2008 Breeding

[Ravengypsy 0]

Frost & Tinsel (my cuddlebugs): Frost is 42 days and Tinsel is 55 days.

 

 

And round 2 has started hatching, here is chick 1 at a day old:

 

[maesie 0]

Very cute. Good luck with the newbies :(Laughing out loud):

[Ravengypsy 0]

just a quick update...

 

We currently have Duke & Duchess with 2 healthy bubs and a 3rd due today or tomorrow. Chick 1 is a normal blue series pin feathers and already banded.

 

Zeus & Lady laid their first egg yesterday!

 

 

I have two pairs of pet budgies in breeding cages as well:

--Tenjin & Yoshe have 6 eggs

--Roka & Bambi are in the nestbox, no eggs yet.

 

 

And I've paired up 3 more show pairs this past weekend:

 

 

Dusk (grey normal /cinn) & Precious (opaline spangle violet /dilute) -

 

 

 

 

Brownie (goldenface sky brownwing) & Daisy (sky violet normal) -

 

+This pair is already in the nestbox.

 

 

 

 

Spazz (cinn grey green) & Hera (cinn light green) -

 

Edited February 27, 2008 by Ravengypsy

[birdluv 0]

such beautiful budgies, god luck with them.

[Norm 0]

Good luck with the new pairs, they look nice.

[Ravengypsy 0]

well here's the update... and links to some photos.

 

Duke & Duchess ended up with 3 chicks for round 2. Chick #1 is looking like a normal sky from what I can tell at this stage. First two are banded and 3rd will get banded this week.

 

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x271/ra...08/IMG_3521.jpg

 

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x271/ra...08/IMG_3506.jpg

 

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x271/ra...08/IMG_3524.jpg

 

and a video..

 

http://s180.photobucket.com/albums/x271/ra...nt=ae7a51a0.flv

[Ravengypsy 0]

Lady & Zeus have 2 eggs in nest so far.

 

the other three new pairs are in the nestboxes, no eggs yet.

 

And of my pet types Tenjin & Yoshe (green greywing cock & violet opaline hen) have 8 eggs due to start hatching tomorrow; Roka & Bambi (df dom pied cobalt cock and yf2 sky hen) have 1 egg so far.

 

 

things are looking up and hopefully will have new chick pics to show you soon.

 

 

Here is Tenjin, a greywing light green cock:

 

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x271/ra...0_2703edit1.jpg

 

Here is Yoshe, an opaline violet hen:

 

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x271/ra...es/000_1995.jpg

 

And here are their 8 eggs:

 

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x271/ra...08/IMG_3662.jpg

Edited March 4, 2008 by Ravengypsy

[Ravengypsy 0]

Lady & Zeus now have 4 eggs in the nest...

 

Tenjin & Yoshe had their first chick (egg 1) hatch early this morning, they ended up with 8 eggs total.

 

Roka & Bambi have 2 eggs in the nest...

 

Brownie & Daisy are constantly in nestbox but no eggs yet.

 

Spazz & Hera haven't bonded yet and may be seperated in a week if no progress is made.

 

Dusk & Precious are doing well and in nestbox occasionally, awaiting some eggs as well.

 

Duke & Duchess nest - I've banded all three chicks now, they are doing well.. I'll get photos soon.

Edited March 6, 2008 by Ravengypsy

[Ravengypsy 0]

Dusk & Precious laid their first egg today

 

I split up Spazz & Hera for the time being as they were not in the breeding mood... instead I paired up Dawn & Footsie for one round as they were caught mating in the aviary.

Edited March 10, 2008 by Ravengypsy

[JimmyBanks 0]

can't wait to see pics of the chicks... The joy of the spring time... haha well Autumn

[Ravengypsy 0]

I'm located in the US, so it's still the end of winter here (we just had 10 feet of snow last weekend and more due this comming weekend. But spring is just around the corner! It's running late this year)... apparently the budgies know it's spring time comming!

 

 

I'll be taking new photos tonight so hopefully I'll get some good ones to post.

[Ravengypsy 0]

some photos of the chicks in the nest (Duke & Duchess):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

here is a photo of the nest of 6 eggs from Zeus & Lady:

 

Edited March 13, 2008 by Ravengypsy

[Joey 0]

wow they are really nice! I love the Violet Normal and Skyblue Spangle..

[Ravengypsy 0]

thanks!

 

and here is The nestbox from Tenjin & Yoshe... 3 chicks so far:

 

 

and mom coming to check on her bubs...

 

[Norm 0]

Your chicks are looking real good, it’s amazing they can be breeding so well when it’s still so cold outside.

[Feathers 0]

Rgypsy,

 

Great photos, the bubs are all looking good.

 

 

Feathers.

[Ravengypsy 0]

Lady & Zues have 7 eggs now (many are not fertile though and I'll probably let them take the remaining of Tenjin & Yoshe's hatchlings), egg one is due to hatch tonight if it's good.

 

Tenjin & Yoshe have 4 chicks currently, egg 2 didn't hatch so 3 more fertile eggs to go. The remaining ones will be fostered to Lady & Zues once they hatch.

 

Chick 1 from Duke & Duchess has fledged the nestbox, but I put him back in last night and so far he's stayed there. I'm sure he'll jump back out today... (Laughing out loud)... at first I thought was a hen but the cere is starting to darken up. Chick 2 is a grey spangle and chick 3 is a green normal (the colors haven't completely come in so not sure if green or grey green yet).

