Pics Of My First Babies

[Jasonwr6000 0]

Hi Kaz,

 

Firstly, i Just want to thank you again for all the help andadvise you gave me with my 1^st time breeding, It helped a lot...

 

Just a recap for you in regards to the 7 eggs the hen laid.

 

EGGS

 

1st Born 17th June 6am

 

2nd Born 18th June 6am

 

3rd Born 18th June – 3pm ( Premature, very small, yellow belly – Dead 19th June 8am )

 

4th Born 21 June (Died 24th June 3pm – had not been fee bythe hen )

 

5th wasnt fertile Henchucked it out the box

 

6th not fertile I removed it from the box.

 

7th Dead in shell, I removed it from box

 

 

So basically I ended up with 2 babies from the 7 eggs. Bothseem very healthy and are doing well

 

I guess it's not a really good result from 7 eggs, but Imvery happy I have 2 babies. By the way, The cock and hen are both 1^sttime parents.

 

 

So, Here are the pics I promised.

 

Here is the Cock

 

 

 

Here is the Hen. I couldnt manage to get a picture of her with a normal camera, so these pics are taken from my webcam which is hidden in the room.

 

 

 

 

here are the 2 babies, taken today. They are 11 and 12 days old..

 

 

 

 

Any Idea on what type of colour they will be ? All blue like the hen, all yellow like the cock, or a mixture of both ?

 

if I take a picture of the babies cere in a few days, will you also be able to tell the sex ? Or is it too early to tell ?

 

Jason

Edited June 29, 2011 by **KAZ**

[**KAZ** 0]

Well done Jason !! The piks are great, especially the clear ones of the babies. Your breeding cage looks terrific too.

The chicks will only come through blue if the Dad is split for blue. White down shows them as opaline so that makes them both girls

[Jasonwr6000 0]

Hi Kaz,

 

 

I find the genetic side of budgies very confusing...... I have no idea if thedad is split for blue. ...I could find out from the lady i got them from, she willdefinitely know..

 

When you say that white down makes them female, does that mean all baby budgiewith white down will be female ?

 

Also, if she does breed again sometime in the future, does that mean i will getall females again ?

 

Thanks again,

 

jason

[**KAZ** 0]

Hi Kaz,

 

 

I find the genetic side of budgies very confusing...... I have no idea if thedad is split for blue. ...I could find out from the lady i got them from, she willdefinitely know..

 

When you say that white down makes them female, does that mean all baby budgie with white down will be female ? No, others like inos will have white down as well. The white down in this case indicates opaline and as opaline is a sex linked gene ( father to daughters in this case as Mum isnt an opaline ) that makes the opaline babies females. Father passes it to his daughters.

 

Also, if she does breed again sometime in the future, does that mean i will getall females again ? No. Every clutch is different.

 

Thanks again,

 

jason

 

Check the colour of the babies pin feathers coming through on wings and tail. If the pin feathers are white it means a blue series baby and if the pins are yellow it means green series baby.

Edited June 29, 2011 by **KAZ**

[robyn 0]

Nice chicks Jason, with only 2 at least you can follow the steps/stages they go through better, if it's your first clutch. Gives you a better understanding of future clutch's. Good luck with it.