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Nice pics Even if it does look like they're in dense fog

I agree, my home made ones with plain wire fronts have wooden doors.

Is this the parents second round?

Might have some chicks soon , my hen and cock are due to hatch theirs anyday now

Df spangle from me also

What a horrible week for you dave!!!! I hope things look up for you soon

Yellowface 1 and yellowface 2 are essentially two different mutations. If breeding with yf2 birds the outcome will be yf2 birds and like wise for yf1. The only way to get one or the other gene is to breed with it. So i'm not sure exactly what you're asking??? Whether they will cross or what? breeding yf1 to yf2 will give you a percentage of both, but as far as i know they can only really be on or the other??

Congrats!! she's gorgeous :DCongrats!! she's gorgeous :budgiedance:

Nothing to be sorry about I always misread stuff :sad:

Welcome back I'm glad you're getting a new bird :sad: It's hard when losing such a close animal to get a new one. Can't wait to see photo's of your gorgeous new friend! goodluck searching, hope hubby knows what he's in for!!! :sad:

Sorry to hear all this Daz Does this cancel your trip over for the nationals also?

I've seen this before also, but it's hard to see with a normal torch and oyu have to use a white lighted one. It's visible until about day 11ish

Hi and welcome!

She is Yf norm Her mother is a Yf2 df spangle and her father a violet normal Poor girl, i feel bad for blinding her with the light each time :sad:

No, the creamino spangle bird is fledged int he aviary, this is a fallow

Hi guys, as promised here are two pics of my suprise fallow bubs development thus far !!! http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff16/1libby/fdfs.jpg - you can only jsut see the spangle markings - and heres the pretty bum Sorry she kept half blinking and you can't see her pretty red eyes... well not all fo them anyway

I lost about a 4-5 week old normal green bub once who wasn't feeding herself.we couldn't find her the first day, spotted her the second day in a tree, tried to catch her and she flew off like a pro. After the third day we'd given up hope. My partner and i were sitting out by the aviary watching the birds, when this little green hen walked up on the clear sheeting ontop of it!!!!! my partner went around the back, scared her to me and i netted her!!!! She was starving! so don't give up hope! she may still come back!

The holding on isn't a generally male act to do. Do you have any pictures of this bird as it sounds very "hen like"??

Gorgoeus birds, i love this big bird closest to us in the first picture... a blue with white patches on it's wings???

Mine would be MEGA HUGE and situated over a native small gum tree... As natural as i could make it

quail eggs only get turned for the first part of the incubation period. After that they're left alone as they position themselves ready for hatching.

I wouldn't tempt fate with a quail egg. Upon hatching it will probably be killed as it is far to obvious that there's a difference in species. Other species not quite so obvious have been done, but they're all parrot like birds as far as i know.

why, in the first few days there's nothing in them... just like a chicken egg really, there's nothing to see yet... even though you know the sperm is in there it's not developing yet... Do you eat eggs jimmy? those are unfertilised but what if one had had sperm in it that wasn't developed, you'd not even know yet, nor would the embryo who hadn't developed inside yet

well you've already made it loud and clear no matter what any of us say you see your actions as acceptable and good care. I also didn't notice it, but now you made a point, yes any source of open water is dangerous, birds can drown easily! Way to many wild birds fall into water troughs trying to drink and die from the livestocks sources... and they're well aware of what water does, so a tame bird certainly can. Best just to keep them away from water unless given a supervised bath and so on in shallow water or a light stream from a tap/shower. P.s. by the way... you say your birds and dogs are only out when supervised compitently by you or your mother... but how can you be supervising them when playing a video game... if they were sitting on your shoulder or something i could understand that, but just having it nearly drown shows you weren't able to watch them properly whilst doing it???

it all depends on if he wants and is prepared to take over for them if something goes wrong? or if he knows what he'll be doing with the offspring and if he has enough knowledge?