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Does it look sick otherwise? Some hens are just really messy when their mates are feeding them and feeding babies.

Pretty, all YF1? I would also be interested to see a YF2, it would be a lovely pastel seafoam

Mine LOVE bottlebrush, especially the softer new growth :question:

Hey Deb can we get some current photos :question:

Your YF hen would have to be split dilute though don't forget Neat :question:

Hmm, maybe there are less here, I have only one dilute but don't see others all that often.

Maybe there are more of them in NZ Neville? I've never seen one here

You may just notice it more too Deb because she is so relaxed around you

Mine never smelt either and I had 18 of them!!

As I said it would be at least the end of next year if I did manage it but I'll be sure to post a picture

It is certainly possible, although I've never actually seen one, gosh it would be pretty though! *Makes note for future breeding * Here's the challenge, you would need to breed a dilute to a YF dilute or a YF split for dilute. So basically if you don't already have a YF split for dilute it's two generations of breeding to get there. I have a dilute hen and a YF cock and I think your idea would be gorgeous so I might put them together this year and then next year pair one of the YF babies(which will look normal but be split dilute) to a dilute mate, thereby hopefully getting YF dilute babies.

It completely dissassembles

No but it will go directly onto concrete

Definately a clean up required, they will tend to stick in sheltered spots, follow along fencelines, etc so mowing that grass low may help the situation a bit.

He has another smaller one which is more the standard box type aviary for $180 as well

He is a Yellow Rosella

I know!!! If it was my aviary it would be eaten to the ground :bump: Here he is: Apparently he is quite friendly, says a few words and wolf whistles

It also comes with the cute little yellow guy that you can just see in the photo, when photobucket gets its butt into gear I'll post a picture of him too :bump:

I organised to buy this pretty aviary quite cheaply today. It hasn't got a safety door but given where the entry door is I am thinking I might install one internally and divide the aviary into two. Anyway I'll have to think on that a bit more :bump: Here it is:

Tips for discouraging snakes: Keep the ground clear, clip shrubs around the base so they don't touch the ground and keep grass short, remove rubbish, etc Remove water sources, try and keep water for pets inside the house if possible, snakes are attracted to water as it is a good location for catching prey. Block holes in fences Red bellies won't climb as much as other species so if you can block the edges of the yard off at ground level up to about 65cm this will substantially discourage them

Thanks... I'm waiting to see what the result is from my first crested clutch but if they do well and the chicks look like they'll be good then I may do this after she has her second clutch. It will allow me to be more picky with which chicks from the pair I use next year in crested pairs as I want to breed out to some larger birds to increase the size.

True Jimmy but we think nothing of removing a clutch of infertile eggs and letting them lay once or twice more...

I'm wondering if it is acceptable to get an extra clutch out of a pair by removing eggs and fostering them to another pair? For example if you had a pair who you wanted to get as many chicks as possible from could you remove their first five eggs and foster them under another hen/s thereby allowing the hen to raise one clutch while the fosterhen raises a second clutch from the other pair? Under these circumstances could you then allow the hen to lay and raise a third clutch?

If you are planting cacti I think your original plan would be fine as they will be planted in coarse sand soil and won't hold too much water so shouldn't rot any time soon

Yes well I will have to hope for crested babies, the cock is crested the hen is crest bred and they have four other eggs still to hatch so hopefully there will be some crested babies amongst them. Not expecting any fallow babies as the hen isn't fallow. She is a dilute skyblue and he was a skyblue fallow