Can Anyone Advise?

[robyn 0]

Hi All, I am posting some pics , hoping someone can advise me about these birds. They were described previously as, "looks like you doubled up on long feather gene". Well I've read a bit about "is this a mop". also Show birds, general discussion, "what do you think of the tail less wonder's." I'm trying to decide which side of the coin these fall?

 

Pics. as follows.

 

 

This is the only hen of the clutch.

 

 

 

 

This is back view of sorts of 2,3,&4.

 

 

 

The last pics are the boys! note tails? Some "off line" to body as described about mops I think. They did have some tail feathers before they moulted this is what they have now. Hen seems fine. No 4 cock is very messy feather wise, can't fly much rest do o.k.

 

I'd like to know if they are just affected by "long feather gene" or is it something else before I decide to breed any of them.

Mum was Cinnamon light green .

Dad is Olive cinnamon.

Can anyone sayl what differences are, e.g. mops or tail less wonders. Looked up pics on french moult. They don't seem to fit in there. Any advice gratefully received. P.S no 3 has loudest call in aviary also.

[**KAZ** 0]

Not mops at all. Definitely some long flighted ones there and tail-less one BUT no mops.

Edited February 26, 2010 by KAZ

[GenericBlue 0]

long flights

very undesirable in show birds

[lochlan 0]

long flights

very undesirable in show birds

 

On the show bench yes . But paired correctly to say the first hen bird in the top picture and you can correct the flight issues , dont always take everyones opinion as gospel , Remember that all birds have faults , you must try not to pair two faults together .

Nice birds.

[GenericBlue 0]

long flights

very undesirable in show birds

 

On the show bench yes . But paired correctly to say the first hen bird in the top picture and you can correct the flight issues , dont always take everyones opinion as gospel , Remember that all birds have faults , you must try not to pair two faults together .

Nice birds.

 

okay cool thank you thats good to know as i was told by a few people that long flighted birds just breed long flighted birds and your now and again good bird

i just culled out a really good cock bird in belief of this

i will no for next time dam it grr i thought it was like shark fins and how it breeds in to your birds so....let him go

i have should of had my brain on as when i think about it my best pair one is long flighted the other lacking in his wings alot

they have the most perfectly winged bubby s

oh man i hate having memorie lose lol lol oh well

ive learnt two things

before i go doing anything drastic

chew on it for a few weeks and two

im an idiot

[robyn 0]

Thanks for the info Lachlan. When I posted them before as chicks the consensus was I doubled up on long flight etc. I don't show, although the parents were both from a show breeders cull. Both Cinnamon, lt.g/ Olive. both nice looking birds. I have since read about mops etc. thought they may fall into another problem. (pictured chicks i mean). So if I decide to breed them I'll breed to smaller feather birds, also I won't breed original parents together again. Hoping this is the correct way to go.

long flights very undesirable in show birds

On the show bench yes . But paired correctly to say the first hen bird in the top picture and you can correct the flight issues , dont always take everyones opinion as gospel , Remember that all birds have faults , you must try not to pair two faults together .Nice birds.

okay cool thank you thats good to know as i was told by a few people that long flighted birds just breed long flighted birds and your now and again good bird i just culled out a really good cock bird in belief of this i will no for next time dam it grr i thought it was like shark fins and how it breeds in to your birds so....let him go i have should of had my brain on as when i think about it my best pair one is long flighted the other lacking in his wings alot they have the most perfectly winged bubby soh man i hate having memorie lose lol lol oh well ive learnt two things before i go doing anything drastic chew on it for a few weeks and two im an idiot

We live and learn eh! g.b. Have you bred those good winged chicks yet? To see they haven't passed on the long flight gene or whatever?