Dave_McMinn

depends - will they have flight time outside the cage? if not, look for a wider cage, not a taller cage

love the first one. great birds Kaz

Well, they all got shifted today, and I had a general concern about whether Milly would recognise the eggs as hers and go and sit on them. well, the good news is after persuading her to go into the nest box, she has taken up the challenge and looks to be sitting on the eggs. Tomorrow i will have a good look and see for sure. If she is not, i do nto want her to breed again, so she will be remove to a seperate cage until she has gathered her strength for her move back to the big aviary.

Well, the move was successful. All are now outside, still in their breeding cage, but in a seperate aviary. Now we will wait whilst they all get big and strong, so they can eventually go into the big aviary, for the very first time.

Well, I had to move the cages into a new aviary, so there was doubt about whether or not Angel would sit back on her eggs. Well, the verdict is in, as demonstrated by all the eggs on the floor of the cage. It is a little sad, but predictable. Sad as Ozzy, who flew away, was the father, but it was always going to be tough, with Angel seeking to raise them on her own. Angel can now focus on getting back up to full strength, so she can return soon to the aviary. Actually, it will be her first time in the big aviary, as she only ever knew the little one. probably for the best.

very cute

(Laughing out loud) - that looks like a pretty obvious spot to me. All this egg laying, and their creativeness, must mean you are missing the obvious - (Laughing out loud)!!

Where is that picture Kaz?

No probs, thought there was some confusion there. She is a cutie, with quite the bite on her - gets that from her mothers

Where did you get the idea about me thinking she was a lutino? I never said that. I said that when you look at her, you think creamino, but the patches on her back and near her legs indicate that she is not. I was the one that speculated on her being pied. She is dark eyed, but Mum is an Albino, thus my question was what can an ino, as in her mother who is an albino, hide in her genetics?

i do not think she was in a fight, unless the other bird bit one of her feathers in half. i think the eye was swollen due to infection, stemming from the blood feather than I removed. I think she has been improving. the eye looks like it has stopped sweeling, there looks to be less blood on her wings now, and she seems generally happier. I was out today, but she seems to have been eating more. I will be changing cages with her tommorrow, so she is in a normal sized cage. That will be easier for me to assess her. I have a set of scales and I will weigh her first thing in the morning. In terms of her age, hard to tell. I only got her this year, probably around March. She is probably about 6 months old, that is a guess.

I would love to say I had a lot to do with it, but it was really all Ozzy and Angel. Angel has 6 eggs now. interesting to see how many are fertile

With so many birds I can understand you doing that. My dilemma is this, I have 2 male birds that look identical from the one clutch. I figure if I use the split ring on one, then I know which one is which - eg Tommy has the ring, and Eddie does not (the names used have been changed to protect their identities). Boys to girls no probs with ceres and only 22 birds...so far

I love the fact that there are so many vairations on the blues. However i am going to need to put some split rings on the little blues to tell some apart later. Maybe a right leg, a left leg, and no ring. of course, if i knew their genders that would help and might make some rings unnecessary. Any guesses? Mum did not appear to like the aviary at first. You have to remember, she ahs never seen it before, but she will adjust.

Well he is looking better already. I still say he - pied's can be tricky - (Laughing out loud). He is easting well, his right eye appears better, and he is definitely a lot more chirpy. He will get to spend a couple of days in a hospital cage, then some time as an outpatient, before he returns to the wilds of the aviary.

well, they are all growing up. Will be time to move out soon

I spoke to Kaz on MSN and she gave me some great advice I have removed the blood feather with tweezers, given him some calcivet in his egg and biscuit, given him some greens and grated carrot, and of course seed and water. He seems better. here is the broken feather in question Here is his little hospital cage setup And here is the little guy. I am still thinking he is a guy. Any feamle bird would ahve sqwarked and bitten me hard, but he was really well behaved - only a little squeak as I pulled the blood feather out. very well beahved. Not out of the woods yet, but a big thank you to kaz who talked me through it. Many of us who are starting out need to learn a lot and fast, and people like Kaz offer so much, so thank you to all those helpful people

Today I am moving cages around, so i put the young ones that Dad was attacking back in with Mum, who is now on her own. All is good. Pics below The three together once more Independence, Tralia and Kau'i with mum Angel sitcking her head out Angel with her 3 offspring (sorry about the bluriness - i was nervous that Angel would scoot back into the nest box before i had a chance to get this shot)

I am yet to see Hugo (you think he is a she?) eat anythign today, but yesterday he was eating and flying normally without a care in the world. the eyes have only become puffy today

I am moving the breeding cages, so I thought i would do some picture updates. There are some group shots where you can notice the difference in blues, as well as a few individual shots. Little Kalani growing up fast Someone's sitting in my seat Now there are 2 people in the road Finally!! Group shot - with one exception - look in the top right corner! Better group shots Let me out Different blues Mum Sebby has returned to the wild - well the aviary anyway

okay, today was the first chance I have had to get in to Hugo. My injured bird. He was eating okay previously from what I had seen. I got him out today as he was not looking the best, and he looks like he is in a bad way. I have isolated him and given him a spray with some lice spray. he seems distressed. i am concerned that washing him, or even over handling a bird that is not used to being handled will distress him more. below are some pics. thoughts???? The injured wing the loss of feathers arounds his eyes, as well as the puffiness of the right eye in particular are a worry.

Yes, thanks Elly. So without breeding her with another bird, there is no way to really know what genes Sebby is carrying. right?

Norm, I think you are mixing up posts. There are no YF young in the fallow's offspring. She and her sky blue partner have bred 3 cobalt normals, 1 sky blue opaline cinnamon wing and one sky blue cinnamon wing. i think sebby(mother) is a mauve fallow. the fallow seems to dilute the colour, where Romeo(father) is a sky blue that is split to opaline and split to cinnamon.

thanks. I ws going to go with all greek gods names to follow Zeus, but Nibbler - he is what he is!!

okay, so i named the little one Kau'i - pronounce Ka OO ee It is a polynesian name that means the beauty, the youthfulness - kind of suits her So we have Independence, Tralia and Kau'i. three young ladies