Denise

I had this trouble when I bought breeding age hens last year from a breeder (now I know why they were selling them If I buy now I only buy babies and wait until they are old enough and breed from them. I have had a really good outcome this season from breeding last years babies (touch wood) :yes:

Great photos.

It woud make quarantine easier if you got them from the same place as long as you can be sure they aren't related to each other.

Just wondered how you were going with the diet MB? I was talking to a girlfriend today and she has just started one similar.

Not quite - I don't breed birds under 12 months. The cock is about 14 months, he has a split slate colored ring on his leg as do most of my birds for my records.

They look so cute after they have been foraging in their vegies, at least you know when they've been eating :happy-dancing:

They look gorgeous :chickendance:

Fantastic looking birds Dave

Yes the cock is split for opaline and cinnamon - his last clutch has 4 opalines and 1 cinnamon. I am feeling a little better thanks Maesie especially after I got the full arm length plaster off yesterday, now I just have an arm sling for 2 weeks and then they will review it again and hopefully I won't need an operation after all Thanks to everyone for all the lovely comments. We are very pleased with the mixed assortment of these chicks. :yes:

Oldest chick looks to be going to turn out like the Dad. Will take some more pictures in a couple of days when there is a bit more color.

This is a chick she had from early this year with a Lutino cock?

There is one blue opaline spangle that is 8 years old but that's the only one.

She was in a holding cage with all hens for 4 weeks before I put her in with the cock? It is a mystery.

That seems a lot of budgies for a smallish aviary. I have one that size and only have 4 canaries and 4 finches in it and that seems enough.

Sounds like you had a great night. Love the photos

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My husband chose this pair to breed. Mum is a Yellowface blue spangle and the Dad is a light green greywing. The have 3 chicks. Mum and Dad Chick 1 Chick 2 Chick 3

This pair had 5 chicks - Mum is a grey cinnamon opaline and Dad is a cobalt normal. Mum looking a little worse for wear. Chick 1 - Cinnamon wings Chick 2 - Cobalt Opaline Chick 3 - Skyblue Opaline Chick 4 - Grey opaline Chick 5 - same as Mum, Grey cinnamon opaline

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A question???? If you do what you have suggested above, and then enroll him the following year, because of his age, wouldn't you have to enroll him in grade one??? Not prep? AND wouldn't this kind of defeat the purpose. Holding him back because he is not ready for school, but then when you send him, unless you have been able to teach him everything that get taught in their first year of school, then he will still be behind???? I'm not having a go at the idea, just trying to get my head around it I am not sure about that, i would have to talk to the principal of the school and see what happens. If i did homeschool i would have to teach him everything that he would normally learn at school. He is very smart but his social and emotional development is delayed which is why i want to hold him back. He has no problems learning if it is one on one but he hates groups so put him with a classroom of kids and he would get anxious so he would misbehave. I can understand you feeling anxious about Jadon being anxious with a lot of other kids but that is going to happen whatever time you start him at school. Wait until he is assessed, depending on the results, he should be entitled to an aid with funding from the education department so he would have some one on one at school.

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Yes Do you have a hobby?

I'm so sorry for you loss :angel1: Glad you found out what the cause was.

:question: Congratulations Neat