Posted August 20, 200717 yr Hi Everyone, We're not exactly new here, but we've bought some new birds and thought that we'd post some pics for you all to see. What started out a hobby for the kids, has grown into something with a life of it's own!!! :(Laughing out loud): I hope you enjoy the piccies and I hope they don't take too long to download..... hehehe Sandy Here is the first pair which is currently on eggs due to hatch any day now.... Then we have a green cinnamon hen and the white bird.... Then our pastel violet cock and clearbody hen.... Australian pied cock and ??? maybe double spangle hen ??? Texas clearbody cock, spangle hen. and mauve pied cock and lutino hen.... ???? don't know what we'll get from this.... I have these other birds that we were told were 'Laserbacks'.... but after doing some research, we think are actually double factor dominant pieds..... The only color is a spot on the rump. The second on is a cross between a 'laserback' and a violet.... and has color elsewhere on the body as well as the rump. Edited August 27, 200816 yr by **Liv**
August 20, 200717 yr very pretty birds you have there:) is the "white bird" a normal albino because i can see some kind of wing markings on it i think:S?
August 20, 200717 yr Author very pretty birds you have there:) is the "white bird" a normal albino because i can see some kind of wing markings on it i think:S? Yeah, we're trying to work that out at the moment. His eye's are black with a white iris, so I'm wondering if he's maybe a dilute or something.... What do you think? Sandy
August 20, 200717 yr You have some lovely birds there Josh. The first hen, the YF type 1 sky violet is a stunner. Look forward to seeing your babies. Also no such thing as a laserback..they are as you suspected a DF dom pied, or at least the first one is Does your "lutino" hen have red eyes ? They look black to me and that would make it a DF spangle Edited August 20, 200717 yr by **KAZ**
August 20, 200717 yr Author You have some lovely birds there Josh. The first hen, the YF type 1 sky violet is a stunner. Look forward to seeing your babies. Also no such thing as a laserback..they are as you suspected a DF dom pied, or at least the first one is Does your "lutino" hen have red eyes ? They look black to me and that would make it a DF spangle I can't wait to see what we get.... The cock bird is only young and I don't know what his parents were (well neither him nor the hen), He's just gone through a moult and he's come out almost a lemon/lime color in the body.... I'll have to take some updated piccies of him. We also have another hen that we got on the weekend. She's only about 12 weeks old and she's a pale yellow (not even tho) with patches of blue, another one I have to get pics of... The green and white birds look like they're laying and the other pairs have been getting quite friendly in the last week, so we'll see what comes of all this 'loving'..... hehehehe Sandy
August 20, 200717 yr You have some really pretty birds there, love their colours. But on the subject of what they are I agree with Kas 100%
August 20, 200717 yr also the one you are calling a "double spangle hen" is in fact an opaline spangle....not a double anything. Your "pastel violet cock" is a cinnamon violet and the hen with him is a cinnamon skyblue not a texas clearbody hen Edited August 20, 200717 yr by **KAZ**
August 20, 200717 yr Author also the one you are calling a "double spangle hen" is in fact an opaline spangle....not a double anything. Your "pastel violet cock" is a cinnamon violet and the hen with him is a cinnamon skyblue not a texas clearbody hen Hi Kaz,Yeah I wasn't sure about the 'double spangle hen', I was told by someone that she may be that, because of the lack of black on the feathers.... and the 'clearbody hen'... I thought that she was a cinnamon at first but the breeder I got her from was adamant that she was a clearbody...... Being new to the breeding game, I thought he'd know better.... The 'pastel violet' was in the middle of a mault when we got him and looked like a moth eaten rug, so I'll have to send some more updated piccies in....SandyThanks for all of your input, I'm learning heaps!!!You have some lovely birds there Josh. The first hen, the YF type 1 sky violet is a stunner. Look forward to seeing your babies. Also no such thing as a laserback..they are as you suspected a DF dom pied, or at least the first one is Does your "lutino" hen have red eyes ? They look black to me and that would make it a DF spangleHi again,no the yelow hen has red eye's with a white iris, but they only show up red in ways that you look at her. In photo's they come out black. So, if she breeds to the mauve pied, what colors could we get?Sandy Edited August 20, 200717 yr by josh
August 20, 200717 yr Hi Josh & Sandy, You have some really nice birds there, I like your TCB cock, I have just got some TCB’s myself as I like the mutation, if you want to get more TCB’s… if you want to keep to the Blue series if you can’t get a TCB hen a nice Albion hen would be good. Or if you would like some in the Green series a Lutino hen. With the Spangle hen you will get some hen TCB’s, but you have the chance of getting Spangle in them & I haven’t seen one yet so don’t know what that will look like, the cocks will be split for TCB. If the white cock has black eyes with iris rings it's a DF Spangle too like your Yellow. Unless it's some really light Dilute, if it's Spangle you will get Spangle chicks in possibly both Blue & Green series, if the hen is split for BLue & if he is split for Cinnamons some Cinnamons are possible.
August 20, 200717 yr great looking birds! The Australian pied is also opaline. The cock bird is only young and I don't know what his parents were (well neither him nor the hen), He's just gone through a moult and he's come out almost a lemon/lime color in the body.... I'll have to take some updated piccies of him Are you saying he has only just had his first big moult now or when that picture was taken? Hi again,no the yelow hen has red eye's with a white iris, but they only show up red in ways that you look at her. In photo's they come out black. So, if she breeds to the mauve pied, what colors could we get? What is the colour of the cheek patches on the recessive pied? he looks more grey to me. If he is mauve you will get green normals (dark green) the males will be split ino all will be split blue. There can be surprises since you don't know the history. If he is grey then you can get green normals and grey-green normals with the same splits.
August 20, 200717 yr Author great looking birds! The Australian pied is also opaline. The cock bird is only young and I don't know what his parents were (well neither him nor the hen), He's just gone through a moult and he's come out almost a lemon/lime color in the body.... I'll have to take some updated piccies of him Are you saying he has only just had his first big moult now or when that picture was taken? Hi again,no the yelow hen has red eye's with a white iris, but they only show up red in ways that you look at her. In photo's they come out black. So, if she breeds to the mauve pied, what colors could we get? What is the colour of the cheek patches on the recessive pied? he looks more grey to me. If he is mauve you will get green normals (dark green) the males will be split ino all will be split blue. There can be surprises since you don't know the history. If he is grey then you can get green normals and grey-green normals with the same splits. With the yellow face dilute boy, he's a bit under 18 mths old, this will be his first clutch. I just checked and they have 5 eggs. I've just taken some more photo's of him and I'll post them as soon as 'Photobucket' will let me onto the site!! hehehe Well this is going to be interesting, isn't it!!! I've never had a mauve pointed out to me by someone who knows what they're talking about (you may need to come and have a look) we live 10 mins past Woodford)), and when I first saw this bird I thought he was grey, but I posted the pics of him ages ago and a few of you said that he was mauve.... His cheek patches are the same color as on his belly. So with these 2 birds, the chicks won't be either color of the parents??? The white and green cinnamon have 2 eggs and the Aust pied and cinnamon sky hen have one egg!!! Edited August 20, 200717 yr by josh
August 20, 200717 yr Mauve and dark grey (one dark factor) are sometimes hard to tell and the light in pictures can change it. The best thing to look at is the cheek patches if they are blue then you have mauve (which is a blue bird with two dark factors) if they are grey/silver then you have a grey. The only way you can get ones to look like the parents if to have splits that you don't know about. Only ones like him if the hen is split for blue and recessive pied. Only more Lutinos if he is split for the ino gene.
