**KAZ** 0 Posted October 25, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.27 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted October 25, 2009 No worries I LIKE disucssuion just like this one so unless Kaz gets testy and edits you guys out, please feel free to continue. Kaz doesnt get "testy" for one and I dont edit out .....I do split topics if they go off on atangent that aparently doesnt link in to the topic at hand. I do these things because its my job. Noone has ever seen me "testy" and most likely never will Link to comment
Dave_McMinn 0 Posted October 25, 2009 Member ID: 3,092 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 103 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3,831 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 21,560 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 13/01/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2018 Birthday: 23/05/1975 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Noone has ever seen me "testy" and most likely never will Is that no one on the forum? Is that because Ken does not log on here? Link to comment
nubbly5 0 Posted October 25, 2009 Member ID: 5,023 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 39 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,608 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 8,635 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 28/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2009 No worries I LIKE disucssuion just like this one so unless Kaz gets testy and edits you guys out, please feel free to continue. Kaz doesnt get "testy" for one and I dont edit out .....I do split topics if they go off on atangent that aparently doesnt link in to the topic at hand. I do these things because its my job. Noone has ever seen me "testy" and most likely never will Got a bite though, didn't I!!!!!!! Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted October 25, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.27 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted October 25, 2009 No worries I LIKE disucssuion just like this one so unless Kaz gets testy and edits you guys out, please feel free to continue. Kaz doesnt get "testy" for one and I dont edit out .....I do split topics if they go off on atangent that aparently doesnt link in to the topic at hand. I do these things because its my job. Noone has ever seen me "testy" and most likely never will Got a bite though, didn't I!!!!!!! Link to comment
nubbly5 0 Posted November 7, 2009 Member ID: 5,023 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 39 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,608 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 8,635 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 28/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted November 7, 2009 Introducing "Holy S*%t" and his brother "Holy C*$p". 2 young grey cocks from the same nest who are almost identical except for larger spots on one of them. They are....well.....huge - it's hard to really see that from the photos but they are 1/3rd as big again as the last grey baby that I posted up. I'm hoping they keep all flights and tails as I think they might be something a bit special. You can see the other boy in the background of this photo. And here he is here. Trying to give some perspective of size against my hand....... And then there is the sister of the grey that I showed previously (previous posts - not the sister of these 2 greys). She is looking to have some potential too. Link to comment
renee 0 Posted November 7, 2009 Member ID: 4,388 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,462 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 13,420 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 28/05/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 28, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Yooo Hooo! They look magnificent! ~ Well done! Link to comment
**Liv** 0 Posted November 7, 2009 Member ID: 3,771 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 147 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 6,621 Content Per Day: 0.33 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 39,450 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 23/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 8, 2014 Birthday: 09/04/1911 Share Posted November 7, 2009 WOW!!!!! They are HUGE!! Love the names too! Link to comment
Hamish 0 Posted November 7, 2009 Member ID: 4,299 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 84 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 490 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/04/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 26, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Beautiful birds, those two greys certainly are something special! Your doing something right Link to comment
Dave_McMinn 0 Posted November 7, 2009 Member ID: 3,092 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 103 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3,831 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 21,560 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 13/01/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2018 Birthday: 23/05/1975 Share Posted November 7, 2009 I willl look forward to seeing their development Link to comment
JimmyBanks 0 Posted November 7, 2009 Member ID: 4,130 Group: Site Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 112 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 4,370 Content Per Day: 0.74 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 25,112 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/03/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 1, 2015 Birthday: 12/02/1982 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Sweet looking birds you got there Link to comment
