ANBC Presidents Report Sept 2026

September marks the official start of Spring. It also brings noticeably warmer days and longer daylight / sunshine hours. Indeed, it is the primary and most successful peak breeding season for our budgerigars.

This of course leads into the question of the ANBC’s ring issue date. Should the ring issue date align with the breeding season? Or should it align by calendar year as we have now? The World Budgerigar Organisation (WBO) and the American Budgerigar Society also align by calendar year.

Motions Before The ANBC

I cannot remember a time of the ANBC having so many significant motions being up for consideration at once! These motions have been circulated widely to states and zones for discussion, feedback and deliberation.

By now, States and Zones should have provided feedback and their vote to the ANBC Secretary on the SQBBA motion for the establishment of an Event Management Group for the National Show.

The other motions requiring feedback from States and Zones are:

  • Motion from BNSW: That the BSNSW proposes to the ANBC the creation of a new Normal Class at the National Championships for Normal Olives and Normal Mauves.
  • Motions from NQBZ:
  • Motion 1. Move the ring issue date for all zones to September 1 each year, starting in 2028.
  • Motion 2. Move the ANBC Show date to a later date preferably late July / early August.
  • Motion 3. ANBC Judges are awarded Hall of Fame Status after they have reached a total of 7 appointments at the ANBC show (NB initial discussions at the recent ANBC meeting felt that perhaps 6 appointments may be more realistic given current judging rules).

I urge all clubs and their members give the above motions due consideration and feedback to their State or Zone delegates. In this way, they can be voted on at the next ANBC meeting in October.

Interesting Anomaly

After 45 years of breeding budgies, this is a first for me, and I thought I would share it with fellow fanciers. I attempted to put a leg ring on a six-day old chick and found that it has an extra toe on each foot.

No way could I get the ring on as the two small toes didn’t flex like normal. It was the 5th youngster in a nest of 6 healthy chicks, and the only chick with extra toes. The left foot and the right foot had perfect symmetry, both with the extra toe (complete with toenails).

Kathy Manton
ANBC President