This is Darius, dom pied grey cock and Gracie yf grey spangle hen. They also have 2 eggs.

Very Nice

I am very excited for you

Yellow Face Greys are one of my favorite, they look like a pretty dark grey too, maybe double factor in there? Will be neat to see the colors of the chicks and the different shades of grey and if they have any blue chicks.

Thanks guys. My posts dont show my excitement so far, cause its my first really quality pairings and it makes me a little nervous to be quite honest. Its a tad different from throwing pet types all together in a colony situation and they just breed like happy little rabbits lol.

I am really anxious about cabinet breeding too.

 

I have been doing lots and lots of thinking about it and i think the most important thing is to have a number of pairs breeding at the same time to make sure there are plenty of foster parents available if any problems were to arise.

I put 3 pairs down at the same time and 2 pair have eggs. The other pair seem interested, but nothing has happened yet. I will be putting one more pair down tomorrow.......and that is all the room I have at the moment! lol

Is Darius also spangle dom pied ?

Yes he is - they have 3 eggs today

Edited July 16, 200816 yr by Sunnie

Update:

Well one egg was cracked about a week ago and I think Gracie tossed it, cause it went missing. One egg looks very dark, so I think it is DIS. The third egg I still have my fingers crossed for

Disapointing about egg one and two... but I have everything crossed for the lucky last one!

Thank you Maesie, me too. Sometimes single babies are some of the best

I hope you have luck with them, did they stop at only three? That’s a bit strange maybe it’s their first batch, anyway if those eggs fail hopefully they will go down again fast. The only thing I have found in the cabinets, especially I think with the show types is to watch carefully when the chicks leave the nest. I have had a few start chasing the chicks & had to remove them quick, some got picked in the head. Looks like a nice pair.

Thanks for the advice. Yes they only had 3, but I think it is their first clutch. I had heard about the parents chasing chicks in cabinets, I will watch for that.

Update:

Well Darius and Gracies first clutch was a dud. She threw all her eggs out in the end, but they went down for a second clutch. She lays really big eggs! This clutch she has 4 eggs and this time she has a baby!!! I dont even care if none of the others hatch, if they can just bring up one baby I will be happy It was only hatched today, so I am still anxious about it's survival. I think you were right Norm, I think that was her first ever clutch. Fingers crossed for more babies

Any result is better than none. Fingers crossed for more chicks

Good Luck

Thanks Elly and Kaz

 

Baby #2 today

Baby 1 is being fed and mum has turned into a yeller since babies have hatched lol. She is a good girl and knows to pop out when I knock, but she has taken to yelling at me in protest, even though she still dutifully leaves the box for me to look at her babies lol

hello sunny. Your pair is beautiful i wouldn't mind having them in my aviary. The cock looks to be a spangle dominant pied they are really good birds to have as they can produce spangles and dominant pieds so its a bonus. i myself have a spangle dominant pied hope the rest hatch for you as they will be big babies.

 

regards Joel

Edited September 6, 200816 yr by **Liv**
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Sorry about your first clutch Sunnie, but I'm glad all is going well with their second. I hope the bubs do well

What colour eyes do the babies have ?

I'm glad to hear things are going better this time Sunnie...best of luck with them.

What colour eyes do the babies have ?

 

Black eyed babies

Good luck with your brood, I hope all goes well for you all.

Grace and Darius's babies are doing well. He eats food like I've never seen a budgie put it away before to feed his babies and she is a super protective mum, bouncing out of the box when I knock to look in, but coming back in sometimes when Im still handling babies and grabbing hold of my finger!! I suspect I have 3 grey spangle babies, one has a yellow face. The thing that confuses me though, is that none of them look dom pied to me :mellow: