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No probs Hannah :thanks:

Currently moulting in the aviary :thanks: I hope he ends up looking like his uncles, in terms of head shape and all That photo was taken a couple of weeks ago. He is still moulting but I took more photos today.............

White down Dave ?

I'm with you DrNat on cats ( we have four )..... I also think your geese idea is very good :thanks:

Ï agree with Liv..........way too young to breed and most likely brother and sister

Its a boy, Hannah. Your description were a little off :thanks:

5th chick died......had yellowbelly. :thanks: 6th chick hatched today

SIX out of eight now :thanks:

Carl Alder is the breeder of these birds........the same breeder who I have posted the for sale budgies here on BBC. These guys are just finishing up quarantine.

Currently moulting in the aviary :thanks:

This is NOT an issue lilbabybudgies :thanks:

Even though you couldn't show the spangle dom pied offspring, would I be correct in assuming that if it was a nice bird, you could put it back to a normal to get spangles and dominant pieds (no spangle pieds....)....??? Yes

Love the albino chick The little guy does not look like he will make it Dave

Matt a netting company if there is one would cost way more than a pack of bird netting from bunnings

Bunnings PS a show breeder I know lost three birds in one strike when a hawk hit the aviary wire and sank its talons into the birds on the wire.

Is the nestbox level or on a kind of slant ? When nestboxes are not properly level hens do this. I wouldnt shift the eggs into the concave myself because once they begin to incubate them they have a sequence of rotation of their eggs and you could upset that. If your nest isnt level, make sure they all are in the future.

The actual description of this budgies cere keeps changing. I would rather wait for a photo.

The hawk will keep coming back now it knows about your birds. Its not biting through wire you have to worry about.....a hawk can kill birds that hang on the wire by piercing them with its talons. You will have to put bird netting up all around and extended out from your aviary so it doesnt get close.

I hope you have the support of friends and family at this terrible time Maes

These photos are 160px × 120px..........you can post photos on here 480 by 640

Recessive hens are the same as any hens..........whitish pink when not in condition and brown when they are. Recessive cocks have pink ceres at all times.

Breeding for show means you keep them all until they are 8 months at least to see how they turned out and if they will suit your breeding program.

They are in the kindie cage Matt..they will go in the aviary once the weather is warmer :what: