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okay a few people are taken by my guy Angel

 

Now I am told he is an albino split with a lace wing. A few people has asked me if I could breed them lacewing babies for pets, I have said no cause I want to keep my pets to one side of my breeding show birds however it got me thinking. What would you put him to to get lacewing chicks?

 

Also wondering what to put him with from my stock. My options are

 

Unamed Hen 1

 

Unamed Hen 2

 

Unamed Hen 3 (been told to to breed and Lut to an Albino so I would be thinking this was a no go pairing)

 

Island

 

Lucky

 

I also have Grey a smaller grey hen (can't find a picture of her)

 

and Lucy

 

side note, Lucy is now mine as the pet shop gave the family their money back and did not request that she be returned to them, Also she looks stressed in this picture but she now looks a picture of health and is very settled in her quaratine cage.

 

So any suggestions would be great. I think I need to keep an eye out for some bigger hens my really big hen Lemon (a Lutino) is on her last clutch

Lucky or Lucy BUT I think Lucy needs more time to settle and and be well. You dont know her history really so you need to be very sure.

To get lacewings from a split lacewing you need a lacewing to put it to.

Out of those choices i would go with Lucy because she is not a dominant colour like grey and green

 

You should get about 25% lacewing hens from a split cock

25% Split cocks

25% normal hens

25% normal Cocks

Edited August 19, 200817 yr by **Liv**
added more

Lacewing is a composite variety of lutino/albino and cinnamon. The budgie is mostly yellow (in yellow-based budgies) or mostly white (in white-based budgies). A suffusion of the body color is slightly visible in the body feathers. The markings of the head, wings, and tail show up as a light cinnamon color and the cheek patches are pale violet. The eyes are red/pink, and the cere of the male lacewing does not change normally. Adult male lacewings have purple ceres.

 

To ensure 100% lacewings you would breed him to another lacewing. Both the ino & cinnamon gene are genetic.

 

Here are some links to read up on Lacewings

 

http://rares.bestofbreeds.net/lacewings1.htm

 

This link is good here is where the expections are http://www.budgerigarassociation.com/baa_015.htm

 

Just adding is he is a lacewing or an INO split to lacewing because he looks like he has brown throat spots indicating lacewing not split?

Edited August 19, 200817 yr by Elly

Lucy is doing an 60 day Quarantine as I want her to be in top shape. I did contat her breeder from her leg ring she is a cull bird that he sold to a pet shop but was not intrested in telling me more then that.

 

Lucky is an early 08 Bird that I believe needs at least another 6 months as she not even a year old.but will look at pairing them this time next year.

 

Hmmm maybe I just need to go buy a lacywing hen

Edited August 19, 200817 yr by Angelic Vampyre

I have one if you can wait

Oh I'll take her...

 

Still thinking if I don't get over there in Jan then I might have to look at getting you to ship me some birds.

 

Elly - you rock at this stuff but now my head hurts. I was told that he was a ino slpit to lacewing Outside of the throat patchs and a very small bit of shading on his wings he carries no other colours

 

Liv - okay *points to comment above*

Edited August 19, 200817 yr by Angelic Vampyre

Lucy is doing an 60 day Quarantine as I want her to be in top shape. I did contat her breeder from her leg ring she is a cull bird that he sold to a pet shop but was not intrested in telling me more then that.

 

 

Hope you have more luck with a culled bird from a pet shop than I've had. All the culled hens I've bought have been egg smashers or lay and leave the eggs - I guess they're culled from breeders for a reason

She has nail growth issues, basically her nails grow and she does not file them back they also curl when they grow so I have gotten lessons from another breeder about how to do them, they also grow really quickly so I have to watch her and catch and trim every month at least. This may have been the reason. I am happy for her to become one of my reject birds :hap:

 

I am looking into building another avairy somewhere in my back yard to keep my rejects / resuce / older non breeding stock and only have my breeding stock in one avairy this way the older nasty hens (which I have a few of) will not pick on my young future diploma winners :hap: (what I can dream big! :hap: )