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The colouring of the water just sounds like the med reacting to the dish (leaching colour from the plastic) I've had meds do that before and also react to the sun by going darker. Try a metal dish or a white/clear dish if you can.

if she laid the egg elsewhere then she hasn't yet accepted this nest box as her's and safe. I agree with norm with the outcomes.

Good to hear that the first bub is being well cared for.

Looks like a opaline bub there Lady. Who are the actual parents?

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I agree with Libby. I would say your green bird is a boy too and may always have the bald patch, did you ask about it when you got him?

The rise in temp and the fact that the bub is now covered in fluff and the start of feathers means it doesn't need the mothers warmth now, which giver her the freedom to spend more time out of the box. You should also be seeing the father take part in the feeding as well at this stage. Sometimes the baby will venture out a bit early but as I close breed (use breeding cages) I've not had to worry about falling chicks. Others here will have more info soon.

Good to hear that he is fine and still loves to play

Yes it's possible. I have a green spangle bub in the nest right now http://www.bestofbreeds.net/sbba/articles/whatta3.jpg http://www.gwbs.org/images/bt_s_v_sp_c__g_sp_c.jpg Two pictures of green spangles.

In this nest it's easy to tell gender for you Sandy, as hens can't carry the opaline gene but males need two opaline gene for it to show since the mother is not opaline then all babies that appear opaline (2 oldest) will be hens. I meant to add that she is very cute too.

Bit of a surprise getting home from work today to be told one of the bubs was out and somehow the mother got out of the cage !!!!!!! luckily she was caught up and put back in. Going out to check I found the two youngest babies in cage 2 out on the ground. No marks to make me think of them being forced out of the box by mum or dad. Both had only small amount of food in their crops but by night fall all in the box and mum in with them so it seems they were just exploring a little early.

I congratulate you on wanting to take on the kind of work I would think it would be rare like a recuse for farm animals would be. I would contact the RSPCA in your area asking about how to go about it. You could simply start by taking in ones found or sent to them.

Glad you where able to fix most of the pictures Libby I love your golden fallows the one of the right looks great with the puffed up head feathers. The other fallow is just called a blue fallow (maybe mauve) Junior looks cute too.

Fluff colours are interesting I can see some back on their head (just about the cere) but not a lot of black markings on the wings or body. Will be interesting to see their colours later.

This means his cere has become brown like a hens.

Wow I must be tired it took me almost a minute to rearrange lod to make the word old It depends I normally start to think about it around day 5 if large I will try and see if it stays on and I find by day 7 I have some trouble getting over the joint. I will get pictures again on the weekend to show the development of them all.

I would tend to think like Elly that the temp at fertilisation would have more of a factor than in incubating. But I have heard of this, personally I don't feel the need to test it I'm happy with which ever gender I get.

I love the names for them all and yes I would agree they look female.

It would be good to see you again FGM. It looks as if the oldest in Cage 1 is a normal with black tail pins showing now. In cage 2 the oldest is colouring as green the other two look to be grey-greens. The youngest which is in fact in cage 1 is too young to tell colour. He was rung this evening.

Sky blue Opaline the cere looks palish so I would lean towards hen.

I think the flash has washed out colour in the first shot I would say Bully is Violet spangle and Iris is opaline spangle cobalt

Cinnamon or one of the dilute genes are possible. Misty can you let us know the colours of the bars please.

They are growing so fast I got some show rings on the weekend and wish I had some spare cash to buy up some great birds! So one bub (Reep and Kazza) as a correct ring now just waiting for the other to grow up some more to ring correctly as well, I'm hoping that one is another spangle :ausb: If the heat continues to rise i might have to rethink my idea of giving them another round.

Cute Cute and Cute :ausb: 1 - yellowface type 2 ( I state 2 since i can see yellow on the wings) 2 - Grey normal (possible split recessive) 3 - Green Possible Opaline

Only if he is split blue which is why I asked. To get a Grey to you need two blue gene (one from each parent) as well. Grey is not dominant over green they are on equal footing so to speak and so mix giving you the grey-greens. Is he cinnamon I wasn't sure since the throat spots looked black to me, but as Norm stated the hens will be cinnamon if that is the case and males split.