nubbly5 0 Posted November 9, 2009 Member ID: 5,023 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 39 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,608 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 8,635 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 28/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted November 9, 2009 (edited) Some older pics of a few babies today. One of the very nice things is that my attempt at increasing size seems to be paying off. I spent the last few years working on feather and needed desperately to put some size into my stud. I definitely think it's working - as a gauge, all the show box photo's are in a standard show box. I took a comparison photo of the first grey baby that I posted and "Holy S%$t". As I said even though the first grey baby looked pretty nice to me, "Holy C&*p" and "Holy S%$t" are....... well you decide. This first photo is a reminder of the original grey baby I posted up. This is him on the left with "Holy C%$p" on the right. The brothers, "Holy C*&p" on the left and "Holy S&*t" on the right. "Holy S&^t" "Holy C*&p" This little guy is the single GDA DF spangle hen's baby. Looking nice, if a bit scruffy, in the show cage. One of the first potential good 'uns, the little cobalt also looking pretty nifty in the show cage. Great length on this bird (he takes after his mummy who is a very long bird also). 2 cutie YF babies (just compare the size to the greys above). Smaller but still 2 nice birds who will definitely be staying on at G&G stud. The blue had spent about 10 solid minutes going nuts in the cage as many babies do........ My first ever 2 Dom Pieds (there were 3 in the nest but the youngest had a double jointed hip and was culled). I am just a tad disappointed with the length of mask on the better one (the cinnamon), especially seeing as both mum & dad are quite long in the mask themselves. Here is the better of the 2. And last but not least a cutie little violet clearwing. As usual these things breed like flies and this girlie came from a nest of 5, 2 violets and 3 dark green violets (i think). Edited November 9, 2009 by nubbly5 Link to comment
renee 0 Posted November 9, 2009 Member ID: 4,388 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,462 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 13,420 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 28/05/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 28, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2009 They are looking SOOOOO Good! You must be very happy Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted November 9, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.27 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Looking GGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment
Daryl 0 Posted November 9, 2009 Member ID: 4,389 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 10 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 300 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1,690 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 29/05/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Holy $@!t alright. Love all of the Greys. The 2 new ones are beauties and huge but I still really like the feather on the first Grey you posted. If he grows on he will take some beating. Link to comment
nubbly5 0 Posted November 9, 2009 Member ID: 5,023 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 39 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,608 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 8,635 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 28/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted November 9, 2009 Thank guys! Yes Daryl, I'm with you on that but we'll wait and see how they grow on. The dad of the first grey is a wonderful bird but sometimes has the tendancy to laze on the perch - the time that he didn't he went best in show. I was hoping to add a touch of size, keep the feather and up the deportment with the hen that I put with him. Looks okay so far with deportment and feather but not sure if there is any more size there than his dad. At least the genetic potential will be there. Both of the pairings (first grey and grey green sister and the two big greys) are down again and have good fertile eggs. Another really nice thing is that after a false start my normal/normal pair has fired and has a clutch of eight fertile eggs 2 of which have hatched successfully - so far so good - 2 normal babies so big fingers crossed that I have not got that sneaky cinnamon in there. Link to comment
splat 0 Posted November 9, 2009 Member ID: 3,340 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 202 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,891 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 27,770 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 17/04/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 19, 2014 Birthday: 13/05/1958 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Really nice Nubbly, the greys look super, I hope they all come beautifully for you. Link to comment
**Liv** 0 Posted November 9, 2009 Member ID: 3,771 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 147 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 6,621 Content Per Day: 0.33 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 39,450 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 23/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 8, 2014 Birthday: 09/04/1911 Share Posted November 9, 2009 WOW, is all i can say.... WOW! :bow: Link to comment
JimmyBanks 0 Posted November 10, 2009 Member ID: 4,130 Group: Site Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 112 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 4,370 Content Per Day: 0.74 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 25,112 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/03/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 1, 2015 Birthday: 12/02/1982 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Really great comparison photo. The birds are looking great! Hope they develop nicely and bring you a few prizes :bow: Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted December 16, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.27 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Loved :rofl: seeing your babies last week with their masses of feather and big wide heads....any photos to share ? Link to comment
