August 8, 200915 yr Author New photos for those that want them.  Caesar and young  Earl and Latter's young  Dumd and kestral's young  Twitch and Kiwi's young
August 8, 200915 yr nice birds and youngn's there Dave Why do you have grit on the bottom of your nest boxes? Ross
August 8, 200915 yr Author Not grit, seed. Attempting to encourage the young to pick at seed, it will hopefully make the fledging process easier
August 9, 200915 yr Author moved all the breeding pairs today into the breeding room, and all is good. Â The best news is that Dumber and the DF have their first egg. Hopefully it is one of many to come. Â to come later
August 9, 200915 yr moved all the breeding pairs today into the breeding room, and all is good. The best news is that Dumber and the DF have their first egg. Hopefully it is one of many to come.  to come later  con grads dave looking so good though chicks
August 11, 200915 yr Author I have moved Caesar and his two young to the Kindy cage, freeing up another breeding cage. I am going to move the two little new additions, the young ones, into the kindy cage as well. Â One of Latte and Earl's little grey young ones though he was ready to get out today, he was wrong. i put him back in his box. Â Dumber and DF have 2 eggs now. Â None of the new pairs have any eggs yet. Â Twitch and Kiwi's 4 youngsters look to be coming along very well. Â It seems that Kestral and Dumb have a DF spangle in their nestbox, but I am concerned about its foot. It has little movement, although it appears to be moving the hip. I am going to treat it like a splayed leg at the moment and see how that goes. I will have to read up on that, I remember roughly how to do it, but this will be a first for me. Shame really, as the little one is very cute.
August 11, 200915 yr Dave...re the chick with the funny leg/foot. Feel and check higher up...between "knee"and "hip" .............some chicks are hatched with a deformity and there is a"break"in the section between hip and knee. When you investigate and if your chick has this, then you will see movement in that area when you manipulate gently............it looks like a break or dislocation. If this is the case with yours and in the same area, the chick would have to be euthenased. Just a suggestion......it may not be that at all. Edited August 11, 200915 yr by KAZ
August 11, 200915 yr Dave...re the chick with the funny leg/foot. Feel and check higher up...between "knee"and "hip" .............some chicks are hatched with a deformity and there is a"break"in the section between hip and knee. When you investigate and if your chick has this, then you will see movement in that area when you manipulate gently............it looks like a break or dislocation. If this is the case with yours and in the same area, the chick would have to be euthenased. Just a suggestion......it may not be that at all. Â Yeah, it's a real shame but it does happen. I will be exploring whether it is due to a genetical predisposition in my Lute thread.
August 11, 200915 yr Dave,is there any heat in the leg,or look inflamed that is something else you can check,it will look more red then pink,if there is a break,between the knee & hip.
August 11, 200915 yr Author I checked the leg, there did not feel like there was a break. There is a fair bit of down so it is hard to note real big colour changes. Â The toes were not even curling earlier, but the curl a bit now. Hard to explain
August 13, 200915 yr Author Interesting results from Twitch and Kiwi's nest  4 young. Eldest - grey opaline dom pied 2nd eldest - green or grey green dom pied 3rd eldest - green or greygreen cinnamon winged dom pied youngest - green or greygreen dom pied  To the grey from a green bird, then twitch must be split blue.  Dumber and DF - 3 eggs of their own, plus a cec gearing hen of mine had layed an egg in the aviary and was attempting to sit on it, the the aviary floor. I popped it in this nestbox and we will see if there is any result. If we get a green bird, then we know it is not theirs.  Dumb and Kestral have 2 young of theirs. One is going to be a spitting image of dad, and one is a white DF spangle. They also have a foster in their nest, a grey spangle.  All three greys in Earl and Latte's nestbox are doing well. Fledging any day now.  Of the new pairs, 2 of the 3 hens are spending more and more time in the nestbox. Here's hoping for a good result.  On the weekend some new pairs will go down.  I am thinking 1) Bruticus - a Cec Gearing bred grey + albino hen 2) Green cock and Greygreen hen - both John Hewitt birds 3) Old Man - greygreen cinnamon wing + Lutino hen.
August 13, 200915 yr On the weekend some new pairs will go down. I am thinking 1) Bruticus - a Cec Gearing bred grey + albino hen 2) Green cock and Greygreen hen - both John Hewitt birds 3) Old Man - greygreen cinnamon wing + Lutino hen.  Sounds good. Keep it up!
August 15, 200915 yr Author Took some new pics today, so here goes.  Caesar's little ones, plus their new cage mates, some young ones that Budgie1981 gave me  Earl and Latte's Greys  Twitch and Kiwi's young  Dumb and Kestral's young  Dumber and DF's young - very young - eggs  Pair 1 bought from Budgie1981 (Cock: Cinnamon Wing Green & Hen: Green Dominant Pied) - very young
August 15, 200915 yr Very nice Dave. The YF is lovely. Â Does one of the opaline grey babies have a weepy eye? Might need the feathers trimmed....... And not trying to be picky here but is the egg in the last photo slightly dented? If so often nail polish on the dent will ensure that air does not get in that site and cause the egg to addle. Edited August 15, 200915 yr by nubbly5