 

Roka & Bambi (pet types) have 6 eggs so far, looking nice and fertile.

[maesie 0]

Exciting stuff there... good luck!

[Ravengypsy 0]

just and update (I'll add some photos tonight!) for you all,

 

Tenjin & Yoshe had 6 chicks hatch, eggs 2 & 7 were no good. Chick 1 is a green opaline greywing (which means Yoshe was split to dilute or greywing, YAY a nice surprise!). Chick 2 is a normal green. Chick 3 is an opaline green and not sure yet if normal or greywing. Chicks 4-6 are still pink little bubs. I don't know if they are carrying any dark factors or not yet till they feather up (mother had 1 dark factor, so a 25% chance some greens may end up dark green). So far all are healthy and being fed by the parents, I am very happy with this clutch. I may even keep a few of them although many are already promised to people. The little greywing is very cute.

 

Zeus & Lady had 8 clear eggs. I'm going to remove them soon and let them try for another round of eggs. I trimmed down the vent feathers of the cock, as he has buff feathering so that might be part of the issue as well as trimmed his nails down since he managed to puncture of the eggs with his nails. Hopefully the 2nd round will do better. I will also trim Lady's vent once I remove the eggs just in case.

 

Dusk & Precious have 7 eggs, which I've not candled yet. A great pairing, and I hope some are fertile.

 

Brownie & Daisy have 6 eggs, not candled either. An agressive hen, so I keep my nestbox checking to a daily minimum. Hen refuses to have her eggs in the concave and moves them to the flat surface every time I've tried to move them. She removes the bedding still and lets the eggs roll around, sometimes the eggs aren't under her when she's resting when I check so not sure if she moves while I'm checking or if she isn't nesting on them well. I doubt we'll have any hatch because of this, but we'll see.

 

Footsie & Dawn have finally laid their first egg. I'm expecting infertile eggs because of the cock's foot which may keep them from mating properly, but they'll be good fosters if needed and are happy to be breeding. This pairing was formed in the aviary, so I let them go ahead with their chosen partner.

 

Roka & Bambi have 6 eggs and expecting the first egg to hatch today.

 

Duke & Duchess are still happily feeding their growing chicks. Chick 1 "Blueberry" is weaned and eatting veggies and seed on his own so he's been moved to the nursery cage upstairs. He loves to be carried around and sleep on my shoulder and finger. Chicks 2 & 3 attempted to fledge early and were put back into the nestbox, they are doing well. Turns out that both chicks are spangle! 2 is grey spangle hen, 3 is grey green spangle cock. Tinsel was moved to the aviary, Frost is in the nursery cage with Blueberry.

[maesie 0]

Busy, busy, busy!!! Can't wait for pictures.

[Ravengypsy 0]

sad to say but the gray spangle passed away one night after fledging, we've been over everything short of taking the body to a vet for biopsy and no cause could be found. Crop was about 1/2 full, enough feathers to stay warm in a 65 F temp and no wounds or feathers missing. Which really is upsetting considering how beautiful that bird was turning out to be.

 

The grey green spangle in the nest (#3) is still healthy and happy and due to fledge any day now. I'm keeping a close eye on him just in case.

 

so far we have 3 pairs with infertile eggs all are maiden parents... Dawn & Footsie, Lady & Zeus, and Brownie & Daisy. I am going to do some vent trimming and let them all try another round.

 

on the bright side, Precious & Dusk do have several fertile eggs that are due to begin hatching this week and I'm crossing my fingers for luck. They laid 9 eggs so far. Depending how many hatch, I may foster some out to Dawn & Footsie.

 

Images are larger than required size, so here are links to some photos....

 

Tenijn & Yoshe's 6 chicks:

 

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x271/ra...08/f22b51b7.jpg

 

Tenjin's oldest chick:

 

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x271/ra...08/c2f3f95e.jpg

 

 

Grey Green Spangle from Duke & Duchess (taken a few days ago):

 

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x271/ra...08/d82dbc60.jpg

 

the grey spangle that died this past weekend:

 

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x271/ra...08/c55dd705.jpg

 

Precious with her fertile eggs..

 

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x271/ra...08/ef097666.jpg

 

Blueberry (from Duke & Duchess) at 1 month old:

 

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x271/ra...ks/e80cf5f5.jpg

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x271/ra...ks/31d0572f.jpg

 

Tinsel, right before transfering to the aviary:

 

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x271/ra...ks/3b667066.jpg

 

[Ravengypsy 0]

okay well here they are,

 

the grey green spangle from Duke & Duchess:

 

 

photos taken yesterday of Tenjin & Yoshe's 6 chicks...

 

Chick 1: clearwing or greywing

 

Chick 2: a dark green

 

Chick 3:

 

Chick 4:

 

Chick 5: another clearwing or greywing

 

Chick 6:

Edited March 28, 2008 by Ravengypsy

[maesie 0]

Very cute! They all look so well, and the last little one has a nice full crop.

[Elly 0]

very sorry to hear about the little grey spangle

your other babies look wonderful they are adorable

[Norm 0]

Your chicks look good Ravengypsy, I especially like the grey green spangle from Duke & Duchess:

Sorry to hear about your loss of the Grey Spangle.