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Congrats splat. I think that is a great result....3rd in the violet class....I had a look at the violets...very strong competition...well done. It was nice meeting you.

dead? what happened? he is a great chick. nice head. love the pied chick. nice size.

Lovely chicks. How is the giant one doing? ...the one you pulled out of the nest and showed me and I thought it was the mum...sooooo big!

Wow. Lovely birds! Like them all, especially the grey Spangle cock 10.

I will send you a shopping list . Not that I think I am one of the selected few .

Congratulations, guys. That's exciting. I went to the shield in Preston today. Well done! Great looking birds there. I will start breeding show birds this spring....just joined a club....can't wait.

....that's the dom pied spangle mauve hen i got from you earlier this year you are lucky you didn't sell the violet/lacewing to the pet shop. i would have done this to you. he is a keeper! splat is lucky! lovely birthday present.

She is lovely. Did you hide her from me when I visited you ? This is my special budgie. She lives in my aviary and I didn't tame her but she is so friendly:

Isn't it same address as the last show when we met? Northland Secondary College, 62 Murray Road, EAST PRESTON

I like the Spangle hen best.

We want to see them NOW not soon!

Yep, I think the two bottom ones are lutinos. Very colourful babies in this nest. The other nudie seems to be a green one. I thought you might like these photos. Remember her?

Little Bobby is 3 weeks old today....and here she is: ...and here some of her brothers and sisters: And here the chicks from the green spangle an the creamino:

Not blue suffusion.... it is PINK suffusion. :rofl:

Lovely Albinos. I wonder who the mysterious buyer is??? :laughter:

That's so exciting houman. I am pretty sure you can't wait to take this little one home. 2 more sleeps for you. :laughter:

Thank you guys and girls. I will take some more photos of this clutch on the weekend. The little one will be 3 weeks old on Sunday. :laughter:

Thank you. I will take some more photos on the weekend....they are getting bigger. That is very interesting. Maybe we could start another topic in the mutation section....it would be great to hear what the other albino breeders think.

That is soooo cute!

I think I have to do this now: and say:

yep, he is split albino. got 3 albinos or lutinos in this nest. the 3 youngest ones haven't got feathers yet as they are much younger. the hen stopped laying after 5 eggs and layed some more eggs the next week....that's the reason for the age difference. the cinnamons are a nice surprise for me. I hope for you that he got the cinnamon from his dad and not his albino mum. didn't want to upset your breeding plan. can you please explain why it is no good to have cinnamon in albinos? does it result in albinos with cinnamon markings?

Hi Kaz, I think it might be stress. I witnessed similar thing at auction on Sunday. It was a budgie in a show cage though - not in a breeding cage. He did the same thing. He ripped most of his belly feathers out and made a mess of his tail, crawling around the cage like mad. I probably shouldn't have, but I bought him. He is fine now and stopped pulling his feathers out. He is sitting in my quarantine cage with 2 other birds...no more mad behaviour or feather ripping.

the other chick in this nest...the light green spangle one...looks a bit cinnamon as well...will have closer look tomorrow....it's hard to tell because of the spangle markings, but feet look pink. I didn't really check for plum eyes only noticed red albino eyes and darker looking eyes...maybe they were plum eyes .

Thanks guys. It's my pleasure to share the photos with you. The lacewing clutch is my first show type pairing ever...so I really want to share my experience. Hey GB....what does it feel like to be a grandmum? I've got another surprise for you: your green spangle must be split to cinnamon....