okay so I have posts all over the place so I decided to make a journal and tell everyone whats been going on and what happens in the future, must easier just to come to one place

 

okay so I have got my Albino hen x Grey and white dom pied on 4 eggs. I have a Blue cinnamon wing spangle Hen x Blue spangle cock on 2 eggs. and I have got a Violet spangle hen x Yellow and green rec pied on 5 chicks all doing very well. I have also got a lot of others pairs, some in breeding cages and some in aviaries, I will update about them as they start to lay

 

I have added a picture of my 5 chicks:

 

 

As you can see I have now placed bedding in with the chicks as per the advice of some other breeders thanks guys

Edited September 18, 200915 yr by tonilee

Well done, your chickies look nice and healthy!

Well done, your chickies look nice and healthy!

 

Thanks, it was touch and go there for a while for 2 of the chicks but they are all good now, mum is doing a really good job and this is my first time breeding and my first nest of babies so I am rather proud

okay so for health reasons I have had to remove my Albino hen from the breeding cage and foster her eggs to my blue spangle hen, so now my blue spangle hen is on 6 eggs , but I am thinking just from looking at them the the eggs are still very clear so I am guessing they may be infertile

I went out just before dark tonight and "Surprise" I found another hen had started laying, so I now have a normal blue hen x Blue and white dom pied cock sitting on one egg

Well done, your chickies look nice and healthy!

Thanks, it was touch and go there for a while for 2 of the chicks but they are all good now, mum is doing a really good job and this is my first time breeding and my first nest of babies so I am rather proud

I went out this afternoon and *OMG* the chicks crops were so so full, she is doing a wonderful job, their crops were that full they could barely move

okay so went out just after lunch today and I have got 2 more hens that have started laying, so here is what I have so far.

 

Violet spangle hen x Green Recessive pied cock = 5 chicks

 

This is the pair who have eggs under my blue spangle hen=

 

Blue spangle cinnamon wing hen x Blue dominant pied cock ?? = 8 eggs (5 fostered from Albino hen)

 

Normal blue hen x Blue and white dominant pied cock = 3 eggs ( 1 fostered from yellow faced mauve hen)

 

This is a picture of the YF mauve hen who's egg has been fostered to the normal blue hen and pied cock.

 

Blue dominant pied hen x green recessive pied cock = 1 egg

 

Green spangle hen x Normal blue cock = 1 egg

 

I was going to upload pictures of all my pairs but I will upload pictures of them as they lay their eggs.

Edited September 21, 200915 yr by tonilee

If I have any of the colors wrong, which I will, please feel free to correct me.

And also if you wanna have a stab at what colors babies will be do so.

aww good luck keep us updated xx

okay so my blue spangle cinnamon wing is now on 9 eggs hope she copes, I candled them all and they are looking very fertile.

Normal blue hen is now on 4 eggs.....hopefully with more to come over the next week. Blue dominant pied hen smashed her egg again ...she is due to lay tomorrow, when she lays I might put it under another hen. That's all for today hopefully have more to report tomorrow

Good luck

Blue spangle cinnamon wing hen x Blue dominant pied cock ?? = 8 eggs (5 fostered from Albino hen)

 

What makes you think that is a dominant pied cock ? More photos please ?

Edited September 22, 200915 yr by KAZ

Blue spangle cinnamon wing hen x Blue dominant pied cock ?? = 8 eggs (5 fostered from Albino hen)

 

What makes you think that is a dominant pied cock ? More photos please ?

 

He has got white on his underbelly, not shown in the photo above, I have posted another photo of him which shows the white band across his belly.

 

AHA..........then he also seems to be greywing spangle as well :happy-dancing:

Update time,

 

Violet spangle hen is rearing 5 chicks

Blue spangle cinnamon wing is now on 10 eggs :happy-dancing: .

Normal Blue hen is on 5 eggs

Green spangle hen on 2 eggs

 

*New*

Normal Mauve hen on 2 eggs

 

Normal Grey hen on 1 egg

 

Blue and white pied laid another egg but I placed it under my normal blue hen :ohmygod:

AHA..........then he also seems to be greywing spangle as well :happy-dancing:

Yes, my mum informed me this morning that he was a Grey wing. Out of all my pairs this is mums favourite. :)OMG......I forgot to mention before.I have always read about how if you candle the eggs at the right time you can actually see the little heart beating. I have never been able to candle and see this but today I used a smaller torch and Oh how exiting I could see the heart beating :ohmygod: okay so maybe not that exiting for anyone else but for me it was :boogie:

AHA..........then he also seems to be greywing spangle as well :happy-dancing:

Yes, my mum informed me this morning that he was a Grey wing. Out of all my pairs this is mums favourite. :)OMG......I forgot to mention before.I have always read about how if you candle the eggs at the right time you can actually see the little heart beating. I have never been able to candle and see this but today I used a smaller torch and Oh how exiting I could see the heart beating :ohmygod: okay so maybe not that exiting for anyone else but for me it was :boogie:

 

 

I would be excited!!! Congrats!

