Daz

Spangle is a nine to tener. She would lay her first egg nine or ten days after being put in the box. That would make it Thursday for the first egg.

Hang on girls, it's a bit early to call a Fallow. The fallow gene produces the red eye in the adult not the youngster. I would say girl also nerwen as the cere looks to have also the nassal rings and beginings of the rough texture. The discription that Nerwen uses is the phenotype (What the bird looks like) The genotype (what the genes really are) are yet to be known. She could have some hinden gene. This is the surprise in breeding. Can I through in the blue gene as well.

I have rung the clutch of older chicks with split rings. All my birds are rung so I don't line breed. Today I rung the older of the new chicks. He/s is 6 days and as I am very busy tomorrow I thought I'd give it a go. It is the first time I have used a closed ring and on a chick so young. I remember the first time I tried to change my new born son's nappy. I was so scared that I would stick the pin in him, I had to give up. I felt the same today. But didn't have anyone to do it for me. But we got there.

Hercules is a beautiful opaline. He is big.

Me too. I just collared a great metal laundry cabinet that I think would make a terrific smaller aviary. A time out aviary or for the baies later on< I dont know yet BUT......Getting the mesh tomorrow...have drill, screws and wood and knowhow. Should be a good 'un You will find it so enjoying and satisfying when completed. Here is my work. http://home.gil.com.au/~dwellsadsl/Images/Aviary1.jpg to Keep photos of how you go and post them up...

Great shots. Hello Ming and Bau Ask your Daughter to find out what Bai Rui means???

better of asking the wife my bird house with everything installed £3000 seed for the year including millet ect £200 then buying your birds good show birds can cost £100's but a good start bird will be 50 to 60 pounds so thats around £100 pair you will need 3 pairs (and they are not gaurenteed to breed) chicks from these will sell at £10 till you start winning shows then you can start charging more (but it is not easy to win) but you will want to keep these chicks from winning stock,vets bills on an average £350 to £500 then when your as daft as me you give away 35% of the chicks to try and get the younger generation interested oh i forgot society fees ring, ring orders and show cages and covers and in my case the electricity to run two fans, heater, lights there sure are cheaper hobbys but in my opinion none more rewarding and satisfying I should have made that 50 - 1000...... I am just doing the sums on the new bird house..... Cost of cement flooring, new shed, alteration to existing shed to convert to breeding house, extra breeding cages ??/$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Hey It's a hobbie and as Hath put it none more rewarding and satisfying

typo....it is Vagas. I think there is definately two pieds even three. there beaks are orange. Vagas is showing a brownish look to his black feathering. Maybe a cinamon trait. also I think there is two females, vagas being one. But hey I think it's too early for me to tell.

aww he looks bored...

Aww Karen..... There would be a good rule to the amont of birds that you can have. I know they say 100mm or perch but thats not enough.

I can't see it either.

If I allow 5 birds per perch in my aviary I would get. 40 birds. At 100mm per bird per perch it would be 7.5 birds per purch and I have 8 perches so that is 60 birds. That in my beleif is way too much. I would not go more than 20 birds. That gives each bird. 300mm or 12 inches of there own space. Oh at the moment I have 7 in there. Oh remember in Australia and maybe other countrys there is a max number of birds that you legally keep. In my area it is 20 unless I get a permit.

Kosmo, When you say you have positioned them. Do they face out to the sunlight or do you have them behind the slates. As a fellow Brisbane Boy I know what your house would look like. Have you got them under a verandah or right under the house. Some places in the world have brreding rooms like our old garages, were the budgies don't really get to see the sun much. They put fluorescent lights up with a grow lux or daylite tube. It simulats the sunlight.

Well I should know in a weeks time. Vagas, 1st one should be pretty weel feathered at 28days. Vagas' the yellow one.

oh well ....some of us just toil with trying to build our own....Now thats fun. :hap:

:hap: I sure am.

Lin Over your way.... Aviary

Snuggles is a golden faced spangle. Like my spangle... Piglet is a receesed parblue yellow pied Gender ??? Snuggles maybe female. Piglet can I get a closer shot of his/her cere?

Well you could be right Nerwen.. I see an ino. "Lutino" So much for genetics...what is the through back? :bluebudgie:

Looks like we have the names. The oldest is Vagas then Walt, Disney and Phoebe :bluebudgie: Thanks Guys. :ausb:

Leave them for 21 days. If no go take them out for two weeks and then put the female in in the morning and the male in that afternoon or the next morning. Eggs should be in about 11 days after that. :bluebudgie:

Some updates on the chicks.... We had some new comers..even as Bluey was fighting for his life with Canker. (he beat it ) he came up with these two. They hatch though week. there ages are 4 and 1 days. Here are the old pack. Ages are 21, 17, 14 & 12 days. :fear

Great shots all look good. Love the fullness of the first picture Rab2500

Well done wendy... Good to see them going so well. Note: For those that are going to "mark" the eggs remember that the egg shell is porous. It will absorb the ink or dies. Use a non toxic marker or a pencil.

Lazy bird....