Finnie

He is 25 days old.

Here are a couple of pictures of my new puppy. We just got her Monday night. She is a real sweetie. Only one housebreaking mistake so far! :question: She is a long-haired chocolate and tan piebald dachshund. We have named her Liesl. (That is the oldest daughter in the Sound of Music.)

Well, I couldn't get Patrick to "hold still" this morning, so please excuse the adult nature of the photo. Even though it's blurry, you can get the idea that there is yellow in his flight feathers! (I wasn't really planning to let these pairs go a second round. Colleen and Sean are looking the worse for the wear, so any eggs they lay will be tossed, but maybe I will reconsider for Patrick and Finnie. :question: ) Here is a picture of Colleen and Sean's oldest. He decided to come out of the nest box yesterday morning. I put him back in, and he hasn't come out again, but I made an ice cream carton igloo for him just in case. I don't think our American cardboard cartons work as well as your Australian plastic ones! But it is okay for now. I put some oatmeal and seed mix in the bottom of it for bedding/eating practice.

Anne, I'm not sure what you mean by split dominant/recessive.dominant pied and recessive pied are two different genes. And a dominant feature can't be split for. (Split for means the bird carries the gene, but you don't see the trait, because something more dominant is taking precedence. ) So you can have dominant pied split for normal, Normal split for recessive pied, and even dominant pied split for recessive pied. (Among other pied combinations.) Remember, a bird has two copies of each gene, and what you see will depend on which copy is dominant over the other. (There can also be co-dominance. It gets very complicated, that's why they named it "genetics" LOL) Opaline is different, because it is a sex-linked gene, found on the x chromosome. Hens only have one x-chromosome, so if they get the opaline gene, you will see it. They cannot "carry" a second x-linked gene, because they only have 1 x. Males have 2 x chromosomes, so they can have 1 opaline and 1 normal. The normal is dominant, so it blocks the expression of the opaline. That's why cocks can "carry" or be "split for" opaline. For you to see opaline on a male, he can't have a copy of the normal gene. So he is basically "double factor" opaline. A girl chick gets her only x chromosome from her dad, that's why the hens will be opaline. I hope you are able to follow this

Nubbly, you are my Hero! It has always been my dream to breed and exhibit dogs in every venue possible,. But I'm not the kind of person with enough energy and gumption to really get out there and do it. So far we've only put a few titles on our dogs, and done NO breeding. (Hubby, much to his own chagrin, encouraged me to get into budgie breeding, because he thought it would be a lot easier to live with than puppy breeding. It is, but he probably wouldn't agree!) I totally LOVE GSDs!!! Talk about get up and go and being able to do it all. They are my Heroes of the Dog Word! (Whippets have their place, too. Which I guess is on the couch!)

In a yellow bird the flights would be white if a clearflighted pied wouldnt it ? Like this boy I once had Bubblegum Well, Bubblegum's markings look very much like Patrick's, so I will try to get some shots of Patrick's flights this morning after I "wake" them up. LOL

Oh yeah, I forgot about the clipped wings there. They have since grown back in, and they are a pale yellow color. Lighter than the rest of his yellow parts, but not white. I'll look around for a picture that shows them.

Congratulations on your first egg! I know how excited you must be!

I always figured Patrick, the father, was a regualr dom pied. Here is a good shot of his back, he's the yellow one, for anyone who didn't already know that. So is it possible that he is actually clearflight pied? The mother, Finnie, is normal, no pied at all, and I doubt if she's split to recessive pied, cuz she has no pied spot on her head. So that means the chicks can't be a combo pied, right? Only dom pied or clearflight split to normal, if I am correct.

I think we're talking about this one, Kaz.

Congratulations, Amy!!! :party0011: :happy-dancing: :party0011: :happy-dancing: Well done, Matt, you had us all stumped! :hooray:

Can we at least have a hint. Is it the underside of something? Is it pottery or not? Pretty pleeeeease!

These are all I use and never had a problem with condensation. Mine only cost about $11 if I recall correctly I have found one like yours on an online catalog that I have ordered. It was also $11.00 (US). And I think shippinhg was free, due to I ordered other stuff. But it's taking forever for them to ship it!

I can't wait to see their colors either!

Glad you find this funny. I spent a couple of minutes there looking at the photo to see what you meant.... silly me HAHAHAHAHA I did too, as soon as I read what Kaz wrote, I scrolled back up to look. I was thinking she must have super zoom vision. whoops Dave, your aviary is fantastic. A job brilliantly done! What, you guys don't get Kaz' humor by now?!

Thank you. Oh, and I've started seeing the difference between darker down and lighter down.

Today I decided to focus on Finnie's clutch for a change. Here are the photos: FP#1 Interesting how the two primary flight feathers are different colors. FP#2 FP#3 Patrick appears to be split to blue! Yay! FP#4 And one shot of Colleen's whole group:

The inside of a snap. (kind you snap your clothes together with.)

The bottom of a lamp?

I now find my previous comment even more ironic.

Here in the U.S. we have a paint called "Kilz" which is supposed to eliminate the growth of mold. My husband uses it as a primer, as it is white. I think you can get colors mixed in to it, though. But I don't know if they have Kilz, or even any other brand name available over in Turkey. Also, I don't know if it's safe for budgies, anyway.

I can't answer your questions about plum eyes, but I looked around for your other post to see the pictures, so here is a link to it:Hector Hector is very cute and pretty!

Well, when you are both in on it, who is there to say "no"?

Congrats! They are so cute! I think it would be fun to be able to peak through the bars at any time of day and get to see the action, and that way not have to disturb mom by knocking and opening the door. But it made me wonder... My chicks are very used to the dark. I suppose chicks born outside of a box would just be used to brighter light? Or do you need to keep the lighting in that room dimmer?