Cage & Aviary Birds

Lutinos and me: the story so far

MY VERY first step into keeping exhibition budgies was taken at the Horsham tent show, in the middle of the town, back in the early 1960s. There was a budgie show on the Saturday. One of our local shopkeepers had a contact in the club and it was arranged for me to meet up with him.

Fighting our way through the steam engines, the flowers shows and all the sports activities, we found the budgies. I

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