Some recent pictures of my TCB's.

 

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s133/greenie6666/TCBc.jpg

 

One of the cock birds, an Opaline TCB, he is mated to an Opaline Olive hen, they have produced two Opaline Dark Green cocks either split for TCB or Lutino, as the cock is split for Lutino & one Lutino hen, they are on their second batch, they have 8 eggs that look fertile due to hatch in the next few days.

 

 

 

 

A normal Texas Clear Body split Lutino cock.

 

 

An Opaline TCB hen.

This cock & hen are mated together & have been going in the nest for more than a month & nothing happened until yesterday, when she laid her first egg. I have high hopes for some pure TCB's from this pair to pair next year with any splits I breed this year.

 

 

I have another cock TCB paired to a dark green normal hen, they have three chicks hatched so far, two eggs to go, but they have missed one hatching, so maybe the rest are not good. One chick looks light so hopefully my first TCB hen. At least not Lutino as yet, as this cock is split for Lutino too.

 

Norm; your first photo was 450 x 557... changed to a link. Feathers.

Edited October 13, 200717 yr by Feathers

l just love the TCB mutation, you have a gorgeous budgie. l wish you luck with this clutch of eggs

They are gorgeous I love the first one

My first one pictured the TCB mated to an Opaline hen, had two chicks hatch yesterday, the first of 8 eggs, most of the eggs look good to.

 

 

 

My other pair on their first batch also hatched another so they have 4 chicks I thought I was only going to get 3 so that’s a bonus, the rest of the two eggs are not good.

 

So that’s six all up, hopefully at least I will get my first TCB a hen from this lot.

 

OH I’m excited….I shouldn’t say that he’s dead now…Aussie joke. Only Aussies will know what I mean & maybe not even all them.

BIG KEV,

STUNNING!!!

BIG KEV,

Right Macka...you watch your TV too...in the past anyway, here's not around any more.

They are gorgeous I love the first one

Yes Elly he has good colour doesn't he...the others have a bit of green suffusion hopefully with getting young I will get some variation & then I can select for better colour & other points.

STUNNING!!!

Thanks Buuzbee.

l just love the TCB mutation, you have a gorgeous budgie. l wish you luck with this clutch of eggs

Thanks Birdluv...

Edited October 12, 200717 yr by Norm

The pair with 8 eggs now have three chicks. Looks like all have hatched so far 5 more to go.

 

 

 

The other pair with 4 chicks, the last one to hatch is a Lutino, but the two eldest chicks are not & have very light yellow pin feathers so I have high hopes they are both TCB hens [don’t count your chicks…as the saying goes Normie]…

 

 

 

The pure TCB pair are still laying more eggs.

Another update…I was counting my chicks before they hatched, those two chicks turned out to be Normal Grey greens, they will be split for either TCB's or Lutinos. The third chick of the four chick batch, looks Opaline, which means it could be TCB, but I think with this mating it could also be a Normal Opaline, it's pins are very light Green which could be a TCB with suffusion of Green or a Light Green Normal Opaline. Seeing the father is an Opaline TCB it must be a hen…I live in hope it's my first TCB a couple of more days should tell. The fourth chick as said is Lutino.

 

The other batch must have had 9 eggs not 8 as I said, as I have 7 chicks hatched. The two largest ones were fostered to the above batch with only 4 chicks. I was real happy that 7 hatched & will be real happy if I at last get a TCB.

 

 

Surely I should get one TCB out of 7, but at least 2 are Lutinos & one of the larger chicks was a bit of a surprise, both parents must be split for Recessive Pied & Blue, as that's what one turned out to be. The others are all too young to tell.

 

Today is the day my first egg from the two TCB birds should hatch.

 

That's three nests 14 chicks in all & still not sure I have a TCB. That must be why they are a rare variety...(Laughing out loud).

Edited October 25, 200717 yr by Norm

A good lot of chicks just the same, Norm. Crossing all my fingers that you get your wish

Good luck with your wishes

Good luck on your hatchlings being TBC Norm. I never realized that they were quite a rare varietiy I learn something new about budgies everyday which is probably why I find keeping them such a joy.

They are nice looking birds Norm....nice size.....lets hope for a good result....

I’m pretty sure I have my first TCB hen in that batch of 4. So I’m happy & the pair of TCB’s hatched their first chick on time yesterday, but the hen has turned out to be one of those type of hens that I wish to cull out over time. She wont leave the nest & because I was real keen that nothing would go wrong with a potential TCB I wanted to inspect the chick to see it was being fed, but I gave up in it’s interest & the interest of the rest of the eggs, as she went mad & run around throwing the chick & eggs every where…so I backed off…so I hope the chick is okay.

 

Then I got another surprise…the breeder I got my 4 TCB’s off sold me two cocks & a hen…then some weeks later he said I will sell you another cock, only because it is Normal wing pattern & not Opaline, as I don’t like Normal TCB’s. He said it was unrelated to all the other ones I bought [who were all closely related]. Well it took me a few months to get it’s pedigree from him, in the mean time I paired them up, hoping to get some TCB’s to pair with my splits from the others which I have paired with unrelated birds. I got the pedigrees the other day & yesterday was looking through them & what do you think I find [if they are correct] the hen & cock are brother & sister. Well it’s too late now, but at least I wont be able to pair them to the others, as they will all be too related. I’ll need to get tome TCB’s from another source. Going to a bird show Sunday with the guy that sold me the TCB’s never know my luck may pick up one there.

 

Thanks for your good wishes guys. At least they are relatively rare Lisavenn…not as rare as some mutations.

