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good to hear you have some healthy chickys dave good going mate hope to see pics soon

hay darl well im here to say not only am i breeding show type,.. one of the reasons i chose to breed Opaline was to............. save the mantel and bring back the clear v so far i think im doing okay my birds are not small but also not large the ones that i have managed to breed out with a resonly clear mantel i have a long way to go but i did chose my pairings to try and rectify these lost beauties im trying to keep all hens with clear mantels and from these i will be breeding them to the best marked normals not split to anything which im also breeding myself then the cocks split to Opaline breed from the clear mantel hens will or should i will say carry the clear mantel gene then its just a matter of keeping this line clear of anything thats split to Opaline from any birds that are not of clear mantel and from anything visually dirty this includes flecked birds

ill swap a hen for a cock lol if only we were closer ah story of my life

looks good what a great idea liv

for flycrow the grey green on the ice cream tub the bird im referring to in our pm conversations cheers

Yes, I have a sheet of questions and its nearly ready to send out. Would be great if you can do some of the interviewing Thankyou. interveiw by,... ms leeia fox with mr ..... and ........breeders of show budgies for over ..... years lol :rofl: yes kaz id be more than happy to interview people be good for my people skills too Sent you the email necessary to send on to your contacts........most of this can be done by email. Once you have some yes answers I will forward you the list of questions. First batch of questionaires have been sent out today. Anyone else wish to help out with interviewing various show breeders high up the ladder and of National breeding status ? Anyone with contacts ? cool i will b onto it

wow...so sweet.Your babies are looking fantastic mate ...cant wait to see them moult out later on PS would that YF be the Jeff lloyd boy ? well thats him but ring number is wa- gda- 06 242i thought that was armstrong code thats what i got told by another breeder anyhows but you would know as was your bird so yes the jeff bird NOPE you are right He is the Gary Armstrong bird thanks for that kaz as i was wondering for a minit their lol he is so nice and his first chick is turning out quiet a bird i noticed his chicks are slow developers but wow when they pop well im sure they will be ant put a nice cobalt cock to her im very exited id be happy if i only get one chick but im sure i will get more than that i do miss her so so much so cant wait for her return shes in trusting hands though i have big plans for her and her family and believe they will really get me started im so very thankful to you for helping me in my venture and it wont be forgotten as with you kaz to just name a few people

thanks splat and guess what my splat hen she has fertile eggs so waiting on news if and when they hatch the start of my splat line am exited about acquiring the other members to this exclusive line :rofl:

Yes, I have a sheet of questions and its nearly ready to send out. Would be great if you can do some of the interviewing Thankyou. interveiw by,... ms leeia fox with mr ..... and ........breeders of show budgies for over ..... years lol :rofl: yes kaz id be more than happy to interview people be good for my people skills too

maybe time to put the egg to your ear and listen for chipping you may need to assist its entry to the world theirs a special way to do itso dont just go cracking it open to help if cheeping is heard Its been nearly two days from a cracked egg. Too long for a chick to be making its way out safely. oh two days well thats sad

wow...so sweet.Your babies are looking fantastic mate ...cant wait to see them moult out later on PS would that YF be the Jeff lloyd boy ? well thats him but ring number is wa- gda- 06 242i thought that was armstrong code thats what i got told by another breeder anyhows but you would know as was your bird so yes the jeff bird im glad it was taken in text it was meant not as offensive she cracked seed for about 8 seconds tonight so...that's a signI myself definitely didn't find it offensive, I thought it cute that your little lacewing was able to at least have a name for her little "disability" :rofl: And that is fantastic she cracked seed. fingers crossed she keeps at itwell she is quiet large and her ways are a tad slow but shes the full quid on the inside just a bit more time to do things very loving and playful i thought it fitted im renaming her jimmy i do thank you for your comments guys im bit proud of these chicks and myself see a lot in most of them and myself can not wait for them to molt out i will be sure to take pics when they do

maybe time to put the egg to your ear and listen for chipping you may need to assist its entry to the world theirs a special way to do itso dont just go cracking it open to help if cheeping is heard

have you got a set sheet of questions written as i can get some written interviews for you i recon so long as you send me the question sheet give me something to do too. i can ask the few breeders i know im sure they will be more than happy to partake in helping us all learn more after all some of them have gone right out to come and help me and given me promition to ask anything anytime bless them :raincloud:

im glad it was taken in text it was meant not as offensive she cracked seed for about 8 seconds tonight so...that's a sign

thanks for the before and afters i think i may keep a few chicks a tad longer now :raincloud: i may need to build another flight thats all

okay a few more i cant help myself lately its good therapy lol this is my other albino chick i only can tell due to the poo :raincloud: my down syndrome lacewing chick more again later date same bat place same bat channel :laughter:

Who are you asking?? Everyone I can think of. If you have any suiggestions PM me for arrangements. This will be bigger than a snowball rolling downhill. I will need people able to do any of the interviews further afield...internet or in person. If you have contacts I havent got let me know I am getting yes answers from the bigger breeders, judges etc but wont post details until its all set in concrete this sounds great want to interview :laughter: me :mallet: :rofl: make for an interesting time maybe wouldn't learn much though :wine

keep bashing your head mate and maybe it will EXPLODE (blood everywhere ) :rofl: sorry :mallet: does my head too some days :raincloud: :laughter: :wine

do i suspect a hint that a new pinky may be hatching oh how exiting hopefully it is and not a cracked egg seems shes sitting well so no reason y none should hatch at all she is pet after all so you should be unlucky to get none hatch let us know im waiting to see if its hatched or cracked the suspence is killing me

thanks for trying guys nubbly im trying to work it out so i don't need to test breed to see what dark factors if any are held so i can pair appropriately the first time round just i think i breed a grey green bird with double dark making him olive but he is actually grey green to look at but he is definitely green not grey green his mum was grey medium id say and dad was grey green double dark id say what should be out come of that might be easyer to get a colour expectation chart for that ..??? grey medium factor to..... grey green double dark/blue out come ...????????????

hi guys so in breeding my birds i am trying to work out how do i distinguish between a grey-green with dark factor grey a grey-green with single factor (medium grey) and one with light grey (no dark factor grey green ) and one with double dark also the same again but in green eg dark green / blue, in medium dark green /blue ,in light dark green / blue ,one with medium factor one mabe / mauve or violet blue or am i totally confused and you cant get these thanks in advance

loved it just loved it superb thanks kaz

im not going to guess as i dont do that verity i really dont know but he is very cute :happy-dancing:

what i want to know is why do people keep trying to fool the bird breeders into believing their is pink budgies lol its not genetically possible the closest you can come to a pink budgie is the rosy look a albino masking violet gives off or a albino covered in pvm powder and any real budgie breeder can tell their not budgies but Bourke parrots even if :happy-dancing:

it was this one but in this picture she defenently is not spangle rip thanks for seeing this on other side bird looks apears spangled and opaline she is opaline for sure but no not spangled you can see my mistake though in this picture the thin black at botom of the colured feather , than cobalt and last normal cock bird of clutch is a definite violet. i wish i could draw an arrow lol but the bottom few marks looked spangled but on other side definitely not my bad :happy-dancing: their all so pretty though regardless of what they are