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A whole clutch can been fertilized with one successful mating as the semen can last around 10 days (and that is about 5 eggs) this is why some breeder separate their hens for 2 weeks before pairing to be sure of the parentage. Really? I guess we all learn something new, and in my case I give something wrong away also

That was my point, black eyed chicks Sorry for the thread hijck Sunnie Your fallows are gorgeous, no matter what colour

A way I like to look at it is for example the first one: . w b w w w/b w w w/b

That was the one i was looking for Finnie! I read that a couple months ago... hehe.

Exciting! I am so happy for all of your beautiful budgies. It is always sad when we lose a chick, but rewarding when we raise one

As stated above, you can put the other cock bird back in. He will hopefully fertilise the rest of the clutch and help her. Just dont be suprised if a stray coloured chick turns up, or if one doesn't.

Have a read of this http://showbirds.org.nz/articles/Budgeriga...ow_English.html

Hi everyone. Just a couple weeks ago I filled 3 of my cabinets with more pairs. They all currently have eggs, and I wish to follow their journey through this journal. Pair 1: Normal Light Green Cock (maybe/cinnamon) X Cinnamon Light Green I choose this pair because the cock is a quite long bird, with great facial features. The hen is quite average, she pulls her head but she is a nice neat bird, with a bit of buff in the body. She is quite fine-feathered. The cock has moulted since that picture. Blue ring bird to green ring. EGGS: 7 (the hen is from forum member Liv, I think she said she has been known to go up to 9) Pair 2: Light Green Opaline Spangle X Grey-Green Cinnamon Opaline Hen I choose this pair because both birds are some of my top birds, and both quite large. I know they look very heavy, but I just want some larger birds so I can put them back to some of my neater smaller birds later on. Don't even comment on what I was thinking with thier colouring. The hen is actually quite nice, picture doesnt show it. EGGS: 4 (still going) Pair 3: YF Sky Blue Cinnamon Cock X YF Grey Cinnamon Hen This pair is quite nice, the cock is one of my favourites. This is a blood pairing as much as a visual pairing. I like the cocks blow and skull, and the hen is a bit larger in the body. Both birds taper nicley at the perch, and have neat wings. I want to use their chicks in my cinnamon YF line. I know I will be getting DF YF's, but I plan on putting a blue yf hen back to a blue cinnamon cock I have, if I can get one. The hen with cock from pair one is first picture I will see if I can get a better picture of her

s-q all fellows are rec kind or am i missing something There is also a sex-linked kind : I can't be sure of this, as their are numerous arguments going on if all the fallow mutations are recessive, if this is sex-linked etc, so don't quote me. Good Luck with your next pairs! im pretty sure we only have english fellows over here i could be wrong as ive been told never breed german to english or you get dark eyed fellow chicks something to do with the gentics im clueless about fellows though if you put german to english you get a normal bird split both varities. I am not sure what fallows we get here either haha.

It is infact a common thing. Some show breeders have two hens they want to breed with the same cock, so they swap the cock bird between the two cages..Leave the cock bird in one cage for two days, next cage for two days ( or one day, I am not sure) I have never personally done it. I think they leave the cock bird in with the hen with the most chicks. eg. one nest has 3 chicks, one had 5.They would leave the cock bird in the one with 5. Hens are capable of raising a clutch by themselves, as long as it is in a cage breeding situation. In your situation, would only have one fertile egg, and that is IF he fertilised her through one mating, as they normally mate numerous times. I would put the non-mating cock back in with his original hen, and let them be together. One possibility is that he has already been mating with her, he just didn't mate while you were looking. This happens on numerous occasions, as we don't spend every living moment with them. Hope this helped a bit. Maybe wait for someone more experienced

s-q all fellows are rec kind or am i missing something There is also a sex-linked kind : I can't be sure of this, as their are numerous arguments going on if all the fallow mutations are recessive, if this is sex-linked etc, so don't quote me. Good Luck with your next pairs!

Congratulations :rofl: 7 more fallow pairs down, or just pairs? You need quality splits to help. :rofl: Are you breeding the recessive kind? I think from conversations we have had, that you are. So if you are, normals are good

opaline sky blue. Maybe violet sky.

I stand by female.

Yay for progress looks fantastic!

I belive it is only a rumor/wives tale that birds bonded to humans dont bond to mates. I have had many a tame birds that breed with mates, and come back just as tame as before. In some cases I have had hens, and they are good because it means they don't mind me checking the nest as often. I generally leave my birds for one month. Are you birds in breeding condition? do you have mirror's in the cage? is the nest box high or low?

....okay, well rewinding everything I said about the split cock, me and Kaz have come to the conclusion it is just a muddy wing spangle cinnamon chick.The parents are most likely the spangle grey hen and DF Spangle split cin. from when I juggled their eggs around. The cocks father has muddy wings

I like #2's blow

Very cute! Are they red-rumps or turqs?

You said they have been eating seed on the floor. They should be alright. If you put seed in and their are no husks, you know they aren't eating.

I agree with Kaz 100% It is CRUCIAL that you move the chicks. Otherwise you risk their lives. The mother is ready to lay and she will kill them if she see's them as something dangerous to her new nest. Only a couple days ago I had it happen to a nest that wern't even leaving the nest yet.

:thumbs_up: Congratulations on the pinky

Lovley looking birds there, The prices are quite amazing! :thumbs_up:

Hen. I say this because of the all over paleness of the cere and also because I can see two white rings around the nostrils.

Thanks Nerwen :thumbs_up: I hope I get three healthy chicks, it is a pity (and a lesson learnt) that I didn't get 4.