well 2009 is almost here and i have been for some time now working out what i need to breed to achive my rezult for my stock line before i go trying to breed what i think is a perfict rainbow

although that is a long way off these next pairs will play a major role in achiving this

alot of you may think im barking up the wrong tree with my choises but i can ashure you i know where im at so follow me if you like on a long journey to breeding a rainbow from scratch .....im talking scratch i have spent the last two almost three years buying birds

and test breeding them to find out their backgrounds (if not with a pedagree)and bred a few generations when ive found out what ive got thats needed sold off the original stock and kept the second genoration and sometimes the first

if this makes no sence dont worry as i know what i mean

most of you have only seen a majority of my birds as im really not to good at this and i tend to put up the same birds just ones i play around with , but for now on i am going to show you what im up to so ... enjoy be intreegd and if you have questions dont hesertaite to ask ...

 

okay first a dominant pie cobolt opaline cock and a weird but nice colour spangle cinnimon hen mabe she is opaline

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

okay i know their was a breeding box in their but i can garentee you all these birds have not been and will not be breed yet as they are to young

i did not relize this untill i actually placed them in a breeding cage together

she is only goimg on 9 months and he is only 7 months

i dont breed my birds till they are just a month over a year although that was not always the way i did breed them smak on one year but now i wait an extra month why,,, cause i can,so this is going to be my first important pair ..next year around april i will box them again what are your thoughts

Looking forward to seeing you breed them in the future. Good luck

Sounds interesting i will follow this.........

 

Love Kate

I'm looking forward to this pair, Jimmy. I have had for sometime now and I have big plans for their chicks, if that makes sense. They are one of four seperate pairs that im working with. Most my birds are just because but these are for a reason :sad:

im looking forward to jimmy this pair i have had for sometime now and i have big plans for their chicks chicks if that makes sence they are one of four seperate pairs that im working with most my birds are just because but these are for a reason :sad:

 

Here is another pair they have had one clutch already but im more interested in their next clutch

 

My pictures need updating but I will do that when I pair them. All these picture are all a bit old as by the time I get them on to the photo thing im over it .. but all thats changed. I'm a new me. I am going to really knuckle down, slow down and do this right, not only for me but for all you ..you have all been soooo excellent. for you all

 

Q - what is wrong i look before i post they look perfict space and everything so i post and ....oh my ... what am i doing wrong??????

Edited January 1, 200916 yr by Dave_McMinn

Your birds are looking very healthy and happy. Best of luck with your breeding

Gerneic blue - I love that second pair. I will follow this thread with great interest.

 

In terms of what you are doing wrong when posting pics, after every picture, press enter, so start every picture on a new line. that will spread them out more and make them look better.

Gerneic blue - I love that second pair. I will follow this thread with great interest.

 

In terms of what you are doing wrong when posting pics, after every picture, press enter, so start every picture on a new line. that will spread them out more and make them look better.

 

i do do that i even press enter twice im going wrong when i try to do more than the 20 picture limit i wish it could be 30 lol

and some times i post same picture then cant get it gone its when i try add more picture that it goes wrong

as for thoughs birds their chicks will be getting sold or i will do a swap

i only want one hen and one cock from them

so i will think of you my friend if you see any rezult you like just let me know i had i lovely mix of chicks from them last time five all in all she is good mum hatched them all i think thats as i do wait the 1 year and a bit before breeding they are more maternall and mother like i find

There is a limit ont he number of pics you can do. But if you do two posts under each other, we can merge them.

There is a limit ont he number of pics you can do. But if you do two posts under each other, we can merge them.

 

tryed to do that last night day in a nother topic i did with pics my birds but goodness i ended up giving up

it takes me for ever

shannon bird breeder has his photo bucket linked (his alb) wish i could do that be so much easyer but then again i do want to nail this thing lol so.... i will persist :rofl:

All looks good to me. Look forward to updates

GB, are you breeding for Show or pretty birds?

 

Your Opaline grey cock looks very nice and will complement the pairing with the hen you have chosen.

 

The first pair look like they need to go through another moult to gauge their true potential.

 

Good Luck! :parrot:

you are corect darl on your obsovations

first pair do need to prim up lol and i dont show breed ...but i do with some birds follow strickt choises after all i want to produce nice birds for all diffrent perperses

pets

colour

and yes some show paired stock but no i will never show my birds as been their and when i started breeding when i was very young i had alot of anel people back in the show rooms then just put me off

i have a few good birds with show potential in their off spring

that pair you mentioned fall just short of producing a good show type winner

she is not up to par however grand dad is on cocks side and they just had a clutch four eggs four chicks all beautiful all healthy

and i plan to back breed my best hen one most like dad but clearflighted to grandad

who is skyblue/opaline pied

this is pairs second clutch

first clutch five chicks five eggs and four hens one cock all beautiful and becoming more stunning every month

breeding second generation does not start till end this year october with first clutches hen

i sold all others exept one cock and this time wont be selling any off them as i kick myself everytime i see the chicks i sold in verious avirys

