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take birds into the sun in a cage and take shots or inside and near window and hold in sun light no flash if you ask me theirs one hen but untill i see new pics im hush

no it was not same person but i only listen to three actually people whom i buy my birds from their stud on a regular bases and my club president as they know their birds and their history how the chicks develop exec i dont buy random blood anymore just one or two birds that may have something im lacking or missing and still only on seeing their line of birds their breed from as someone very wize recently told me unless they have a room full of trophy's then dont listen to a word they say just i did get disharteded as i thought i did well for lacewings i was told i wouldnt have much chance breeding them as i would never get to standard of our champion breeders in our club but i think the boys may enjoy a challenge in the club make it less tardy and tedious so i wont give them in besides the brothers are very welcoming and helpful not your norm stick in the mud competitive types they more than willing to help or i wouldn't be able to purchases their birds at all if they were so.... and besides i know it took them all years and i know it will take me years also im in no hurry and its a love a hobby more than competition to me kaz this is too true Give them a chance GB smile.gif ...........I recall an olive green chick once that was worse than pet sized tongue.gif and after 8 months in the aviary where I really just forgot about letting him go there.........I caught a bird up one day thinking WOW !! Where did you come from ?? ohmy.gif and realised once I caught him that he was that pint sized chick with A few extra "muscles and feathers" and wow what time gives to some birds !! Hasty judgements can result in other benefitting from our culls that do grow on with time biggrin.gif

thank you all i am extatic but in a unsure kind of way i guess ive been told their nothing special by someone so when i though as you did for my first lacewings i thought i should be proud so thank you gina rach and dave

okay so here are pics of chicks from my split albino grey o6 boy to his woman a sky blue spangle hen hes split for cinnamon and opaline so i got two cin op spangle hens and a grey norm sex undecided as yet mum bites so pics hard to get she flys in and grabs you so thats it for now here is one my albino hens feb out 2010 im very pleased with her her sister and their cousin all out nest feb this year more pics latter to come

finally a picture sorry took so long and that theirs only one it was cold so dont want chicks getting chilled will get more as they grow

sounds exiting mate wish you well with it all be sure to do pictorial

yes as promised ,.... my new jellybean :D yes two was my clutch baby pick as you said head qualitys not fully what i expected three was always a dead end in my eyes but as you said time these lacewings need 18 months at least one was my pick for being to thin and long but had the head but seems rather good size across chest so fingers crossed and wing marks im very pleased no thum prints

so as my chicks have now grown up and left the nest i was wondering how nubbly would judge them if they were her own so i have put the pics of them flegded here it would be cool if the whole jernal could be in this thread but im not sure how to link it sometimes i remember but todays not one thoughs days lol so i will just post pics of chicks and dad as hes still with them and still giving supliment feeds what i like to see chick one chick one and two ,..twos on right chick three chick two in back left , chick three in middle ,chick one in front chick one at front and two and dad chick three and two being fed the three fosters are still in and out the nest will get pics soon and as soon as someone posts i will put up picture of my latest addition new lacewing chick hatched last night to my other split lacewing pairing i had up only two fertile eggs out of three so that was good odds i think

okay so update three chicks one dead in shell and a acidental brakage death combined as i have a faulty leg and my cage is lower than i normally have i fall and killed last egg to hatch im very sad and rather upset but on the up side i did not squash a chick that had already hatched;) not much of a upside i know i rang first two chicks today one has plumb eyes so fingers crossed pics tomorrow i will take and up load for you all

thanks i hope so still finishing touches to be done

looks deceving lol like the tartus from doctor who ,... way bigger inside than looks out i think its great have fun breeding

just leave them and next time she lays and you dont want her to breed just remove eggs from aviary if one or both are not in condition your just asking for trouble so much can go wrong even birds not feeding hatched chicks feather plucking heaps things mabe one she pushed aside was pushed aside to hatch rmember they rotate the eggs by pushing them aside and in colder weather eggs can take longer to hatch

fresh water in my opinion iodine block and charcoal block along with cuttle bone and finger draw of shell grit and pidgion vitamin mineral mix in a finger draw for eatting at their own leisure this works good for me along with carrots daily oranges daily and fresh seedling grasses ever mabe two to three days spinach leaves when avalibal all which are removed daily hulled oates in a d cup small parrot in a d cup and 50/50 of budgie n finch mix is supplyd to each cage along with boiled egg crushed with weetbixs and grated carrot n greated beetroot and or zicceni

thanks shannon im just trying to work out my approximate needs with my birds but i love all my birds and finding hard to let any go not sure what i have at moment in regards to hen cock ratio will be doing all bands sex and age of birds type and verity when birds go back in flight just trying to keep them all well feed and exisized at moment hard them all in small flight cages i hate it

looks good shannon may i ask how many cocks and how many hens do you have cheers

try moving his legs for 10 minits twice day in a bike riding motion this really helped joey and you saw how quick he was improving i know you have less time than me kaz but really worked for joey the more often the better but just 10 minits each sitting and not ment to let him try purch vet told me for first month to put paper on floor for first week then the wire floor to incorage toe move ment then a very low natural stick one on each side cage one angled so he could try waddle up along it

he is great did the lady not want him wow how lucky is your sister he will love her for life

its not just about touching due to germs its about moving babys and aborting the fetus gloves would be pointless in preventing that if their are defenently any fertile just leave them she will toss out or eat intill first fertile one hatches if all infertile toss all out remove nest or block and leave in cage as kaz said for week or two to recover i lost one putting strate back after clutch when i started out i never do it now

if he hit the cage or someone was playing with him and the fell this also can do it i say its to do with the nerv preshure as joey was like this i did take him to vet and vet said it may or may not get better but would take up to two months he said keep byself in house and reguler movement of both feet by me to stimulate joey did great untill he fell a second time and got put right back to start so we decided he was better off to be put to sleep so although i know he did not fall i feel you could get him better vet said seperate as a bird even jumping on him could put the healing back a week or two good luck hun but it dfenntly a nerv thing i think what from i so would not know

then it is way to small sorry i know the cage your on about i suggest you save money buy three separate cages then breed them in them the round cage not only be dangerous to birds as round and tall rather than long and rectangle no rome to go if fighting accured to prevent all just get separate cages i say

welcome to our forum also im not sure where im at in regards to western melbourne but i have a very friendly almost three month little grey opaline hen whom loves people company i think would tame very well with very little effort your welcome to her if you can come pick her up i started tamming for someone but i never heard back from them so really she would be good bird to start with if your not after a certain colour have a think about it im in gippsland id love her to have a family although i was happy to have her as aviary mate shes a pet type size she jumps straight on my hand when im changing food and all so loves to nibble me through cage shes craving attention i just dont have time to give so when you are after a bird have a think also my local pet store is always very friendly and helpful with plenty of discounts and bargains all the right cages at very decent prices not as expensive as in town , seed and other bird needs toys mineral blocks execrate id be more than happy to help you get what you needed for a bird weather you want to take my offer up or not gb also that cage is no good sorry but i can help with all that if you like

yes two and five are in my opinion best in clutch i will get pics when not busy of all out three greens still feathering up last stages thanks for compliment on my management i do try to do best for birds not what id like

if you look at your chick hun in few pics up you can see the sky blue tail with the aqure ting so yep defenently sky violet

yep everything nubbly said its impossable geneticlly

Macka. im sorry for your lose i to would take this generous offer up when your ready