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Hommer I hope your okay.. As usual your birds are great

One thing I should have mentioned is that drinks and foods is provivded.

..sorry Bea it is a way from The ACT to QLD...

Can i add one of my spangle... She is a double factor. In the green series.

On Saturday the 7th April from 10:00am to 2:00pm I am holding an open day for those members of the forum in south East Queensland Australia. Come and visit my aviary, there will be eats and refreshments and birds for Sale..... You will need to PM me to let me know if you are coming and for me to give you directions.

4.42 and i had help... Maybe quicker with out help....

01 According to the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch 2002, what is the commonest bird recorded in the UK? Starling 02 Which of the following is NOT a possible explanation for how homing pigeons find their way home? They seem to use the Earth’s magnetic field to guide them. 03 Which species of bird has the fastest wing beat? Hummingbird 04 What bird is famous for laying its eggs in other birds' nests? Cuckoo 05 Why don’t you ever see baby pigeons? Pigeons stay hidden in their nests until they are able to fly. 06 What are bird watchers also known as? Twitchers 07 Why don’t woodpeckers get a headache when they peck? Their specially adapted skull contains shock absorbers. 08 Why are flamingoes pink? The colour acts as camouflage because hyenas can’t see pink. 09 What is the largest angle owls can rotate their heads through? 360 degrees 10 What's the collective noun for a group of crows? A murder Just a guess

Sorry all they moved the site on the Master Breeder since I posted that one. Nerwens is correct and I edited the link in the original post.

Well Done Feathers. Great Birds.

It's a Spangle Grey Hen, heavily flecked or melanistic face. (Black Face)

Oh up date on the council. They have give writen permission for the position of the aviary. Now all I need is for the Certifiers to agree that the construction meets with the building code. I think. :ausb: I'll keep you up to date. Nerwen might be a good time to meet the neighbours. Talk to them about any problems, if any, that way you will know for sure. I had my aviary for 20 months before one neighbour complained. I wish I had spoken to them sooner. :offtopic:

It is normal for Budgies to eat there own droppings or that of other budgies. It is a way of getting the needed Potassium or Phosphorus they need. They don't eat a lot of it only a small percentage. This does cause consern to Aviaries with open tops. Wild bird droppings carry desease. This is why more breeders have closed or roofed flights.

Well I am Just about complete inside the Aviary. I still have a few things to do out side. How's it looking so far? I have also updated My Website. Breeding Season has already started and I am about a month behind, but I am not in any hurray. The birds come first. I'll start to pair up at the end of next week.

A 5 year old hen that has only had 1 round is not a good breeder. She will have trouble. Add Cod liver oil to her seed. Calcium to her water, both at the surgested dose. I would not have added a nest box. It's a bit late to remove. I hope for the best for you. You have about 3 days before the first egg is due. I would read up on breeding especially Egg Binding.

......thats an interesting way of thinking about it.. It just means that Hetrozygous has two differnet Allele (Genes) and Homozygous has two simalar Allele (Genes).

Thanks Sco-tie Trophies

If you have a green split to blue and you pair it to a grey, what do you get? Remember that green is the only colour that will mix with grey. So you get a grey green split to blue. It can also be split to a sex linked. eg Opaline, cinnamon or ino. Now knowing that if you have a green split to blue split to ino and pair it to a grey you can get a grey green split to Blue and ino. If it is a cock and you pair it to a green, you can get a green, grey, blue, grey green, lutino hen, or albino hen. - Think about that one

Sorry to tell you but a Grey Green can be split to Blue. I have paired two Grey Green Spangles and ended up with Spangles in Grey green, Grey, Green and Sky Blue. Also a Double Factor and found out the cock is also split to Opaline.

Thats why you have to keep records. :offtopic:

okay you are a way. They are very good chicks. Are the pair down for another round or is that their second?

:offtopic: Wow hold on a minute. Is that a recent photo of the Cinnamon Lt Green Cock? What a lovey chick. Kaz watch that one. Has he got your ring on?

Go.. BBC.... :glare:

She is definately a spangle opaline grey green but there is something else there, but I am not quick to say Melanistic. MS usually don't show until after their first moult. They do have the spangle White tail in the nest. The DF Melanistic Spnagle showes in the nest but he can't be that because you need to pair two melanistics SF to get a DF. Rainbow is probibly right with the opaline causing the strange wing markings, but it is definately a spangle. There must be a gene there somewhere. Being a Dominant they can't be split to Spangle... But then where did the first spangle come from?????

Good Advice from Bubbles. The best thing any one can do is to join a club, even if you don't want to breed. It get enjoyment and you learn many this about the birds. Many of the top breeders know as much as a lot of Avian Vets and are a lot cheaper to talk to. :sad:

I have Olive Oil with a few drops of Detol in it for other sores. It sooths as well. Many breeders use it but for some reason Baby oil seems to work better with Scaley Face.