Well havn't been on for a few days as I have been flat out preparing ponies for showing.

 

So have had an up and down week this week, 2 of my chicks died...they seemed to have full crops all the time but they just never seemed to grow and they went a dark red color the day before they before they died .

 

On the upper hand I have eggs coming out my ears and from what I can tell lots of them are fertile . They are due to start hatching in a few days.

 

So just for an update I will once again write who has what

 

Violet spangle hen has 3 chicks.

Blue cinnamon wing spangle has 10 eggs all look fertile (might have to do some moving around once hatching starts)

Normal blue hen has 7 eggs (one fostered, 5 def fertile 2 maybe)

Green spangle hen has 4 eggs (all fertile)

Normal mauve hen has 4 eggs. (still laying)

Normal grey hen has 4 eggs. (still laying)

Blue spangle hen has 1 egg. (started laying yesterday)

Blue spangle hen has 1 egg. (also started today)

 

I have posted pics of my chicks to see if anyone can tell their color yet....

 

1st chick

 

2nd chick

 

3rd chick........only got his tail not sure why I didnt take anymore guess I just wasn't thinking

looking good sorry for the losses love

It seems I am getting slack on my updates, but I have been busy :rofl: . So I have thrown out most of the albino hens eggs, she must have put pin holes through most of them with her claws before I transferred them :rofl: , hence I have now cut her claws.

 

Below are new photos of the 3 chicks from my violet hen.

 

My Blue spangle cinnamon wing hen has hatched 2 babies (yesterday) :rofl: , she has got 4 eggs left with the next due to hatch tomorrow .

 

Below I have written how many eggs each pair has:

 

Normal blue hen + Blue dominant pied cock = 7 eggs, due to hatch from yesterday.

Green spangle hen + Normal blue male = 5 eggs, due to hatch from 9th October.

Normal mauve hen + Blue spangle cock = 6 eggs, due to hatch 10th October.

Normal grey hen + Green dominant pied cock = 6 eggs, due to hatch from 12th October.

*NEW*

 

Blue spangle hen + Blue spangle male = 3 eggs, due to hatch from 16 October.

 

Blue spangle hen + Normal blue male = 4 eggs, due to hatch from 16th October.

 

Normal blue hen + Normal blue male = 2 eggs, due to hatch from 22nd October.

 

Grey dominant pied hen + Normal grey cock = 2 eggs, due to hatch from 22nd October.

 

Blue spangle hen + Yellow face mauve cock = 1 egg due to hatch from 24th October.

 

 

 

Great results...

 

the chicks that went red and died would have had an infection....could sometimes be a simple as seed in the water off a budgie parents beak and it turns the water sour in no time at all..........happens to us all.

Edited October 7, 200915 yr by KAZ

Great result!! very cute little babies you have had better results than me with yoyr fertility :rofl:

Great result!! very cute little babies :rofl: you have had better results than me with yoyr fertility

 

:rofl: I am very happy with my 3 chicks.

But I have not been lucky at all, out of 10 nests I managed 1 hen hatching 5 chicks which 2 of them died. The rest were either clear or dead in shell. :rofl:

 

But this time round, as you have probably read I have had better luck, I have got fertile eggs everywhere. The first chicks of this round hatched yesterday, and hopefully there will be lots more to come .

 

I have just been out to the nest with the 2 new chicks and I can hear one of the eggs cheeping and tapping so I am hoping we will have another chick very very soon :rofl:

Well it seems I stuck my head out the back door just in the nick of time. I just found my Cavaliers digging under one of my bird cages Hmmmmmm they have never done it before but I am not taking any chances looks like concrete floors it is!!!!!

okay so no new eggs have been layed this week so I guess I will just update on hatched babies.

 

I have posted photos below of the 3 babies from my Violet spangle hen and Green Dominant pied cock, they have just started coming out of the nest and eating on their own.

 

3 chicks out of the Blue spangle hen and Blue spangle dominant pied cock.

 

2 chicks and 3 eggs (1 is cheeping so I guess it will be 3 chicks soon :angel: ) these are from my Green spangle Hen and Normal Blue Cock.

 

I guess that's it for now, until I have more babies (I hope).

Well it seems I stuck my head out the back door just in the nick of time. I just found my Cavaliers digging under one of my bird cages :angel: Hmmmmmm they have never done it before but I am not taking any chances looks like concrete floors it is!!!!!

My Cavaliers would eat my birds in a split second if they had the chance too :sad: :sad:

 

Your babies are looking great.....really good photos :sad: