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I'm positive egg #1 was #1, it was further along in developement than the others, and they were marked. The chick in egg #3 is in the aircell now, no extrnal pip yet, but all seems well.

well little #1 died last night. The odds were so stacked against him from the start, he hatched late, when he hatched he had a vein hanging from his yolk, it dried out but during preening the hen must have pulled on it or something and pulled his insides out. I put him in an incubator and hoped it was just yolk and would withdraw on it's own. I got 3 meals into him, but he didn't make it. The hen knew something was wrong she left the box immediately and let me take him without any commotion. #2(first hatched) is still alive and doing well, they are feeding him and he's doing great, learning to stand up right like a big bird already. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/rou...pictures032.jpg Today is #3's due date

We got chicks, I helped #1 a little as he got chilled last night and made absolutely no progress in 12 hours. He's now out of the egg and squeeling a little bit, but he's not being fed. I think they did feed #2(first hatched) as his crop is yellow, he's also a little bigger than #1. here they are http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/rou...pictures028.jpg This is #2(first hatched) do his eyes look plum? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/rou...pictures030.jpg And little #1 close up http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/rou...pictures029.jpg Hector is such a devoted dad, he's spent all morning in the box with his family.

I'm hearing squeels from the box now, must be getting close. And last I checked #1 has finally pipped but #2 is likely going to hatch first.

dominant pied spangle opaline greywing I see blue bleeding into the head and back of the neck. I'm also tempted to say DF dom pied due to the amount of white on him.

The egg marked #2 is pipped and vocalizing, hopefully by tomorrow morning it'll be out. #1 I either marked wrong(which I dont think I did because I tracked the developement) or is slow, but I hear tapping inside the egg and the chick inside is still alive. Hector http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/rou...k/birds/338.jpg His mate http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/rou...ee/IMG_2195.jpg

This go she laid 3 eggs, last one was on the 28th. They are due to hatch on the 14th, 16th, and 18th. all appear to be fertile, I've candled all three and all seems well. I have a feeling that #2 may hatch early, it seems further developed than I'd expect it to be. Usually on day 5 you can see the heart beating, but it was visable in #2 on day 4 and is not clearly a developing embryo and it's body is visable as would eb expected for a 6 day old egg, not a 5 day old eggs. #3 is also showing signs of a heart, but no clearly visable veins, so it may be early as well. #1 developed as I expected. this was day 5 Hector spends a good deal of his time in the box with the hen, as a result the eggs have been rolled through some of his droppings.

Kaz, I was wondering the same thing, I have a sf dom pied hen that is marked very much so like that.

From what I can tell; Mother; Dom pied yellowface T2 (goldenface?) opaline Father; Dom pied nomal grey Chick a; dom pied, cannot tell the shade, maybe cobalt. Chick b; Dom pied cobalt(?) yellowface Chick c; Same as b Chick d; Same as a, but better markings

For an update I removed the eggs and they took a couple weeks off. She began laying again on the 24th. I candled the first egg while marking the second and it appears to be fertile, I'll know for sure in a few days. I've noticed Hector is spending most of his time in the box with her. My other male, Boidie, didn't even go in the box when I bred him. Boidie is the hens father, Hector is her mate.

No, this is a breeding between two unrelated birds, the hen of the pair was previously bonded to her father, Boidie. Boidie was removed when the box was added, I dont believe the hen and Hector mated as a result of her being bonded to Boidie. I have candled the eggs every other day and they are still clear, one of them has developed spots like you'd see in an infertile chicken egg. Usually by day 5 of incubation you can see veins and the heart beating, by now I should see some development if they were fertile, but instead there's nothing but yolk. So you all would remove the eggs and not let them finish the incubation? She's being such a good momma and setting so well I dont want to upset her by removing the eggs before she's ready, any input on that? And how long would you remove the box for? the pair has apparently bonded now and Hector even goes in the box with her.

My budgie pair laid 4 eggs over the last couple of weeks. #1 was laid on January 30th and #4 was laid on the 5th, I've candled them all and see no signs of being fertile. She's turned into an exceptional mom and her mate hector is also doing great. I believe the eggs are infertile due to the fact that she was paired with her father when they were all together and wasn't paired with hector when I removed the other birds and introduced the box. So, what would you all do in this situation? Would you remove the eggs? remove the box? let them be til they give up and try again? Thanks

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If he were split to cinnamon would there be any other indications? this is the hen he's paired with http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/rou...ee/IMG_2195.jpg I blew up a photo of him when he was younger nd you can sort of see the color. The line across the eye is because he was mid blink.

