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I'd say hen too

Oh Yippppeeeee!!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited and I'm not even there

The fact that she has a single ino gene means she MUST show this mutation and it will become dominant essentially over any non-sexlinked mutation, this is the reason that we know that all other chicks will be cocks. However she can still mask any non-sex linked mutation so she can still be split for it. And yes to your other question, you won't know which cocks are split ino until they are bred. If you were advertising you would only be able to say 'possibly' split ino

I have no idea JB, I don't remember ticking any strange little boxes when I signed up but maybe

*huhhhummm* I find it just as concerning that you also missed my birthday, I'm just as important as BBC Don't worry though I always get forgotten being close to christmas so I'm used to it :rofl:

It says 10004 for me :rofl:

Hmm so about 2 1/2 hours then... I wonder how far Ib would get before the kids went feral :rofl: ANyway, love to see some pics of your culls and might try and head up your way. Sorry, I'll stop going off topic now...

Where exactly are you Splat, what's the drive time from Melbourne? At some stage when you have some culls I'd like to come and visit and have a look at your birds

Creswick is near BAllarat

This is all I plan to breed in the future BP, I'm taking orders now for next year

I am thinking of putting my violet crested hen to a big grey boy. As greys and grey greens are well known for their size I'm hoping it may help to counteract the small size that cresteds are well known for

Just wondering if anyone can tell me how the violet gene affects grey colouring, anyone got a picture to share?

I think that's a photography problem Dave I have found that cinny birds I have photographed often appear black too

He looks black on my screen. If he's a cinny he could be grey green as it will wash out his colouring giving him that pastel look.

Looks like a yellowface 2 grey to me

Any ino bird will be masking other varieties. Sometimes you may be aware of these for example if the father was a opaline or cinnamon bird split for ino any hen chicks would be ino masking opaline or cinnamon other times if the parents are mixed non sexlinked mutations (for example a normal parent and a dom pied parent thw cock being split for ino) then you wouldn't know what they masked until they were bred

Hi all, just wondering if Saturday the 18th or Sunday 19th would suit people for a lunch meet up BYO meat and booze if you want it and a salad or dessert to share. I'll cover lemonade. Family welcome. Let me now if you plan to bring salad or dessert so we can try and keep it even Let me know whether either of those is unsuitable or if either is fine and we will try and fit in with everyone if possible Please be aware that I have lots of animals other than birds so if you have major allergies or anything take a Benadryl before you come Happy for people to discuss arrangements in this thread for things such as swapping/buying birds with fellow members, etc. The day could be like a little mini swap meet

Sorry RIP on reading your post I realised that the cock was split not visual for ino. In this case 50% of the male chicks would inherit the gene (ie. 25% chance over all) and you would not know which until bred as RIP said

1. The GF (sf) Albino can I call it a Creamino or is that not correct to say? Am I understanding that a GF (sf) Albino IS the same thing as a Creamino? Personally I'd still call it a cremino but maybe there is some other convention here I'm not aware of... 2. The GF (sf) Cobalts, will their bodies stay blue and thier head stay yellow or will thier bodies get a "green" color after thier first molt like a YF2 would ? I would use the GF parent as a guide on this one 3. On the birds you are saying are split Clearwing or Greywing will you know which one once you know the sex of the bird or will we not know until they are bred and we see thier offspring? You won't know until they are bred as it isn't sex-linked 4. On the dominant pied birds that you say are "possibly" split INO what will or won't make them split Ino?? I don't understand this part. All cock chicks will be split 5. I don't understand the "Opaline Lutino Domiant Pied Light or Dark Green Hen"... Wouldn't she be "masking" opaline since she can't be split for it? And how does the dominant pied come into play... wouldn't that too be "masking"? I'm totally lost on this one. And as for the color, I won't know dark or light green until she is bred, correct? Yes he means masking those patterns

Personally I think it's all down to the temperament of the individual bird, that oldest one that everyone thinks is so cute squarks at me and carries on like a pork chop every time Icome near the nest box whereas the little hen just sits in my hand and looks sweet.

I honestly don't think they would be hard to make. More expensive than wood but more durable so they would last longer. They'd also be lighter and easier to clean. I think I would make them singly and then bolt them together, they would stack beautifully and all you would do would be put a safety strap or two on the top row to stop them toppling (like you do with a bookshelf)

I just can't believe my luck that out of six babies I only got one hen! That might sound harsh but when you are breeding for the pet market it's a blessing

Hey JB, when I move (hopefully) during the year I think this would be something I'd like to pursue when I make my cabinets, when it comes time I'll let you know and maybe we could have a building day and build some for both of us

I think that was in the post about my "present to myself" when I bought my new crested pair

Yeah that's basically what I was thinking Hills. All these great ideas for when I move!!!!!