August 9, 200915 yr Author 3 chicks today 2 with dom pie x violet cock 1 with cin dom x sky also splat 6 eggs albino 6 eggs lacewing 4 eggs and albino cock and lacewing hen layed an egg today chicks have a box down bottom mum has the original box high up in cage chicks getting removed in few days time but dad feeding still and mum is busy sitting on her egg so......... mauve dom x sky 6 eggs df dom 7 eggs
August 10, 200915 yr Author another chick today thats 4 all up so far 3 in dom pie nest 1 in cin dom pie this was the first chick hatched will get pics of new ones tomorrow and post soon this the cin doms chick dom pie mauve still eggs sitting nice df dom eggs splats eggs these were taken on the 8th aug
August 11, 200915 yr Author okay another chick for the cin dom 5 chicks all up i havent got pics as very cold today and not going to risk chilling them sorry you can see their was one infertile egg in cin doms nest with the picture i took its the one i marked so i knew what was first egg layed i have written when due but just trying something out so................. well my lacewing pairs have 4 eggs for lacewing x grey and 2 eggs for lacewing x albino cock today im crossing fingers on them my chicks came out fully from my other nests and my grey spangle x opaline spangle have layed another egg today so... second round beginning she looks good so will allow it but only will let her raise 2 chicks other eggs will be fostered
August 11, 200915 yr You have another 5 fertile eggs in the nest with the chick & 4 fertile in the nest of 7 in the last nest,I am not sure, the eggs are to spread out.
August 11, 200915 yr You have another 5 fertile eggs in the nest with the chick & 4 fertile in the nest of 7 in the lastnest,I am not sure, the eggs are to spread out. I agree with Macka
August 12, 200915 yr Author yes thats right 5 in the nest with the chick (seven eggs in it ) and the other nest with 7 the other chick and mum i think they will all hatch not just 4 as they all on time and all looking very good my splat hen has one definitely one to hatch and one with a few vains the rest nothing i havent disturbed my lacewings i will look at how many eggs later this week 4 last look and two with her sister my dom hen they all look clear 6 eggs she has but will see and my df dom all but 2 out of the seven look to be hatching very soon she had seven eggs and two with grey spangle she has wasted no time laying again 5 chicks last look but didnt check tonight
August 18, 200915 yr Author okay so im still very unwell and cant go near birdsmuch as dont want to get them sick but i have 3 chicks with dom pie x violet with their last 3 eggs going to the mauve hen as her eggs were infertile all 6 so far one chick from dom pie x violet has hatched under her the cin opaline dom pie x sky norm / opaline / rec pie they have 3 hatched out and the other three given also to the dom mauve pie to raise and hatch one being hatched under her last night ,so mauve has two chicks one from both sisters so far hatched and 4 left to hatch splat hen has two eggs that are viable due anyday now df dom has three chicks out off her seven eggs so far lacewing has 4 eggs due next week early two viable lacewing 1151 has 4 eggs 4th layed yesterday so so far i have 11 chicks one opaline dom pie cinnamon the rest bit young to tell but have at least 3 dom pie chicks so far so far 2 are normal the rest cinn and all seem to be opaline so far not to sure very young yet take pics soon before they feather they only just 1 to 10 days old Edited August 18, 200915 yr by GenericBlue
August 18, 200915 yr Author I'm sorry you're not feeling well, GB. I hope you get better soon. thank you i have been very sick for some time now and really dont want my birds to contract it from me i have got blood test yesterday and sad thing is the birds could be part of the cause my familey has allergys to lots of thing and well mine have been worse and getting worse every year more so since i started breeding again my brother cant even visit me as he is highly alergic to my birds and has heart pulptations and cant breath when he goes near my back yard i have had very symulor symptoms of late so....fingers crossed going to get some pics now while sun is out
August 19, 200915 yr Author I hope it's not the birds that are making you sick. well i dont see how it can be i been around birds my whole life but ..... 2 more chicks hatched from the eggs fostered to dom pie mauve hen today so she has 4 babys now with to eggs left to hatch lacewing seems to have all infertile eggs 1151 but 1128 has two to hatch splats due in day or two i hope babys are so far 4 dom pies ,1 pos rec pied if not 5 doms the wee babys are but two days and one day old so ... df babys only few days also but one cinn, opaline still 3 chicks today i took pics but cant download till weekend usb hub broken bro fixing sunday :sad: 13 chicks so far 8 defenent infertile eggs so far Edited August 19, 200915 yr by GenericBlue
August 19, 200915 yr It's all stations GO! :sad: Good luck with the chicks and I hope you start to feel better!
August 21, 200915 yr Author It's all stations GO! Good luck with the chicks and I hope you start to feel better! thanks mate well managed to take pics and i have them from little to now so hope i can post all pics and the right way up :question: :rofl: okay cin dom pie x sky blue boy at start then i took 3 eggs and gave to mauve dom to hatch so cin dom has three to raise same chicks they were taken today today mum n dad now the dom pie and violet spangle therir are more babys but no room to post pics so the mauve dom hatched all her foster eggs ,three from dom x violet ,and three times cin dom x sky and the df cin dom and gf opaline sky spangle hatched 4 chicks so far splat hens seen not to be hatched yet so ??? i gsve her a hatchling from this morn and the df doms other two eggs just so she can have chicks if her two eggs dont hatch lacewing still not due yet
September 27, 200915 yr Author okay so this update is well and truley over due i ended up with 19 pet type chicks all 7 of the dom gf cobalt hens hatched 6 of the cinn opaline gf dom hens hatched 6 of the df dom cin opalines hatched none of my fostered show eggs hatched and i killed my lacewings two chicks woops :offtopic: i wont put up pics as they will be in the for sale soon anyhow just thought closure is always a good thing
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