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Do you know how old they are? The hen seems to be at the age of changing to the brown cere, if they are the same age it is possible they are from the same clutch. Did you buy them together? The one at the back might be a male getting the dark blue cere but if very young (under 3 months) I would think a girl.

Very helpful Daz, It was confusing just to look at the list, but once reading the explanation it clicked into place.

great to hear that all is going well Neat.

he is also spangle. Please do not let him out and about free like that outside again, even with clipped wings they can surprise you by flying some distance. If you want to give out of cage time do so inside the house.

When you have them open in a preview on your computer right click on the pictures and click on properties. this will give a small box with info about the picture with hight and width.

Mine don't talk but a lack of sound/singing from them as a cause of concern anyway. How long has this being going on? Some do get a bit grumpy with a moult, has he gone quite before during a moult? An avian vet visit is always a good idea when you are all concerned with your birds health.

Are you colony breeding or closed breeding? If you have another hen on a nest you can remove the eggs as they are laid and foster them to another bird. This could mean the two hens are too young as yet to breed, not sure what to do with the eggs or they are laying the eggs before seeing the nest as 'ready'. If you are colony breeding they might be stressing due to other hens near the nest or it could even be another hen trying to take over the boxes as hers.

I might be seeing things but I think I can see a couple of pin feathers near the edges of the bald spot.

Preening is a normal flock behaviour, it doesn't matter about the gender of the birds.

Nice pictures, however I did have to change them to links becuase they were over the board size rule of 450 pxl. If you use the photobucket resize tool and pick the email size most pictures are then reduced to within the limits.

I found the picture under 'treecreeper' however the bird look so similar and MUST be from the same family that I will give it to you. Birdluv if you wish to post a new image the game might continue again. (:ausb: I did forget about this)

Welcome to the site. It sounds like birds are already ruling your life so you will fit right in :ausb:

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Yes, they are still only babies at this point. It sounds like you are colony breeding ( as in nest boxes in the aviary) If this is so if it is possible remove ALL nest sites from the aviary. Some hens will still lay eggs for a few days but should ignore them. babies can be removed from parents between week 6 and 8 depending if they are able to feed themselves. If there are fights or babies are being attacked by a parent they can be removed earlier but need to be watched extra closely, soft foods, millet sprays and fresh food should be offered as well as seeds. If the cage is big enough to house 4 birds there should be no trouble with bringing the babies inside to join the flock. As long as they are not breeding in the aviary then it doesn't matter how many of each you have.

Budgies Mate on the branch not in the box. It seems both are happy with the box however with the male simply sleeping it it they might not be seeing it as a nesting site rather as a play thing.

Thank you for explaining that to me. I don't know any second language. How would I say it in English - either Yell and Lost's children or Yell and Lost's son and daughter

Because you stated: Green: Césped --> Grass: No dark factor Light Green or Green Laurel --> Laurel: One dark factor Dark Green Oliva --> Olive: Two dark factors Olive and Blue: Cielo --> Sky: No dark factor Cobalto --> Cobalt: One dark factor Malva --> Mauve: Two dark factors These are the same names we use.

Hi LyCfriends and welcome. Some of the different names are: Grass green - we would state light green or just green. Laurel isn't use much over here. Lightwing - We call them Greywings. With the pairing of Yell & Lost. Llamp has to be female. A hen can not carry the Ino gene and a male need two ino gene to appear as Ino. (one from each parent)

In the close up it looks has if he has new feathers coming in if they where bumped during catch up they could have started to bleed. The rest of the feathers look fine. I guess you are going to have to watch a while to see how the feathers look while growing in.

At the moment it sounds like you are having an issue with one bird wanting to start round two and the other not ready yet and the babies in the middle. The youngest is around 27 day's right? About half way through growing up. You have three options as I see it - 1. Remove the older babies for the time being into the smaller cages with Dad to help with feeding and showing where to find the food. Leaving Mum with the nest box and the youngest ones in the nest to feed alone. 2. As Norm said remove mother and let Dad continue to feed all the babies in the box cage. 3. If you really don't like the thought if the other two options make a igloo for the babies to hide in if things get a bit rough for them. This can be a cardboard box, ice cream container or something else you have around that they can hid into/under.

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Grey is dominant to the blue gene. You need the blue gene to show as grey. If you don't have the blue gene then you get a grey-green. Yes all of Cheese and Wriggles babies are split for recessive pied. Is there a reason you can't? The two recessive pied would be good to get more. And as I said before LOVE dominant pieds like Cobalt. With Cabalt and Jerry you would get pieds and normal blues (sky blue or cobalts) the males of the pair will be split cinnamon and opaline.

Stoney I would think either a mauve or a mauve violet. And in the case of the babies, there was only one blue spangle male in the aviary at the time (Jezza), but also a green that I believe to be split for blue (Wriggles), as his mother was a cobalt opaline, and has thrown out a cobalt spangle opaline chick. this was the reason I thought cheese was YF blue. I'm simply working on the odds of getting 4 grey babies from a pair a green/blue and grey green is rare but of cause it can happen I would have expected at least one green to appear. Matched to a a blue bird the chance of green is less giving the grey a better chance of appearing as it did in this nest. Oh and great work with the pictures It is some much easier to read and view the pictures together.

Bluish feet is normal the pink feet come with mutation with lost of pigment in the body (ino, pied)

Hi Kylie. I hope you enjoy the site you have some great looking birds. I had to change some of your pictures to links becuase they were over the board limits of 450 pxl. Cobalt looks fantastic - I have a soft spot for pied. Stoney - You can only get a mauve with 2 dark factors (the max one bird can get, one from each parent) Lavendar - He is too bright to be mauve, he would be either a cobalt or maybe violet. Cheese - The yellow looks to even for a yellowface I would lean towards an olive bird. If he was yellowface then i would expect a yellow face before a white face baby. As to the grey babies the dad has to be a blue based bird and a spangle.