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Hiding summers first ever baby summers second baby

Its not as hot here but I'm still spraying the roof of the aviary every hour or so. Some birds don't take well to the heat at all.

Hi Thought I'd do an update. Neon and thunders second clutch are going well. They are all out of the nest now and 2 of the 3 can fly. Some pictures: Dark green texas clearbody hen Grey opaline hen Sadly I have no picture of the skyblue normal. Sumo and bullets first clutch. This consists of two babies. Yellowface cinnamon Hen. Cinnamon hen Also. Do you remember chomper and summers first clutch? They are all about 6 months old now and are going very well in the avairy. He definitly takes after summer with the size. More to come.

Hi If a clutch of babies is produced and some chicks are cinnamon and some are opaline, and the hen is not showing either of these mutations. Then this means the cock is masking both these mutations and all chicks will be hens right?

I am very sorry for your loss. :fingerscrossed:

I give the parents egg and biscuit (home made) calcium blocks, occasional calcivet, iodine and charcoal blocks, Hulled oats, and a high quality seed mix, also plenty of other vegetables. I only use hand rearing food when A parent neglects her chicks.

I also use apple cidar vinegar to disinfect my bird cages, food dishes and everything else. Works well.

From the Faq - Sex Linked Mating Table Sex Linked Varieties: Albino, Lutino, Opaline, Cinnamonwing, Lacewing, Clearbody, Slate. SL Cock X SL Hen = SL Cocks = SL Hens SL Cock X Normal Hen = Normal/SL Cocks = SL Hens Normal Cock X SL Hen = Normal/SL Cocks = Normal Hens Normal/SL Cocks X Normal Hen = Normal Cocks = Normal/SL Cocks = SL Hens = Normal Hens NB: Visually you will not be able to tell which normals are also split for the SL gene Normal/SL Cocks X SL Hen = SL Cocks = Normal/SL Cocks = SL Hens = Normal Hens

Tcb is sex linked so if you paired a tcb male to a normal female you should get baby tcb hens. Also the cocks would be split tcb. Am I correct?

Looks like a male to me.

okay I did not know that thanks very much Dave. Is it true that the spangle mutation increases size in birds?

okay Thanks very much Ripbudgies. I will take the yellowface out of my records. The next pair is a skyblue yellowface type 1 hen was paired to a cobalt normal cock. The chicks were Cinnamon skyblue normal Cinnamon yellowface normal The cock is masking the cinnamon? if so that would make the cinnamon chicks hens right? With sex linked, is it more common for a hen to display sex linked mutations? Because for a cock to display opaline both parents need to have the gene dont they? Where as a hen baby only needs the father to mask it.

My budgies and cockatiels are in an avairy together. I would imagine some of the bigger birds you have mentioned could hurt the budgies. I also used to have king quails and they are good to have with budgies. Can doves be housed with budgies? what about finches?

Hi thanks very much Ripbudgies. My internet is extremly slow at the moment so unfortunatley I cant acess my photobucket pictures. 2 of the babies produced are green but have blue in them. I will try find a picture for you. This is one of them. The blue is not as noticable in this one I will try find another. I can definitly see blue in him.

I know you can use Megabac-S for megabacteria. I am pretty sure It can be bought from vetafarm, I will look now. And you can also get avi-cal for calcium Supplement.

Hi Dragonx I apologize for giving you the incorect information, It turns out I was quarantining my birds the incorect way. I am now going to start quarantining the way everyone else has suggested.

I think I've figured out the above. Could you please correct me. Summer was a yellowface green cinnamon, split to blue. Chomper was a light green recessive pied, split to opaline and cinnamon and to blue. Together they produced. #1 yf green normal #2 yf green normal #3 spangle light green #4 cinnamon spangle light green #5 opaline dark green #5 dark green normal So that would mean that Both yf's could be any sex. #3 Spangle could be any sex #4 cinnamon spangle light green would be hen, seen as chomper is masking the cinnmon #5 Opaline dark green would be a hen, seen as chomper is masking the opaline #6 Dark green normal could be any sex. Is this all correct?

Hi all Do you remember summer and chomper. I lost my breeding records, my computer crashed so its all gone. I am hoping someone can help me determine a few things. Chomper: Summer: I forget exactly what we decided she was, We were debating between dark green cinnamon spangle and yf2 blue cinnamon spangle. These are all the chicks these 2 have produced. Hopefully you will be able to tell what chomper and summer were split to. #1 yf green normal #2 yf green normal #3 spangle light green #4 cinnamon spangle light green #5 opaline dark green #5 dark green normal The colours dont really matter to me, its just telling what chomper and summer were split to. My understanding of it is, chomper was masking opaline and cinnamon. Is it that simple?

Hi Ripbudgies. Thanks very much for your help. This pair did produce a grey opaline baby. So does this mean the hen is a double factor grey green? Because she passed it on? I will put all this in my documents thanks very much again. Also, the tail is dark blue.

Thankyou very much all for the help. These are all the chicks neon and thunder have ever had #1 - Skyblue normal #2 - Texas clearbody, olive #3 - Grey opaline #4 - Grey green opaline #5 - Light green normal Neon is a grey green HEN Thunder is a skyblue normal COCK So for the babies to be those mutations I'm assuming: Thunder is masking opaline and Texas clearbody. Neon is split for blue. Am I correct in saying this? Thankyou all.

Thankyou Kaz and Dean_nz. The parents are: Cock - skyblue normal - has opaline in him hen - Grey green - split to blue. How can tcb be possible? Isnt it sex linked aswell? Can a cock have 2 sex link mutations? That would also mean this chick is hen? I will check the flights and tail now. flights are greyish and tail is dark blue.

Hi Their is a chick in the nest Im not sure about with the mutation. Is it possible to get cinnamon opaline? And the colour does not look light or dark green to me. To me I would say its a grey green opaline cinnamon, what do you think?

When I started breeding I was worried when the hen did not lay also. After the birds mate it takes somthing like 7 days for the egg to develop, so if they did mate as soon as they were put into the breeder cage then you could expect the egg in the next few days. Some birds dont mate until a week or so together so add another 7 days for the egg to develop and thats a fair while. I usually wait 4 weeks and if the hen has not layed then I change pairs.

When I get new birds I put them in a quarantine cage far away from any other birds. I keep them their for 40 days and moniter them each day. I dont treat them for anything, A few breeders have told me it is bad to give a bird a drug if it doesnt have the disease. If the bird is fluffed up or looking sick then take it to a vet or give it the appropriate medication. Megabacteria can be cured using Megabac-s