That would be so cool if the last chick is a greywing

Omelette was nibbling off the down from all her chicks like she did once before.....so until their full feathers came in they were nearly bald. One that didnt have many feathers at all was moved into Omelette's daughters nestbox and within a few days had regrown the down back again.

Before...........

and a few days later................

they look funny when bald, reminds me of that cockatoo that survived the victorian bushfires, he was bald and from old age to, not the fires.

if only i lived in perth, i would be eager to buy that grey-green off you when he is older

Edited June 11, 200916 yr by mattdog2

NASTY

 

was out today. I had changed the nesting materials yesterday so the level in the nestbox was lower so the chicks couldnt get out but she managed just the same When I found her she was having an argument with her father

I did not realise that Omelette plucked the down off young.

 

Oh well, nobody's perfect

I did not realise that Omelette plucked the down off young.Oh well, nobody's perfect

 

She did it a little with her first chicks, and not at all with the second clutch. She did it with all the chicks in this nest. Just the down not the feathers once they came through.

Another thing is....as she has done before, she is already trying to begin a second clutch with her chicks still in the nestbox. I will wait a few days and remove the chicks to a tub on the floor of the breeder cage. Omelette is never worried about being amongst her chicks in the nestbox when laying a second clutch. But with all that activity the eggs can become addled.

 

Also, I picked up some of Omelette's relatives today to add to my breeding program.

 

Here is NASTY

and the greywing who seems to be a cock

The cute little cinnamon grey

four of Omelette's the chicks

and her two others in other nestboxes.....second youngest

youngest

and here is two of Omelette's grandchildren

These two babies are nieces or nephews of Daves DUMB and DUMBER

Edited June 14, 200916 yr by KAZ

That 3RD last picture is beautiful, what sort is he gonna be once the feathers properly come through

i can see opaline in him. i think?

Edited June 15, 200916 yr by mattdog2

That 3RD last picture is beautiful, what sort is he gonna be once the feathers properly come through

i can see opaline in him. i think?

 

She is a green opaline hen chick

Kaz did you ever think it possible to get a Greywing/Dilute from this family????

Kaz did you ever think it possible to get a Greywing/Dilute from this family????

No not really. But I knew Omelette's breeder has dilutes popping up in her breeding program also. Omelette's mother was Darman bred and carries dilute and greywing as I have since found out. The hen from Darman breeding was the one that brought the dilute factor into this breeders birds.

 

an email I got re the mother of Omelette........

As to the Irene and Joe Darman bird, my memory of this is that she was a pied, which cost $600 in a BRASEA auction.We didn't get any details, as we were endeavouring to help Jan establish a stud of Dominant Pieds, and it was just an outcross. (Darmans did have greywings and Jan has from time to time produced dilutes)

Edited June 15, 200916 yr by KAZ

Also, I picked up some of Omelette's relatives today to add to my breeding program.

Here is the new guys related to Omelette....

 

Split blue grey green normal cock

 

 

his mother

 

 

cinnamon opaline grey green dom pied hen

 

cinnamon opaline cock

 

cinnamon opaline hen

 

cinnamon opaline cock

 

That 3RD last picture is beautiful, what sort is he gonna be once the feathers properly come through

i can see opaline in him. i think?

 

She is a green opaline hen chick

Hehe, thought so, its very visable in the wing texture. she's gonna be a very nice specimen when she's older.

Also, I picked up some of Omelette's relatives today to add to my breeding program.

Here is the new guys related to Omelette....

 

Split blue grey green normal cock

 

 

his mother

 

 

cinnamon opaline grey green dom pied hen

 

cinnamon opaline cock

 

cinnamon opaline hen

 

cinnamon opaline cock

 

 

Very nice additions - you do realise that you're going to have GREYGREEN coming out of your ears? No matter, it means you will be able to be very selective with who you keep.

WOW That last boy is amazing

Very nice additions - you do realise that you're going to have GREYGREEN coming out of your ears? No matter, it means you will be able to be very selective with who you keep.

Yes, but some are split blue and others I am breeding to blue series to get more blue splits. I also have some of Robs birds to breed them too, so have other colour types too. Just needs planning.

Very nice additions - you do realise that you're going to have GREYGREEN coming out of your ears? No matter, it means you will be able to be very selective with who you keep.

Yes, but some are split blue and others I am breeding to blue series to get more blue splits. I also have some of Robs birds to breed them too, so have other colour types too. Just needs planning.

 

Yep, I noted the splits but you're still going to get more greygreens, it just depends how many depending on the pairings. In any case I've found that it's not the 1st generation that you have to worry about it's the NEXT ones! Now I'm officially in my 3rd breeding season and I have cinnamons, cinnamons and more cinnamons. BUT they are very nice chickies ..... yeah, yeah, yeah - It's not the variety we need to focus on, it's the bird ....

Seems to me its the cinnamons, the opalines and the grey greens that improve most of the birds we breed

Grey-greens have always been my favorite, but i'm more into breeding Opaline's and spangle's, although i still have a few grey-greens in my aviary

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 15, 200916 yr by KAZ

:rofl: classic photo's, he definitely looks like grey-wing now

:rofl: classic photo's, he definitely looks like grey-wing now

Yeah. According to Gerald Binks in his book THE CHALLENGE greywing can hide itself for generations and pop up and surprise you

:rofl: classic photo's, he definitely looks like grey-wing now

Yeah. According to Gerald Binks in his book THE CHALLENGE greywing can hide itself for generations and pop up and surprise you

Out of all the budgie's you have, is their any dilute's? wether it be gene or visual.

:question::rofl: classic photo's, he definitely looks like grey-wing now

Yeah. According to Gerald Binks in his book THE CHALLENGE greywing can hide itself for generations and pop up and surprise you

Out of all the budgie's you have, is their any dilute's? wether it be gene or visual.

I have a dilute dommie pied hen Funnily enough she is from the same line as Omelette...through Omelette's mother.

Edited June 16, 200916 yr by KAZ

Omelette's babies began leaving the nestbox today.......first was NASTY

so I put a tub in there for her. Then the greywing joined her

 

and tonight when I checked at "bedtime " there was the grey green spangle as well

 

so they have seed as the nesting materials and a lid went on for a cosy night time.

 

the cinnamon grey is still in the nest with Mum who is about to lay a second egg.

Edited June 16, 200916 yr by KAZ

Wow, she's laying already

unfortunately 3 days ago, i found the eldest cinnamon sky blue baby on the aviary floor huddled in the quail house with the quail's! :question: so he left the nest earlier then i thought...but their all inside now, all the baby's.