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SCOTTISH   B.S.  AREA  CHAMPIONSHIP BEST  SPANGLE  YOUNG  BIRD  IN  SHOW BEST  INTERMEDIATE  YOUNG  BIRD

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SBBA  921

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When Sam had to take early retirement in 1991, he decided that he would like to buy a couple of pair of budgies to help him pass his time.  Little did I know then what a couple of pair meant.  We went to the local library, took out and read some books, then set off with great enthusiasm to scour the pet shops and get the best birds in the country.  Our first stop was the pet shop in Largs where we bought our first bird.  She was the most beautiful sky blue pied we had ever seen.  Next stop, Kilwinning.  There we bought a wonderful grey hen, then two cocks from a pet shop in Glasgow...... we were told to buy from different sources.  We heard about the National in Birmingham.  "I would like to go and have a 'look' " said the bold Sam.  "but I'm not going to buy anything".  (Heard it)   Off we headed for Birmingham, took a cage  (just in case),   booked into an hotel... Bird Show here we come.   We came home with eight fantastic birds.  Short masked, peeny heids, and hinged tails, and all with six perfectly spaced spots.  Within a few weeks the six spots became sixty.  Says Sam  "How was I supposed to know they plucked the mask?"    We saw Alex Cameron's name and phone number in one of the books, gave him a ring and subsequently joined Glasgow and District B.S.  That was us hooked.  What used to be my dining room with two breeding cages then became a room full of breeding cages and no dining table.  When Sam finally retired we moved house and joined Paisley and District B.S.  The birds were put into the spare room temporarily until he built an aviary in the garden.  That was over nine years ago.  The birds are still in what I wanted for my dining room.  So is the flight, 12 breeding cages, worktops and anything else that he can think of to be helpful to the birds.  (especially things that I am looking for in the kitchen).  My kitchen has also been taken over.  When I go to do anything in the kitchen, he has once again beaten me to it and I find my blender being used to make soft food,  a sink full of drinkers and dishes, and my bucket has become a steriliser.  Ingredients that I was needing for dinner have disappeared into the birdroom.  Sam will tell you that it doesn't cost much to make your own good soft food for the birds.  He can find eggs and carrots in the fridge, bread in the breadbin etc. etc.  all at no cost to himself.   We agree on most points on the birds, but Sam always has the last word  (he thinks).  As everyone knows, for every successful man in the hobby there is an even better woman there telling him what to do.  As we only have twelve cages we decided in 1997 to specialise...... I decided on Spangles.   Partners in life as well as the hobby.   We hope to have some decent photos of our birds soon.