**KAZ**

That kind of thing could happen anywhere really couldnt it ??!! Shocking loss especially to those who personally lost their birds.

She is a beautiful hen !! You would have to happy with that

Bob Smiths Boy ( R.I.P ) I have other photos on my other PC. I will look later

Cool idea about the GPS :rofl:

And you are a boy so maybe stop trying to do other things at the same time :D :rofl: :rofl:

Does that make the green ones all olives then ?

Mum is cobalt spangle not grey green. You might be looking at the dilute in front of Dad?........................ AHA :fear I was too :fear

Wish I could come with you to the Laverton auction Splat. One day I will fly over and go to an auction with you just for the fun of it :rofl: PS What time do they say the birds will get here this end ?

There are breeders in Australia already acchieving birds along those lines Renee Here's just one of them http://picasaweb.google.com.au/spangle918

She wont have the parents but should have the YF violet children.

Outstanding Shannon. You would have to be very proud of her :fear

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Maybe you can meet her and help her find Laverton JB :fear It will be early morning

The dark green chicks all grew their feathers back. the lacewing hen still missing some and may continue to not grow hers back.

Dad is Dark Green and Mum isnt a normal spangle. She may well be a spangle greywing or something like that. But she is grey green .....either dilute or greywing spangle maybe. Others more expert than I will help you there................more photos of the Mum needed please. Chickies 1,2 3 seem to be 1... Olive normal 2... Olive spangle 3...grey green opaline.

Let me know how you get on at the chemist :fear

Go to your chemist shop and ask the chemist to bottle you some up. Ask for aqueous iodine also known as Lugolls. Cost determined by the chemist. Using the search function on BBC would have found this information for you as it has been previously discussed :fear

They are feather mites.....easily treated using A.I.L. Avian Insectidal Liquidator from VETAFARM.

i doubt it renee....There are others doing greywings and have been for longer than me. I have to get some of these ones coming through with better body colour too. It will all take time. There are no overnight successes in this game. I may put big blue to a greywing hen i have for some decent splits though. you mean you are "thinking" about it?! :fear i would have though it was a no-brainer! :hug: in fact i would be putting big blue to as many hens as possible ... At least a couple of greywing hens! big blue will be double clutching with his cec gearing hen first. Then a holiday and then pair up later maybe april or so. Or i can wait till his Cec Gearing hen is sitting on eggs and borrow him off into another cage off and on to service some greywing hens

I doubt it Renee....there are others doing greywings and have been for longer than me. I have to get some of these ones coming through with better body colour too. It will all take time. There are no overnight successes in this game. I may put Big Blue to a greywing hen I have for some decent splits though.

My Dad had gout...I believe the treatment for gout is quinine.

Some updated pictures of the greywing chicks...all fledged and in a kindie cage now. Three from the same nestbox.....PARENTS... Cock bred by Lin Pittick ( R.I.P ) and hen by Dave Ganzer Some of these are a bit pale in colour. One in particular. Chick # 1 Chick # 2 Chick # 3 and the singular greywing chick from the other nestbox........... PARENTS skyviolet greywing cock bred by Ken Seagrott Green to a split blue greywing hen Bred by Peter Glassenbury

Be brave...go to the auction too....you can do it :celebrate:

Who Says so ??? :celebrate: i think she ment as in the really big studs that just want a winning bird probably my influence their kaz i just tend to see most breeders who have lost the love of the actual bird and go on looks and breed ability they bounce the birds that dont produce or that they dont use regardless of their potential to others as they dont want lines breed from their stock sad but true :celebrate: they dont enjoy suprizeses I know some really big studs and even though those breeders will and have paid around Ten thousand dollars at times for their outcrosses, I have still witnessed joy on their faces at looking at their surprises in their nestboxes ...just like any of us with our $20 birds. You can never generalise about a group of people as those that do not feel that joy would be in the minority and once they have lost that ability to see joy in the surprises and just see $$$$ signs then they shouldnt be in the hobby.

Who Says so ??? :celebrate: