Jlee's Breeding Journal

[jlee 0]

thought I would start a breeding journal to share some pictures with you all of the pairs that I have put together this week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[anne101 0]

I've started this week too Jlee......good luck!

[GenericBlue 0]

some nice birds their

good luck with it all

[jlee 0]

thanks GB and anne

[JimmyBanks 0]

looking forward to reading the progress jlee.

 

Do you know the background of your birds? Just curious to know what you are expecting out of the pairs, like if the first green is split for blue or are you just hoping for some grey greens? etc. etc. as a beginner it would be great to understand the pricess different people go through when pairing up...

[jlee 0]

Hi JB I too am just learning I have only been breeding budgies for a couple of years mainly pets but this lot is my first step to getting into the show ring and I am lucky enough to know the background on them, the green you enquired about is not split blue, I am looking forward to seeing the babies from these pairings and getting closer to breeding my first budgie show entry

[JimmyBanks 0]

Well best of luck to ya!

[**KAZ** 0]

You have some really nice pairs there. Enjoy and best of luck with your chicks

[jlee 0]

thank you very much kaz

[jlee 0]

I have had a very good couple of weeks with the birds we now have 33 eggs in the show budgie cages and 11 eggs for the pets so all going strong and I am excitedly counting down to hatching day :rofl:

[Dave_McMinn 0]

some really nice looking birds there.

 

I do look forward to seeing the pics as they young hatch and start to feather up.

[jlee 0]

thanks Dave they are my first lot of show budgies so I am very excited to see what babies they will have

[jlee 0]

UPDATE:

 

I am very happy to report that my first two babies hatched this morning, while the egg count stands at at 45, every thing is going great :camera:

 

Baby pics

 

 

[alpaca-boy 0]

really nice pairs! love the colours.

 

good luck with it all .

[GenericBlue 0]

has it got pink eyes ?? or cin ?? look pink

very cute and great pics

[jlee 0]

Hello GB yes you are very correct there is two different chicks in the photos the first chick is from a spangle cin grey/opal father and y/f grey mother the bottom two photos are the same baby from pied/opal/skyblue father and skyblue normal Mother

[Taboo 0]

You have some really nice birds there and very fertile by the sound of it

I'm justing getting into breeding show budgies myself, how long have you had them together before they bred?

 

Geoff

[jlee 0]

Hi Geoff they were put in the breeding cages on the 13th March, it probably took them two weeks to get use to each other and start checking out the nest boxes and laying , it has been about a month now from pairing up till the first chicks hatched, some pairs are still laying eggs, the first egg was laid on the 27th March, I still have 4 nests that have no eggs so I am thinking about splitting those pairs up and trying again with different partners, hope that helps you

[**KAZ** 0]

UPDATE:

 

I am very happy to report that my first two babies hatched this morning, while the egg count stands at at 45, every thing is going great

 

Baby pics

 

 

 

Plum eyes :rofl:

[Taboo 0]

Hi Geoff they were put in the breeding cages on the 13th March, it probably took them two weeks to get use to each other and start checking out the nest boxes and laying , it has been about a month now from pairing up till the first chicks hatched, some pairs are still laying eggs, the first egg was laid on the 27th March, I still have 4 nests that have no eggs so I am thinking about splitting those pairs up and trying again with different partners, hope that helps you :rofl:

 

Thanks for that, I'm looking forward in seeing more of your birds as they fledge.

[jlee 0]

Some photos of my new babies

 

 

 

 

 

[GenericBlue 0]

some very nice chicks their mate

i very much like your yf spangle

[Taboo 0]

There beauties, well done

[jlee 0]

Thanks GB & Taboo I am happy with the babies so far with some more to fledge soon they are my first attempt at show breeding so hopefully it will only get better from here

[anne101 0]

WOW Jlee....Stunning babies...................