Hi All my feathered friends

 

just thought I would do a journal of what has been happening so for with this being year 1 at the moment I have 19 birds with 8 nest boxes , I had 12 nest boxes but nobody used the other 4 so I have removed them as they were above the others .

 

at the moment I have 1 box with 4 babies and another 4 on the way , the next box has 7 eggs 1 box with 5 eggs and 1 with 3 eggsI had to remove one of the other hens as she wanted the box with the babies so I put her and her mate in a breeding cabinet that Dave Mc Minn gave me and they seem as though they are ready to nest .

 

Now before you all ask I will try to get photos of the pairs when I can get the birds to stay still enough , but hey birds will be birds in a aviary so they won't stay still and the only pics I have been able to get are either through the wire or out of focus .Ross

 

Here is a couple of the pics I have.

 

 

nest box 2

 

 

box 1

sorry it is out of focus

Edited August 23, 200915 yr by Ross Laidler
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Hi there, did you just start breeding or have you been breeding for while? I have just started breeding, but in an aviary.

Hi there, did you just start breeding or have you been breeding for while? I have just started breeding, but in an aviary.

Hi yes I just started this year but due to fights I have gone over to cage breeding I have lost all the babies so far out of this box.

Ross

i am so sorry that you lost them all Ross. I am very pleased now that I look back on it that you have those cabinets.

 

How did that one go with the scaley face? All cleared up?

Scaly face is all gone thanks Dave

HI Ross,

Good Luck with the birdies.

Good to hear that things are headed down the right path now.

I thought I would up date what has been happening

I now have 2 babies out of the nest and I expect another in a day or so .

I have 3 other boxes with eggs in so I will have to keep an eye on them .

The 2 birds that I want to breed I have had no action out of them since I put them in the breeding boxes , so I will just wait and see , they have only been in the box about 3 weeks .

I will put up some pics tomorrow .

Ross

That's annoying when there is no action, I would take them out to refresh them and try again in afew days Ross

That's annoying when there is no action, I would take them out to refresh them and try again in afew days Ross

 

i would agree with this no action by three weeks no thickening no eggs

let them fly for two weeks and then re try she may find a partner she will just lean down for right up it happens

depends if you just want babys or you doing special mutation choices

I went out this afternoon and he was on top of her ,so they may be ready .

Hear is a picture of them

 

 

This is the 2 babies

They are too cute!!!!

Edited October 12, 200915 yr by KAZ

The third baby has been out this morning but every time I get the camera it hides back in the nest box.

I will put up a picture when I get it

Ross

Glad to hear that things are going well.

 

I loved the cock bird in the pair you want to breed. A electric blue cobalt YF1 spangle with dark spangle markings. Brilliantly coloured bird.

I have been away for a few days and this is what has been happening

The pair of birds that I have been trying to bred have finally got 2 eggs.

one pf the other boxes has 3 babies and 1 other has 1 baby.

Photos to come.

Ross

that is great, about the good looking spangle boy. Good news indeed.

 

Glad to hear the others are doing well.

This couple now have 3 eggs due the first week in november

 

I will post more when I get a chance

Ross

This couple now have 3 eggs due the first week in november

 

I will post more when I get a chance

Ross

 

this is a beautiful pairing both yf it looks like or am i wrong ??? if so should be good to see if you get a white head in their