Dave_McMinn

I know that Cec has a quite few albinos. I know that he puts greys with his albinos. It is possible that one of them threw a blue boy.

I will try to take some more pics later. I tried to take some pics of the newly hatched today, but mum was very defensive, not working with me. The interesting thing was I really think the newborn has red eyes. No dark colour visible under the skin, so not plum or black. Red would mean that Dad is split Albino. Interesting if he is. We will see.

okay, here are the pics Greg Gregoriou birds Dark Green Hen Cinnamon Winged Hen sitting next to the Bradford GreyGreen Bradford Green John Hewitt Dark Green Cock and Grey Green Hen Mixed All birds are young, with the bradford birds still having a fair bit of maturing to do.

I might have met that person if it is the person I am thinking you were talking about. I am going to get get some pics now, back soon

I am never good at telling what they are so early in the nest. Kaz is much better than me. I said in my original post that the blue mum was an opaline. the blue young are not, but the mum is.

Went to my local club's sale tonight and bought 6 more birds, 5 hens and 1 cock. A dark green hen and cinnamon light green hen from Greg Gregoriou. A dark green 08 cock and a grey green 09 hen from John Hewitt A light green opaline late 08 hen and a late 08 grey green hen. Pics will come tomorrow maybe, if I get time (yes even us school teachers often have to go in and do interviews for Yr 7 2010 on saturdays). A good night, some nice birds, and everytime I had to compete in a coin toss, i won, so a lucky night as well.

don't disturb them at night, wait until the morning. no rush buddy

I am thinking that 4 out of the 6 are fertile, based solely upon the eyes of a very novice breeder - LOL

She has not been consistent with her laying of eggs. She sat since day 1. She has also seemed to have some difficulty laying an egg at one stage, and she layed one off the perch which ended up in a big poo pile and was cracked when I found it.When I left for work yesterday i counted 5 eggs. When i came home there were 6. I did not expect anymore as I was sure she had finished, as i said in an earlier post. anyway, the first must have hatched today, as there was no chick this morning when i checked before work, only 6 eggs.If the truth be told, I was a little worried about her at one stage, that she might have been egg bound. She was eating and all, had a big egg bum, but I could not see any big droppings, and she was a little more fluffed than usual. I think she was having trouble laying an egg, and when she finally got it out, it came out with a stack of poo and and was laid off the perch. The shell was not very thick. she has extra calcium in the water, but it does not seem to have helped with this egg. I know that they are meant to lay every 2 days, but there was about a 4-5 day period with no eggs. Then the cracked one, and now we have another egg, and a young one hatches the next day.If you take the fact that the little one might be right on time, or a day early, from the very first egg she laid, plus the delay in the middle with her experiencing some difficulties, then it is entirely possible. The 18 days rule is not hard and fast for hatching, nor is the egg every 2 days. There is always the chance for 1, or even 2 day swings, and things such as her egg difficulty have to come into account. I know that Mattdog2. I stated that she laid an egg BEFORE the chick had hatched.

I think you misunderstood me Mattdogg2. I meant this hen

I think she is at 5 more eggs now. that means she laid one yesterday, I think -

The three new hens that i put in breeding cages have all been checking out their nestboxes. Eggs are still being laid by Caesar's lady and Luthors lute. Kestral and Dumb should have their first hatch very soon as well. And I am off to my club tonight where members are selling some birds. Who know what I might come home with. Taking my big travel cage - LOL.

okay, so from a green dad and a blue opaline mum you got 2 blues, 1 green and an albino? Are these guys colony bred? If they are, then this is all speculation, but if not, here is my take on it. You Albino has to be a hen, and for you to get an albino, then Dad has to be a green/albino. Mum is a standard blue. This means that the youngsters are these Green is male or female and is split blue Blues are male. If Dad is split albino, and he passed this gene onto hens, then they would all be albino's as the ino gene is recessive. Albino is a hen. Is my take right on this? I would like to see more pics of the blue opaline spanlge hen you have. She looks a bit like Dumb and Dumber.

The pitter patter of little feet has finally come to my garage. Caesar and his lovely lady have a little one. nice and dark pink, with food in its crop, this little one was born today and looks very active. I good start to the 2009 breeding season. Looking forward to more hatchings over the next few days.

Nasty lived up to her name, that much is clear.

Oh okay, I didn't know if you could look at a young birds barring, and see if the barring was straigh or not, and if that could indicate any flecking or not? All speculation on my behalf What about the second question? Just in general?

If you look at that young one now, can you tell if she will be flecked? Does much flecking disappear or appear in between moults?

Assumng Billy is not split for blue, then you will get 100% green birds, and they will all be split for blue. The hens will all be opaline, the cocks will be split for opaline. If he is split for blue, then the same applies as above, but 50% would be green, and 50% would be blue.

I did not realise that Omelette plucked the down off young. Oh well, nobody's perfect

Caesar and (insert name here) seem to be stopped on 5 eggs. She layed one off the perch and it had cracked. I think she might have been having an issue with that one, as it did not look exactly normal. Oh well, 5 eggs for a first clutch is okay. Dumb and Kestral seem to have stopped on 3. Luthor and his lute have 5. I am not sure how many if any of these are fertile. I have no candled them, preferring to just wait and see. I have removed the grey green hen from the cage with Twitch and put in Kiwi, a grey opaline cinnamon winged dominant pied (picture of her below) The grey green hen is the one on the left in the above picture, and Kiwi, Twich's new partner is on the right. I have put Dumber in a cage with Cino - a grey opaline cinnamon wing. She is not the heaviest set bird, but she had a great blow on her, and good posture (pics below) This is such a terrible picture of her. I will look for another one. The last pair have been paired to each other, feeding each other for over a year now. I know that you are not meant to put opaline to opaline, but this pair deserve the chance to have young together. (I know, I know, show breeders decide pairs on the basis of a lot more detailed thought that apparent love, but I am happy with this pair). Grey opaline male (earl) to grey opaline female (latte) (picture below).

LOL He is a wise man, who I am sure we can learn a lot from. Thanks for sharing that saying. I like it.

I understand that the long term path is the the one that has to be taken

Did he spend the 5c? Where did the coin go? no brothers or sisters? do you put this seperate little one in a seperate box to photo everyday?

nice little ones, how are they going size wise in comparison to other show birds? That is the real trick isn't it? Getting them up to show standard.

Little Uno is a cutie.