Hi All,

 

So this is my second breeding experience...thank you all for you help the first time around...all three chicks are going brilliantly.

 

Unfortunately, with this clutch, as good as mummy as she is, we had the 15 day heat wave in adelaide and then it got very cold and stormy for a few days. So out of the 4 eggs laid, we have one survivor. The first and surviving chick hatched on Easter Monday...two more chicks hatched just before the very cold weather and unfortunately didn't make it, the last egg didn't hatch.

 

So we ended up with one very special chick, named Bunny...due to being born at Easter :-)

 

Here is Mummy & Daddy

 

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd187/mugmole/daddy.jpg

 

 

And here is Bunny at 2 weeks

 

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd187/m...unny1080408.jpg

 

 

Bunny looks similar to a Dom Pied from the first clutch (below), will be interesting to see how he/she develops.

 

 

 

Also, from their first clutch, we got a very interesting coloured hen ( all mixed up ), here are some photos of her growth, including one post first moult. The light 'blue' you see on her back in the second photo, is now a blue/green colour, like the colour you can see on her front. Also, you'll notice little spots of the same green around her neck. And her face has gone a brighter yellow to the rest of her body. She's a real bitzer, but a cutie!

 

 

 

I will post more pics of Bunny when he/she has grown up a bit more.

 

Lucy

Edited April 9, 200817 yr by Elly
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I am so sorry for your losses

 

That was a shocking time for breeding - The end of that horrible heat wave, then the temperature dropped 20*C in 2 days and the nights were a freeeeeeezing 8*C!!! I was really worried about my birds at this time too. My clicks were older so i was lucky and didn't loose any.

 

Your Special Bunny looks like a real cutie

Yes, I wished the other two chicks had hatched closer to when Bunny hatched, they may have survived then.

 

It's sad, but atleast we have Bunny :-)

Sorry to hear your losses - The weather can be a real sore point with breeders ...

 

Bunny is cute as !!!!!

Bunny is very sweet. A pity you lost the others, but atleast you have this special little one!

beautiful birds you got there

Pics of Bunny, just over 3 weeks old. Too cute!

 

Is he/she a Recessive Pied?

 

How cute Cinnamon recessive pied too :offtopic:

How cute Cinnamon recessive pied too :offtopic:

 

 

Can recessive pied budgies have white iris rings? Baby, the recessive pied from the first clutch does. I thought I read somewhere that DF Pieds look like recessive pieds, but with iris rings??

 

The picture above is a Double Factor Dom Pied .....

 

Double-factor dominant pieds have very little markings; most of their feathers are clear,The irises of a dominant pied budgie turn light with maturity. This is a key factor in telling the difference between a dominant pied and a recessive pied, since recessive pieds' eyes stay a dark plum color throughout their life.

Edited April 16, 200817 yr by Neat

The picture above is a Double Factor Dom Pied .....

 

Double-factor dominant pieds have very little markings; most of their feathers are clear,The irises of a dominant pied budgie turn light with maturity. This is a key factor in telling the difference between a dominant pied and a recessive pied, since recessive pieds' eyes stay a dark plum color throughout their life.

 

Thank you Neat. That's very interesting. Now I know that both her parents are carrying the Pied gene.

 

Maybe the most recent chick, Bunny, will also be a DF Dom Pied too.

 

Her father must be Normal/Dom Pied and mother Dom Pied/????

The picture above is a Double Factor Dom Pied .....

 

Double-factor dominant pieds have very little markings; most of their feathers are clear,The irises of a dominant pied budgie turn light with maturity. This is a key factor in telling the difference between a dominant pied and a recessive pied, since recessive pieds' eyes stay a dark plum color throughout their life.

 

Thank you Neat. That's very interesting. Now I know that both her parents are carrying the Pied gene.

 

Maybe the most recent chick, Bunny, will also be a DF Dom Pied too.

 

Her father must be Normal/Dom Pied and mother Dom Pied/????

 

I am only just understanding the whole mutations side of thing to get a DF DOM PIED ( Double Factor ) Both Parents have to be carring the Dom Pied gene ... Hva you got a picture of new bubs or is it the Cin in the first picture??

The new chick is the one I posted two pics of today...named "Bunny". It is a much brighter yellow than the DF Dom Pied above, but with similar patchy bits of colour.

Can't tell in picture if Bunny's eyes are Plum or Black .... This will answer your question If is rec or DF dom ....

 

I love this topics.... HEHEH