Posted January 2, 200817 yr Well, it has been a while since I updated the pics of my flock, so I took some. The aviary setup is pretty much the same. Avairy in the yeard looks like this okay, so here we go Lord Humphrey, ruler of the aviary Lord Humprhey with his Queen Sherbert Humphrey and Sherbert with the clown Hugo Sherbert and Hugo Hugo on his own (yes his, as a pied, his cere makes it tough to determine his sex, but he has demonstrated - through sex, that he is male) Sherbert again, but this time she is joined by a new couple in the avairy, Sebby (a Violet, cinnamon Fallow) and Cheese (a Yellow Face type II Skye blue Dominant Pied) Cheese and Sebby, though this time with Athena at the back Cheese's sister Macaroni on her own and with Hugo and Nibbler Nibbler on his own
January 2, 200817 yr Author Nibbler with Independence Independence on her own Indpendence's sister Tralia The other sister of the clutch Kaui (a recessive pied) Kaui with Aphrodite Aphrodite next to her Mother Milly and Angel Angel with some others around Aphrodite's sister Venus
January 2, 200817 yr Author Venus' sister of the injured leg fame Pegasis Aphrodite Sunshine Romeo Kaui and Pagasis Little Butternut Sunshine Kealani Romeo Jr. and some mixed shots
January 2, 200817 yr Author I have no idea - (Laughing out loud) How do you tell the difference? That was the next question I was going to throw out there. Anyone?
January 2, 200817 yr Some of your young birds have developed into nice looking birds Dave. Your aviary is in a nice setting, but do you have any trouble with wind, with no side of the aviary being solid & also that door looks a bit scary without a safety door…looks quite large …no close calls yet? [Escapees] … As to the Dominant & Recessive Pied factor…I think when you get very heavily Pied birds of both types it gets hard. Of course with males, if it has a nice clear Blue cere not fleshy coloured, you know it’s Dominant. But sometimes harder with the hens, the Plum eye colour isn’t always easy to see, but I think that Recessive have more strange coloured feathers especially on the wing & around the head than Dominants. Dominants have clearer Pied markings on the wings, whereas Recessives have some coloured feathers with what I call strange effects, dotted through the Pied. In other words Dominants seem, if they have coloured feathers they look more like Normal feathers, whereas Recessive Pied seems to have some effect on remaining coloured feathers…hope that makes sense… Edited January 2, 200817 yr by Norm
January 2, 200817 yr Author No problems with the wind. There is fencing on 2 sides, so although the aviary does not sit right on the fence, it is still protected from the wind somewhat. No saftery door is a good observation. I have experimented with different options. I have tried the bird netting on the outside. I attached some hooks, and attached the netting to a pole, so when I want to go into the aviary, I just put the bird netting up. problem was the netting always caught on the door, got very frustrating. No close calls so far, well nothing of significance anyway. Birds usually retreat to the other end of the aviary when I go in, and I ensure they are at the other end when I am leaving. Regardless of this, it is only a matter of time until something goes wrong, so I have actually begun planning my safety door. I have drawn up some plans, bought the brackets, as well as the srews, etc. I just need to buy the metal framing, as well as the hinge, then all will be good. The biggest problem I have is that the current door swings out. I am going to have to reverse that, or that safety door area will need to be massive.
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