A while back I posted about my young cock bird Hector asking how many dark factors he had, I believe everyone agreed that he was a cobalt, sf dom. pied, goldenface. I'm currently pairing him up with a hen I produced in 2006, she's a skyblue sf dom pied, yf, opaline, /(possibly)clearwing. My question is; when Hector was younger his eyes were a deep plum color. As he's matured his eyes have turned a normal color. So is it possible he's hiding something and, if so what could it be? Thanks

Hector is coming into his adult plumes. I snapped a few shots of him tonight. he hasn't lost all of his blue yet so you can compare the green and blue. I can't tell if he's violet or just dark, or how many dark factors he has(cobalt or muave) so here's my boy http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/rou...k/birds/338.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/rou...k/birds/336.jpg the flash did distort his colors a bit so heres a photo of him from earlier this year with natural light. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/rou...k/birds/021.jpg

so the question remains, is he cobalt or violet? also in certian light his eyes look dark plum, assuming it's not just a strange reflection, would this mean he's split to cinnamon or something else? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/rou...k/birds/017.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/rou...k/birds/020.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/rou...k/birds/022.jpg

he's got millet sprigs hanging by him, seeds, bird omlett and bird bread in cups and on a flat tray. he did have some millet this morning and has been vocalizing to the others.

I dont expect him to eat much today, just because it's a new environment, but he has already vocalized. he does have a yellowface but I can't tell which type right now. he was panting a little in the pics but has stopped that and is over all acting more calm. his poops look fine too.

Got this little guy today, what do you think?

I prefer yellowface blues, with or without other genes

1) Can a recessive pied be bred from a pair of dominant pieds? Yes, dominant pieds can carry recessive pied, producing recessive pied offspring. 2) Can a dominant pied be bred from a pair of recessive pieds? no 3) There are no known dominant varieties with red eyes. Is this statement true or false? false 4) Is it possible for a bird to be visually carrying the color gray, violet, dark factor, sex-linked, dominant and recessive traits all at the same time? No 5) The yellow face on a yellow face blue is considered to be a dominant trait. What is the white face on a green considered to be? A. also a dominant trait B. does not exist C. a recessive trait D. a sex-linked trait 6) Name four varieties for each of the following. Dominant- Normal Green, Dominant(Australian) pied, Spangle, Violet. Recessive- Recessive(Dutch) pied, Blue, Dilutes, English Fallow. Sex-linked- Opaline, Ino, Cinnamon, German Fallow. 7) What are the only ways to breed a sex-linked cock? Mark all that apply. A. hen has to be normal, cock has to be normal B. hen has to be normal, cock has to be split C. hen has to be normal, cock had to be sex-linked D. hen has to be split, cock has to be normal E. hen has to be split, cock has to be split F. hen has to be split, cock has to be sex-linked G. hen has to be sex-linked, cock has to be normal H. hen has to be sex-linked, cock has to be split I. hen has to be sex-linked, cock has to be sex-linked 8) When a bird is said to be masking something, what does that mean? Also, give an example. A. split for another color or variety B. preventing the true visual color or variety to be seen A yellowface bird thats visually green but genetically muave. C. dominant for large spots on a deep mask 9) What dominant varieties change appearance when they have two genes for the trait? Dominant(Australian) pied Spangle 10) What does it mean when a bird is said to be split? A. two colors present as in a pied B. not visible on the bird but carrying one gene for another color or variety C. two colors/varieties present, dividing the bird down the middle; halfsider

to me they both look like YFT2 opalines and the one is clearflight pied. I say YFT2 because they both have blue on the breast area. there are some pictures of clearflight pied budgies in the "members budgies - variety of mutations" post at the top of the forum, the clearflights are in with the dominant pieds... the URL: http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index.php?showtopic=9579

we've discussed Rocky before, we know he's opaline and greywing, but his base color and actual body color was still a toss up. a few days ago I got these pics; it's more obvious in the first one that he has some muave patches on his lower abdomen and right by his wing, so does that make him a; YFTII opaline greywing with 2 darkfactors?

For some reason #2 never seemed flattering, she has a unique black streak on her beak, not sure of it's cause it's been there since she was a few weeks old though. and #3, she has a V on the back of her wings, I think she needs a V name but haven't found one that seemed fitting. you can see #3's wings in this one, she has her back to the camera. they are both a lighter blue than the seem in the pics, the lighting was a little too dark.