nubbly5 0 Posted December 16, 2009 Member ID: 5,023 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 39 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,608 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 8,635 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 28/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2009 Loved seeing your babies last week with their masses of feather and big wide heads....any photos to share ? Noooooooooooooooooooooo....... that means I have to deal with Photobucket again.........<sob>. Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted December 16, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.27 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted December 16, 2009 (edited) Loved seeing your babies last week with their masses of feather and big wide heads....any photos to share ? Noooooooooooooooooooooo....... that means I have to deal with Photobucket again.........<sob>. the only people who have trouble with photobucket either have their camera set wrong for piks too large or are on dial up Edited December 16, 2009 by KAZ Link to comment
nubbly5 0 Posted December 16, 2009 Member ID: 5,023 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 39 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,608 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 8,635 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 28/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2009 (edited) Loved seeing your babies last week with their masses of feather and big wide heads....any photos to share ? Noooooooooooooooooooooo....... that means I have to deal with Photobucket again.........<sob>. the only people who have trouble with photobucket either have their camera set wrong for piks too large or are on dial up Or are on dodgy satelite broadband that is currently shaped!!!!!!! HATE Photobucket - with a passion. Having said that though I managed to up load some pics (one at a time mind you) and the damn thing only crashed once so that's better than normal. So (just for Kaz) here are some pics taken today. Sky spangle from son of Cec's Grey nats winner to a related syndicate hen. Lovingly dubbed Titan. I have a nest full of these birds. This is from one of my normal/normal pairings (the pair laid a round of clear eggs first up so fostered a first lot, these are all their own) and they have 3x dark greens, 1x light green and a skyblue in the one nest and the dark greens are very nice so far. Another nice young lacewing. I am so pleased with how these guys have been breeding so far this year and 4th place nats boy and his wife have another 2 baby red eye chicks just hatched out. Of the 1 BES pairing I put down this year I have bred 3x BES babies. 2 stonkers and 1 average. 2 stonkers are a boy and a girl. This is the little girl who was the only hatchee this round. This is one of the young greys that i showed a while back (the one with the best feathering). It's nice to see that his feathering is getting longer too. You can see the length of the pins is better than the baby feathers. He did have a grey green sister too but she refused to feed herself and after a month of crop feeding still would not so she is not longer with us. However, this pairing has bred another 4 babies, most of them grey green and the majority of them are looking pretty good so far. Here are a couple below. I put Holy S&%t & Holy C%*p back into the show box again today. They were shown for a first and second Open UBC and Best UBC in Show at our last club show with the judge commenting that the bird that caught his eye in the show was Holy C#*p - but then I know he is something a bit special! And I do believe that Holy C#*p has even grown some more - didn't think that was possible. okay I have to admit that i've kinda lost track of where this nice hen came from. I THINK she is Titans older sister...............? And finally I have 2 of these enormous clearwings (I've called them Horse - interchangable between either of them). They look almost identical except i think one is a violet dark green and that one has less markings. The one shown here is the more heavily marked of the two. It's hard to see the size really but they are monsters. Forgot one! This is the opaline spangle hen I showed some time ago but i wanted to show the length of the adult feathering coming through. That bit of feather stuck off the side of her head is one of her adult feathers coming through. It's going to be amazing. Edited December 16, 2009 by nubbly5 Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted December 16, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.27 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted December 16, 2009 So (just for Kaz) here are some pics taken today. Sky spangle from son of Cec's Grey nats winner to a related syndicate hen. Lovingly dubbed Titan. WHOAH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :fear Link to comment
Daryl 0 Posted December 16, 2009 Member ID: 4,389 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 10 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 300 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1,690 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 29/05/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2009 So (just for Kaz) here are some pics taken today. Sky spangle from son of Cec's Grey nats winner to a related syndicate hen. Lovingly dubbed Titan. WHOAH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :fear Can the name Holy Cr@p be used again? I mean, c'mon, how 'bout Holy Freakin Cr@p! Link to comment
renee 0 Posted December 16, 2009 Member ID: 4,388 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,462 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 13,420 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 28/05/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 28, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Once again amazing bubs - well done Nubbly! Please tell me more about this "little" one - does it come out of a split pairing? Link to comment
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