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Wow, thanks. There is always so much more to genetics... Here is just a couple of new pics on the chicks. can anyone tell me how they've managed to produce a normal blue from what I'm presuming are two dominant pieds??? http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee236/i...07/IMG_4084.jpg http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee236/i...07/IMG_4078.jpg http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee236/i...07/IMG_4079.jpg

The chicks are starting to get much bigger now and are feathering up well. However, as Norm said "Seeing both birds Dominant Pied all young will be Pied & Blue," it doesnt seem quite right. From what I can tell, the oldest chick is pied: http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee236/i...07/IMG_4075.jpg And the youngest just seems to be a normal blue: http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee236/i...07/IMG_4073.jpg They're not the best pictures os I'll try and get some more tomorrow, but is it possible ot be getting a normal blue from this pairing?

okay, that makes things a bit clearer then. Can you tell me what offspring could be expected from these two birds? Also, were my guesses at their mutations correct?

The two chicks I currently have are from what I think are a skyblue opaline pied cock and a yellow-face 2 pied hen. I was just wondering how the yellow face gene works and whether it would be possible to just get a type 1 yellow face from it? Here are the parents, so you can correct me if I've got the mutations wrong: hen http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee236/i...07/IMG_4070.jpg cock http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee236/i...07/IMG_4065.jpg thanks,isaac

Well its no more for the youngest chick as well. I guess this is just something that happens. The two oldest big balls of fluff look as though they are doing very well, so i'll have to start getting excited about what colours we're going to be getting. Thanks for the help guys. I might try and post some pics on them soon

Another catastrophe this morning - all had been going well (with 4 chicks hatched and all being fed) except i looked in this morning to find the second youngest chick dead, under the two big ones, and the youngest looking like it had very little left. The two oldest chicks appear to be doing fine, so should i presume its just a case of the mother not being able to feed all mouths?? Or is there something else wrong that anyone else can suggest? Any solutions kindly accepted.

I'm fairly new to the breeding business, so what sort of food is egg food? and is soaked seed just normal seed soaked ovenight? cheers

gday all, Well, I removed the male on Tuesday and things seem to be going fine at the moment - there are now 3 chicks with another due very soon. Just one thing I was wondering though, should I consider putting the male back in the breeding cabinet now that they've been separated for a few days? or is best just to leave the hen to raise them on her own??

Thanks! Yes, they are in a breeding cabinet. At the moment its looking like 4 chicks - 2 hatched and 2eggs left. Do you think that is too many? I'm hopeful things will settle down soon, because before today everything has been fine, but i guess removing the male is an option. Fingers crossed! Isaac

Gday all, Untill recently two of my breeding birds were going fine, hatching their first chick on Sunday. However, as of today, when the second chick hatched the hen has become extremely dominant, not allowing the male in the nesting box, or even near her. Each time she goes out to feed she is constantly worried about where he is. I'm worried the chicks are going to suffer from this!? Any suggestions on what to do? I put a small food ball in the nesting box itself, hopeful that the hen will get enough food to feed the chicks. Isaac