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Here are some of my 2010 birds, I am not really happy with what i have bred this year because I outcrosses to much. But things should look better next year when I take them all back into my line. They seem to be much smaller than my birds and they don't have the look that my line has. Some are from my line and have the look like the boys below.

Thanks Kaz, I just hope they turn out nice, so far they look okay. I haven't bred that winner this year because I outcrossed to much. But next year I hope to make up for this. How have your babies moulted out, the ones from the white boy.

Why not put it in luke warm water Kaz, besides a live chick will move, it will also helps egg to hatch. Some of the top breeders do this. I have done it countless time but only when the eggs are due to or should of hatched. But saying that yep just leave it alone and see what happens.

A few more pics of babies And I am happy as Larry because my white Df spangle has 7 fertile eggs and so far 4 have hatched. He is with a violet spangle and I am expecting someting good, fingers crossed. I was a bit dissapointed this year because I showed him to much and up until this nest I only got one fertile egg from 2 different nest and the 2 chicks were ordinary but they were outcrosses. But this nest is he has now is in the line. so really excited

Hi and welcome to the forum. To start with you can clean the hens eye with warm salt water using a cotton ball a couple of times a day and you can also you a cool tea bag on her eye also. See if ever of these work. I find hens get sticky eyes from feeding but it also could be an infection so try the above. As for her eggs I would say that the egg left is dead in shell put it in warm water and see if it moves, if it moves it is still alive and it not it is dead. But I wouldn't open it unless there are chips in it already but that's my opinion. Any way good luck with your hens eye.

Lovely chicks Dean, glad you are doing well now. I have had the same thing with my young hens they look bright pink like males but are hens. The one on the left you can see the white on the nostril.

Congrats Kaz great photo

As Kaz said they are much better flying all together, keeps the hens active. When preparing for breeding season I do seperate mine about 3 weeks before hand and that mainly is so I know they haven't been mated by another bird. BUT other than that they all fly together. Over the summer months and before breeding season I have young cocks in with older hens and young hens in with older cocks. I still have my babies flying seperate for a few months because they get extra tib bits for growing birds.

I thought hens too but time will tell,

Very nice birds Mark, I am drooling now

Hello and welcome to the forum Hayle

Lovely chicks Dave so pleased you bred some in the end.

UPDATE!!!! All walls completed and half the roof framing is up, so now after I finish the ceiling framing I need insul bats for roof and walls and wood for the ceiling. AND then wood for the walls. BUT I am doing the ceiling first. Raining today and I have a leak under the window so I have to work out where it is coming from.

I am the only female in our club. All men and just little old me I felt wierd at first being the only female but i was that focused on breeding and showing I just didn't care in the end and I have done well up till now so who says women can't breed good birds Last year we we did have an elderly couple but they have gone to Bendigo club but they still live in Shepparton so I visit them every week and that is a friendship made from when they were members. There was another women joined but only turn up once.

Hi Paul and Welcome, For cage cleaning I use virkons but I am sure if you used hospital grade disifectant like domestos it should be fine. The best thing to kill germs is the sun so after cleaning and if possable sit out in the sun for a day.

I love the mum really nice, and the chicks are super.

Is that the cobalt hen you got earlier this year, Her brother dark green opaline spangle has thrown my some very nice chicks too. Post photos of them soon.

Wow yes I got into your post have been trying for a while and internet keeps shutting me down. They are gorgeous chicks Robin

Yes!! Yes!! the busy bees sound good, I need them here, HELP. Just image if the club jumped in and help, how fast I would get this birdroom done, BUT then I have to admit it is also down to money so I can't really go any faster

I was going to say what Clearwing said, Because where there is seed left lying there will be moths. Clean all seed away and spray. Kaz I know a breeder that keeps moth balls in his seed bin, he has them stuck to the inside top of the lid, no hassles with his birds getting poison. I had moths last year in aviary and birdroom so I did a could clean of seed etc and sprayed and haven't had any since.

Very nice chick Gb keep us updated on how it moults out, Parents nice I actually didn't look at cere was it a boy or girl, I look was looking at the over bird and I liked

Congrats on your pinkies. I to have had eggs go off colour and am sure they have died but have hatched and lived but I also have had 2 chicks start hatching and stop so I helped them out but they died 3 or 4 days later. NOT YELLOW belly I think hatched to early.

Yes Kaz he thinks I am his owner but I am not, Greg is but he follows me everywhere and sits under my chair outside not Gregs I guess I am his carer

I went to Bunnings today to buy some more non structual pine, I have been paying $1.33mt and it has been really crappy stuff. Well today they are trying to get rid of it so it was going out for a $1. a piece (3 mt Lengths), I only wanted one but piece but I got 4, Greg told me to go back tomorrow and get extra if there is any left so i can frame it better for the bats. It was good I only spent $4.00. But I want 4 more pieces so another $4.00 but I am happy with that. Have heaps of bills to pay this week. Had to go back to the denist because I am still in pain so that was more money but they didn't do anything they said to wait another week and then they will do a root canal on my other tooth more money I am so sick of the pain, it's driving me nuts.

Enjoyed the read Dave but sorry you lost a chick but you did save 2. Dave the same thing happened to me a couple of years ago. I went to the bird room and it was winter and I was doing my usual check and I thought hey where's the front of that nest gone, any way dad was flying and around mum was in the cage but there were no chicks, there should of being 4 chicks there, all around 3 weeks old, so a little feathered up. There was a bucket below that cage luckily with a towel in it and to my surprise there were 2 chicks in the bucket, soft landing. But there were 2 chicks missing couldn't find them anywhere. The cages sat on a box with the opening at the back so I went and got the drill and drilled a hole and then the hand saw and started sawing away and there were my little chicks cuddled up in the farest corner. They were all alive covered in spider web I was horrified. I cleaned them up, they were okay but very hungry so I put them back in with mum and dad and quickly made a new front for the nest. I sawed the whole top front off that box so if it happened again I could find them straight away. One of those chicks when on to be best young beginner bird in show so you could see how desperate I was to find them, he is my yellow DF spangle.