Matt Welchman

The Grey has a normal wing with about 8 primary flights, the secondary flights are the feathers that start in the wing near the rump , its got a right angle corner formed in the wing , this is considered normal. The Green however has long primary flights and long secondary flights , no right angle formed at all the feathers just flow through in one line , Its these secondary flights that start to curve as they get longer and the strength of the feather barb gets weaker, This creates the Shark fin feather , or sails as some call them.

:what: Arrrrh the good ol days Kaz

Yes im back , some partisans will know me , for the entourage , This is me No change , just a little older , Hmmmm , wiser well thats Questionable! :what:

Just thought Id dig down into the dark chambers and excavate an old thread . These are pine cones from my aviary the birds love them and chew them to peices.

Goodluck , fingers crossed for the little fella and you.

You always have that special bird in the avairy , Well done Deb and good luck with the breeding.

I would have paired them the other way , Put your opaline spangle with the pied hen , this will give you a nice combo of colours and then you put the pied cock to the normal hen ( Possible Violet) , Reason is the cock bird is a double dominant pied and so he is loosing his markings , if you pair to a normal you will move back to the more marked dominant pied a single factor.

Beautiful birds you have there.