Hi Norm,

 

Good luck with them all, Norm. I can't see that there would be too many problems with brother and sister as long as they haven't had a too closely line bred background. I am looking forward to photos of these little chickies and I hope the cranky mum did not hurt the poor bub too

 

 

Feathers.

Edited October 29, 200717 yr by Feathers

I spoke to the breeder, he thinks there has been a mistake & wants me to email him the rings so he can check again. The chicks seem okay anyway, as I looked the next day & there were then two, so they are hatching well…you never know even if the are brother & sister, it may breed a champion…I was gone all day yesterday, at the Hunter Valley show, so will give update tomorrow after I have checked on them. The sister of the hen was best TCB at the show…so that's good news.

 

At the show I bought another male TCB supposed to be Wally Capper stock. Looks a little frail, but was the only TCB for sale, so have some different blood as long as it breeds. Paid $50 missed out on a cock Lacewing, because couldn't find who to pay the money to & another guy beat me to it.

Edited October 28, 200717 yr by Norm

missed out on a cock Lacewing, because couldn't find who to pay the money to & another guy beat me to it.

How frustrating!!

 

 

Feathers.

missed out on a cock Lacewing, because couldn't find who to pay the money to & another guy beat me to it.

How frustrating!! Feathers.

 

Yes Aly & it was another guy from the Taree club that got him...maybe I can get a chick.

 

Well the TCB to TCB pair are doing well, three chicks now when I checked yesterday, that means no egg has failed to hatch as yet, so that good.

 

Another frustrating thing has happened, I ordered more rings from the club, weeks ago, as was getting low & now I have heard that something happened to the first lot in the mail & a new lot is coming in maybe 10 days…I have chicks everywhere needing rings this week, but saving the few I have left for the TCB's…so going to be a few chicks without rings…how maddening!!!

Edited October 29, 200717 yr by Norm

Norm most clubs keep some spare uncoded rings for emergencies. Maybe if you ask around you can get some of those or get some from other members ?

Norm most clubs keep some spare uncoded rings for emergencies. Maybe if you ask around you can get some of those or get some from other members ?

 

Thats interesting Kaz.Here all rings have to come through the ring

register,The club holds no spare rings,

 

Norm,with a little spit & oil,you will be surprised as to how late you can ease

the ring on.I have put a ring on one,that was over 2 weeks old,I missed him

some how.My excuse the ring fell off :budgiedance:

Norm most clubs keep some spare uncoded rings for emergencies. Maybe if you ask around you can get some of those or get some from other members ?

 

Thats interesting Kaz.Here all rings have to come through the ring

register,The club holds no spare rings,

 

Norm,with a little spit & oil,you will be surprised as to how late you can ease

the ring on.I have put a ring on one,that was over 2 weeks old,I missed him

some how.My excuse the ring fell off :budgiedance:

We have appointed ring registrars in all our clubs over here Macka. So thats why they hold spare UNCODED rings for emergencies.

Thats a good idea,we have to fill out in triplet & order 50 & pay extra,

I would be interested,what hapens in the other states. :budgiedance:

It’s not the situation here, I’m the local club ring secretary & could have ordered them myself & now wish I had, but I thought this other club had them on hand, so I ordered 50 & only 30 turned up, when I rang them they said that’s all they had on hand & would have to order more, so I ordered another 100 as well. I ordered with them as they are registered with the nation Budgie council or something, in case I wanted to show. Our club is not a specialist Budgie club & is affiliated with Canary & cage birds, as most members are finch breeders. Most clubs around here wont hold spares, mostly you have to order in it usually takes at least two weeks. I spent lots of time yesterday, sifting through nest debris looking for rings that fell off…(Laughing out loud)…I found three.

 

I don’t think I will be getting rings on the older chicks, as I tried to get a ring on a Lutino yesterday, just a day or so late & believe me I have got some hard rings on before, but these show [british] birds have thick legs, if I tried harder I would have crippled it.

 

 

 

I now have two confirmed hen TCB’s.

Update on my TCB’s…the pair of two TCB’s have now hatched 6 chicks 2 are Lutinos, the rest hopefully TCB’s.

 

My first hen TCB has left the nest, hopefully some photos soon.

 

It seems to have Green suffusion through it’s body colour, but I’m not hoping for perfection yet, just some TCB’s.

My pair of TCB’s eventually hatched 7 chicks, not bad even if they are Brother & Sister. I supplied their ring numbers to the guy I bought them off, so he could check out their pedigrees, but so far no word from him. He told me he hasn’t had a fertile egg from his TCB’s this year as yet, so mine aren’t doing too bad.

 

 

 

My other pair of TCB to Opaline hen still had 5 chicks in the nest after the two oldest were fostered out, to make it easy for them. They were going real good, they were nice almost fully feathered, when I checked them two days ago only to find that they all had been feather plucked. I had nowhere to foster them & they were probably too old for that anyway, so they are out on the floor of the cabinet. I hope they will be okay, as I have been removing chicks pretty soon after they left the nest of late, after I had a few cocks attack them.

 

This hen has been bred before without any problems like this & this is her second round without trouble, this year, of course it may be the cock, but mostly I put it down to hens.

 

Some think it’s inherited others think it’s a deficiency, but I’m just starting to think I wonder if it’s too stimulating food, maybe they want to lay again & want to get rid of the chicks? As in the wild if they did this, their line wouldn’t last too long. But in the wild food would be more scarce & harder to find & take more time & take more out of the birds. So I’m guessing they wouldn’t lay as quick as in the domestication.