New Fallows

[nubbly5 0]

Well some of you might know that I've been struggling keeping my fallows going in any sensible fashion. So this year I was at the deciding point should I continue with this variety or quit them completely. I've got too many varieties as it is but then when I took stock of what I still had in the aviary it was enough to rebuild with some added input. So at the last Brasea auction I purchased 3 birds 2 visual fallows and one split. And then at the Pine Rivers Auction I purchased 3 more visuals (all with the help of Daryl! Thanks so much!).

 

So here are pics of them all bar a sky fallow cock from the first lot.

 

Violet Fallow hen from the Brasea show from Jean Horrobin. She is actually not a big bird but (not that the photo shows it) she has a lovely face and is reasonably wide across the cere and has good body colour.

 

 

This cobalt split fallow is also from Jean Horrobin at the Brasea Auction. Very small but reasonable feather and from a family that apparently breeds really solid hens. The green slip fallow hen is a free bird that Jean popped in with the Pisano birds that I got from the Pine Rivers Auction (how nice is she) that is related to the cobalt cock (maybe brother and sister or half brother and sister). She is a lovely solid '08 hen that Jean was not using this year.

 

2 visual fallows from the Pine Rivers Auction from Antonio Pisano. The cock on the left has a really nice face for a fallow better than the cock of the right but both have good body colour. Neither are large birds but then I didn't pay heaps for them either.

 

This opaline fallow hen, also a Pisano bird, is poorly coloured without much feather but hey she's a fallow so I'm not complaining AND she is a '10 bird. So will be useful for me in the future.

 

 

Only the sky fallow also from the Brasea Auction I have not photographed. He is the poorest of all the birds but bred from Horrobin x Golightly lines and again, he's a fallow so who is complaining. Will get a pick of him later.

Edited September 3, 2010 by nubbly5

[shannon bird breeder 0]

he has nice birds Antonio Pisano i have got his line off fallow as well i have been to his setup top birds

[nubbly5 0]

he has nice birds Antonio Pisano i have got his line off fallow as well i have been to his setup top birds

 

Thanks Shannon, that's nice to know as I really don't know anything about his birds!

[shannon bird breeder 0]

that okay the birds that i get off him all ways breed better then it self

[splat 0]

Nice fallows and splits Nubbly, I actuall like the jean chucked in she looks like a brood hen, I would love her. Good luck with breeding your fallows

[chookbreeder9 0]

Good luck Nubbly - a labour of love!

 

Jean has got some lovely fallows - unlucky not to win the Nats in Burnie. I really like her light green split hen! It is a good pond to be fishing in. What is the cock pictured in the first photo? He looks a useful rooster!

 

That old bugger over there John Payne has had a few decent ones in the past. You could sneak in and nick a few before he could even get to the door!!! (just joking - he is a mate!).

 

Cheers

 

PT

[nubbly5 0]

Good luck Nubbly - a labour of love!

 

Jean has got some lovely fallows - unlucky not to win the Nats in Burnie. I really like her light green split hen! It is a good pond to be fishing in. What is the cock pictured in the first photo? He looks a useful rooster!

 

That old bugger over there John Payne has had a few decent ones in the past. You could sneak in and nick a few before he could even get to the door!!! (just joking - he is a mate!).

 

Cheers

 

PT

 

Thanks CB, they certainly are a hard variety to maintain for some reason.....

 

I thought getting some of Jean's birds would be a good option and was lucky enough to have Daryl bid at the Brasea auction for me. Also super nice of Jean to gift the green split hen I thought.

 

The cock in the first photo is a boy I bred that came 6th at Tassie. His split brother and sister are down together too so hoping I can continue something of that line.

 

Yeah, John has had some nice fallows but I'm not sure how his birds are going at the moment - don't think his health has been the best lately!

[Squeak_Crumble 0]

Wonderful birds nubbly! I love them, the first cock is beautiful!!

I will be following this closely. I love your birds, beautiful.

if you ever want to cull some splits or visuals, let me know