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No there would be no sperm from another cock because their 1st round was clear and they haven't been apart. And I know I didn't put another egg in there because the hen is on her own, she was even on her own when she laid the last 2 eggs, hense why they were probably clear.

Yes Daryl the mother of the White DF spangle is cobalt spangle and his brother through cobalt spangles and they are all very much the same mainly the head and size.

I put chicken, turkey and duck carcesses in sometimes and the babies go nuts over it but I also get nubblys problem rotten ants so that puts me off too. AS for lemon and orange they all go for that and there is never any left the next day.

Yes but the sun rays or what ever you call it can not penatrate through glass or plastic etc. But yes get a calcium block and ask your vet what she thinks

okay I put down a DF spangle cock (Kaz's bird now with a grey cinn spangle, I had 3 fertile eggs and they hatched. BUT the problem is one is grey spangle and that's great and one is a white DF spangle and that's great but the 3 rd is a cobalt normal and I swear I did not put other eggs in the nest but then I thought i may have which I didn't but this young baby is looking just like her siblings. Has this ever been documented where a df spangle can through a normal because I am sure I read it somewhere. I know i didn't put other eggs in their because I had 2 eggs that were layed on the floor from my violet and I put them in the other nest which is DF spangle too well those eggs hatched and I thought I have 2 DK greens which is right. See, this baby, I rang her then put her in the other nest because she wasn't been fed probably, so it's only the last couple of days I am wondering what's going on. Greg said I must of put another egg in there but I know I didn't because I had no more eggs laid. Plus the other pair that I could of retrieved an egg were grey greens but I didn't because they broke when layed from the perch and the same fro the violet there was only 2 because the last one she laid broke. SO WHAT"S GOING ON .....???????????????????

Does he get plenty of sun light because I was told by a breeder here that if a bird doesn't get enough sun light natural vitamin D I think. If not you can buy a product from vetfarm called soluvet D. I had a friend here that their birds beak was growing and they were trimming and they asked for advise and besides telling them to take him to the avian vet DR Black or ring him my advice was the give him plenty of sunlight, they didn't take him to the vet or ring but did give him much more time in the sunlight and his beak is now fine. So it could be a problem with the liver and also not enough sunlight, ask your vet when you go. As for cuttlefish they are really useless you would be better off haning an calcium bar with idione in the cage which is much harder to start with and with help excerise the beak plus the additive of calcium and idione will help your bird more than cuttlefish. anyway good luck with

Yes GB your right they will be a great asset to my stock especially the grey spangle

Thanks Bird love, I am really happy with them so far considering Kaz now has their dad, I was hoping he would through something spectacular and he didn't let me down.

exciting good luck

and your budgie is a sweet little fella.

The grey one is massive and for the last couple of weeks I am thinking MOP because of the feather and massive head, but I have not had any mops in that family but then there is always a first time but he is not looking like a mop now as his wing are tidy and he has grown into his huge head now Both birds heads are wide which is great and both have directional feather the grey more than the white but I think they are going to be winners for sure

they have daddies good looks

Thanks Renee and Kaz, yes I think they are going to be winners as they have huge wide heads, like an adult head already. AND directional feather.

These 2 babies the oldest 4and 1/2 weeks are from the white DF spangle cock that Kaz bought off me. The mother is a grey cinn spangle full sister to the babies grabdfather my yellow DF spangle ... Take a look mother Grey spangle and white DF spangle he is five days younger then the grey spangle What do you think , hey hate this new update in photobucket driven me nuts

Wonderful birds Liv that should give you a geat start

She lovely Kaz, your a lucky boy Dave

Nice babies and no mops

Very nice birds Liv

The Dark CharacterAs well as the colour gene being dominant or recessive, there is the inherited depth-of-colour gene call the "Dark Factor" and denoted by the letter "D". The dark gene is not responsible for colour in itself but will alter the depth of colour. It works independently of any other colour gene. The theory used to establish different shades of colour is known as the "Incomplete Dominance Theorem". The absence of the dark gene is denoted by "dd", it's presence as a single factor by "Dd"and in double factor by "DD". Presence of the Dark Factor Basic Colour No Dark Factor Light Green Blue (Light Factor) dd One Dark Factor Dark Green Cobalt (Medium Factor) Dd Two Dark Factors Olive Mauve (Dark Factor) DD The results and percentages of the mating and production of budgerigars with regard to the dark character is governed by the Mendelian Theory. It is important to realise when giving results in percentages, that the percentages are calculated over a wide number of different pairings of the same combination and not for a single nest. In doing so, the practical results will roughly agree with the theoretical expectation. Therefore results of cross-mating with various shades of dark genes can be summarised as follows: Pairings and Expectations - Dark Factor Pairings Expectations DD DD 100 DD DD Dd 50% DD 50% Dd DD dd 100% Dd Dd Dd 25% DD 50% Dd 25% dd Dd dd 50% Dd 50% dd dd dd 100% dd

They probably won't at the start but if you keep offering and leaving it there for a while they will, young birds try things faster than the adults

My only eat chopped or grated, they ignore wholes bits except they love corn on the cob :flowers: , oh and I do put big slices of lemon and orange in for them too and they love it and it helps prevent megabacteria

Try peas, corn and carrot he is bound to eat it once he takes to that chop up some broccoli celery and grated beetroot., just offer it all the time and he will start eating sooner or later

I had one that was on it's back like that all the time too but it was splayed legs really bad, and I had another baby in another nest that all of a sudden had it's neck in a funny position kinked sideways, I kept trying to straighten his neck but it kept returning back to the same kinked position I was going to put him down but decided to it it be and see what happens and after a couple of weeks it was normal again. He was only 6 days old when I first discovered it but he is totally normal now and he is about 12 weeks old.

Gosh they'er useless :rofl: for Jet star

Thanks Kaz. I think I will come for a holiday first as I might not like it over there but i am dieing to see my boys and my grandkids. miss them terribly. I might venture over there after the Christmas break Keeps us updated with Liv's holiday