keeping all for eight months this time round

grandad produced for me some lovley cocks to hen two last year same time as sons clutch was born

and one has turned out to be very potentually worth while and /cinnimon pied so

i am just dabbling with most my birds but my mauve line is well on its way and looking good from where i sit

i brought a splat bird for this line and plan to keep in touch with splat to mabe talk about getting more with same bloodlines at latter date

will post pics of clutch when poss

as fires kind of changed my living arangments for while

and clutch grew as we were away

i go home tomorrow load birds in mornning

i did keep pics comming so will do a journal best i can with dates of hatching and growing as promised

although chicks got two weeks left in box

with the first pair - i can't see the opline in the cock and he appears to have spangle marking as well.

 

biut nice pairs

with the first pair - i can't see the opline in the cock and he appears to have spangle marking as well.

 

biut nice pairs

 

yes he does have spangle markings he is defenently opaline reason i pared them

he also holds violet heratage and no green history

i know nothing about hen but she comes from a breeder that has mostly violet opaline spangles

and her age

im only hopeing to achive more opaline spangle pieds at moment

i will add more colour genetics as the generations get on but i am just finding out hens background at moment in referance to weather she holds green genetics or only blue

if she throughs any green chicks i will use her for a difrent line of coulour probbly my mauve greys

other wize theiy the begining of my rainbows

its going to be a long time in the makeing as i want to make sure all genetics go back to just blue grey mauve violet with the odd olive i dont want greens poping up anywhere ... i know what i mean lol i know that didnt make much sence lol its all good i have a long turm plain and a picture in mind

your hens are blue birds and will not give any green as blue is the recessive gene. green can't be carried (split)

How did i miss this :rofl:

 

Love the second pair I cant wait to see what comes out of them

your hens are blue birds and will not give any green as blue is the recessive gene. green can't be carried (split)

 

thats good im not sure how that works really but are you saying any bird i have that is either blue , violet, mauve or grey will never through green birds ?

i am not sure what to say i thought that they could if the cock or hen was split green ?

do you understand what im saying

im not sure i do but i have a cobalt 1 factour violet spangle hen and paired her to what i thought was a dark grey green spangle and they have produced a what apears to be a normal dark green bird no mutation so.... got me

 

this him

 

him and her

 

 

 

baby few days about 4 days

 

baby is two weeks now so much bigger than this picture taken at one week

i will post pics when can of it now not at home at moment (why i can actually be on the com , lol )

I thinks I knowa that hen

 

A bird can be green split blue but can never be blue split green. Green is a dominant colour genetically so even if you only have one gene out of the two that is green the bird will look green, in order to be blue the bird needs to have two blue genes as blue is recessive to green. Hope that helps GB :rofl:

I thinks I knowa that hen

 

A bird can be green split blue but can never be blue split green. Green is a dominant colour genetically so even if you only have one gene out of the two that is green the bird will look green, in order to be blue the bird needs to have two blue genes as blue is recessive to green. Hope that helps GB

yes your hen the chick is huge i called it sachie (short for big foot)

out of five eggs one hatched he is just too big for her but thought i would try

one better then none

so if the chick has chicks to a blue bird i should only get blue is this so .. i was told that but still second opinion would be nice

oh and if this is wrong ...then chick and cock both go ...he my first grey green breeding only ever had blue base stock dont want greens but thought grey greens would strenthen the violets and mauves mabe i anm wrong most probbly am my memorie is so bad lol

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well i put this pair up on the 23rd of april and to date i have six eggs and she is sitting lovley

i will post some pics of chicks when they arive

 

i also put up

violet hen and golden face sky normal /rec pie cock

eggs 4

 

sky blue /rec pie hen and sky blue /rec pie cock both show type birds

eggs none yet

 

violet cinnamon cock and yf2 sky opaline hen

eggs five

 

rec pie clear wing opaline olive and cinnamon olive spangle

eggs 3

 

violet hen and yf2 violet cock

eggs 1

 

and today i paired a lacewing hen with a opaline grey cock show size

 

and a df spangle cinn opaline cobalt with a sky blue grey wing cock show size birds

 

a grey norm /opaline and a diluted grey spangle hen

 

so lets see what goes down

 

will have picture when hatchlings come

wow it seems like ages since you've been on GB! Good to see you, looking forward to seeing your chicks when they hatch I'm sure they'll look great.

I'm following!!!!!!!!!

wow it seems like ages since you've been on GB! Good to see you, looking forward to seeing your chicks when they hatch :bluebudgie: I'm sure they'll look great. :bliss:

 

 

i know jimmy i have had some really nice pet type chicks in last month but its so hard to post pics at the libary as i dont know how to do it from their so but i will put pics and that up for all to see when these chicks hatch got one due today so fingers crossed

they are all looking great! cant wait for you fingers crossed.

xx Elise xx

They are all just healthy and beautiful... My fingers are crossed for your breeding success... Good luck...