*libby*

Beautiful clear photo

There's no seeing wrong. Those birds are definatly only just over 3 months, if that. In your second post photo's : 2, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 show all VERY young birds. There's no special camera needed to see that, they're young. Some even still have full barring on their head, meaning they're UNDER 3 months. By a bird being over 12 months of age will NOT stop it from laying for the rest of it's life, that's incorrect. So i don't know who told you that. Mostly everyone on this forum breeds after the age of 12 months for for this rule to be true none of us would of had babies? being in a different country does not change how a bird breeds.

By the pictures many of those birds who have been put down for breeding would only JUST be 3 months old... Birds should not be bred until 12 months of age? As already asked why do you produce on such a large level? where do your babies go?

I hope those aren't all of your breeding pairs? many of those birds are only babies themselves and shouldn't be bred????

Splits can pass on to splits and keep it going without the gene even been shown... a birds great great great great great grandfather could have been split ino and his great great great great grandson could be split without it of ever shown in the previous generations

Howdy and welcome As already said by many can't wait to see your birds. i have a few tufts i've bred, but nothing of any size... so definatly can't wait to see yours

Correct, she is a YF DF spangle

Haha hilarious, but rather creepy! haha

Ahh see, i disagree with this. To insure my cat for up to $6000 it will only cost $200 a year. It would take me forever to save $6000 for emergency pet money, especially with the wedding coming. When my pregnant cat got hit by a car last year they quoted $3000 alone to do a caesarian on her, not even including the cost of what it would've taken to fix her diaphram rupture. In my eyes it is well worth it, because you never know what could happen or how much it will cost, and if it goes over your limit you have on the insure for the animal, then in your saving you're likely to be able to cover the difference. It's much like car insurance, I don't know anyone who'd risk having to pay for the accidents out of their own pocket... the insurance means there's not as much strain on your pocket for just a little bit a year.

They're all beautiful Kaz, but then again, you already know that!

Bunnings That's where we got all our equipment from and places like birdworld etc stock all kinds of wires... but for stuff for the frames i'd go bunnings or some other kind of warehouse/scrap yard Always good bargains there.

I have a greywing grey opaline recessive that looks the same as that bird there ghazzigh, but I don't think it's the same as Daz's bird... the first chick almost looks like a greywing TCB pied? if they're possible LOL!

You mean pet insurance Matt? Definatly does help. We're getting our ragdoll and my puppy insured because she'll be getting a surgery soon

seems to be the case unfortunatly most the time The ones you want to breed, never do or rather, mostly never

oh aren't they just beautiful! Wonderful photo's there! BOM competition??? They seem to have the "show head" on them? are the parents show types?

I agree, definate clip. Clipping only one wing or leaving one or two primaries is a risk to the bird. They can hurt themselves without being able to land properly or snap the feather that's been left and loose a considerable amount of blood.

Hello and welcome aboard

I disagree, the one at the back in the first and fourth picture looks to be a cock? any closer pics of the cere?

I don't see how clipping could hurt, i mean obviously they'll never be able to fly anyway, but for the sake of "lightening" their burden i'm sure it would work, although I doubt their blood supply is in the same parts of the feathers as normal birds so you'll have to be careful??

Sure are beautiful! Cannot go past a gorgeous violet pied!

He sure is tiny, but my guess would be that he is old enough to of left the nest by the length of his tail feathers. As recommended give his crop a check for evidence of eating and put food all around for him, including fresh foods and scattered seeds.

I use a dripper bottle for my quails and they love it you shouldn't have any issues with it and it'll keep the water sources clean. And as has already been said they take dirt baths instead of water baths so won't change much Go for it, they adjust very fast

Gorgeous birds, looking very good! love the pied in the nest

They're beautiful Liv, although it's sad they're feather dusters i'd gladly have them any time in my aviary Knowing me I'd probably even buy them haha! By the way, Quilla looks like a cock? By the look of the sibling you're doing well there Liv I can't wait until after the wedding so I can get back into my birds again!

Agree entirely with Neville