxes and up date breeding cards All pairs with larger chicks get millet sprays as do nursery cages Turn the radio off and turn fan to vent only

SATURDAY

MORNING

1st visit to bird room 9.30 feed soft food to all breeding pairs and check boxes with chicks sweep up, quick check of all stock turn the radios on turn the fan on.

EVENING

Clean flights and remove copious droppings from breeding cages. Fill all seed dishes Treat 750 g of naked oats with re-juv and Nutri oil replenish all finger draws sweep floor area and spend a quick 5 mins with Henry hovering Refill any empty or part empty water fountains, check all nest boxes and up date breeding cards. Acesss the progress of all breeding pairs identify all hens in breeding condition over a glass or two beer ready for tomorrow Turn the radio off and turn fan to vent only