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My 2009 Breeding Results

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Hi All, thought I'd show my first breeding season results.

 

Pair No 1

 

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Their babies.

no 1

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no 2

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no 4+1 (4 on wall lost no 3)

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no 5

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no 6

No6cage3.jpg

no 7

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no 8

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MORE TO FOLLOW.

HOW MANY PICTURES CAN WE POST AT ONE TIME?

I believe you can post ten pictures at a time. :angel:

 

Your blue opaline female has a lovely clear mantle on her back. The babies all look very healthy :sad:

nice job :angel:

Thanks for posting photos, you seem to have had a successful first season! Is this the only pair you bred? I like the dark factor birds a lot!

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Here are the next lot. ( I hope)Pair No 2 Late starters 1st round 5 clear eggs .

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no 1

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no 2

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no 3

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no 4

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These are still young but nearly all the same colour, cinnamon wings and various shades of green body colour. Plus a couple of Rec.? pied spots.Pair No 3. Hulk (Dad) is looking a bit worse for wear. I removed oldest 4 to seperate cage to give him a break. They are eating by themselves.Hulkmissy.jpg

No 1No1.jpg

 

no2No2.jpg

no 3 (not the same bird)No3.jpg

no 4No4.jpg

no's 5.6.7.8. another pair of spangles + ? opaline + cobalt opaline? I would'nt know.No5678.jpgStill more later.

 

I believe you can post ten pictures at a time. :angel: Your blue opaline female has a lovely clear mantle on her back. The babies all look very healthy :sad:

 

Thank's Kaz hope I'm doing this right. Have added more as "reply". Pictures no 5 & 6 are different birds. Which is the hen? no 6 I'm guessing as can't see sere on 5 or is there another secret to it? They are nearly identical.

 

nice job :sad: Thanks for posting photos, you seem to have had a successful first season! Is this the only pair you bred? I like the dark factor birds a lot!

 

Thank's Hamish, I've added next lot. I'm flying blind as to mutations. Didn't have history of my breeding pairs so didn't know what I'd get but I got some lovely chicks. No 3 cage, when I get there was a real surprise spangles everywhere by the look of them! I bred 5 cages and have 27 chicks. Only lost 1 live chick.

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Dont do a reply to your first post as it counts the images already in that post as part of the ten allowed. I deleted that part of this post you just did.

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Dont do a reply to your first post as it counts the images already in that post as part of the ten allowed. I deleted that part of this post you just did.

Thank's Kaz. How do we add more pictures then, do we make a new post? I hope to get this right one day. l.o.l.

Use add reply. Dont use reply to the first post or any others. Add reply is under on the right hand side under posts between fast reply and new topic.

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Hi All.

Pair 4. (Took picture through nest box into cage)

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No 1

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No 2

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No 3

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No 4

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No 5

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Pair 5 (laid 9 had 6 dead in shell?)

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No1

No1Peanut.jpg

No 2 (dark eyed clear?)

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No 3

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Well that's my crop. Great learning experience, should be a bit better next year. We live in hopes !!

Thanks to Kaz for all her advice. :angel:

They are all lovely Robyn and I totally agree with Kaz about the Your blue opaline female she a lovely clean mantle on her back. The clearest i have seen in years. I wish I could breed one with such a clean mantle and babies all look very healthy too. :unsure:

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They are all lovely Robyn and I totally agree with Kaz about the Your blue opaline female she a lovely clean mantle on her back. The clearest i have seen in years. I wish I could breed one with such a clean mantle and babies all look very healthy too. :huh:

Thank's splat but I'm not even sure about the mantle etc. I don't show and am trying to read up on "what's what" but not very advanced, I'm assuming it's picture 5 with the clear area on it's back. No 6 is a different bird but very similar.

They are all lovely Robyn and I totally agree with Kaz about the Your blue opaline female she a lovely clean mantle on her back. The clearest i have seen in years. I wish I could breed one with such a clean mantle and babies all look very healthy too. :huh:

Thank's splat but I'm not even sure about the mantle etc. I don't show and am trying to read up on "what's what" but not very advanced, I'm assuming it's picture 5 with the clear area on it's back. No 6 is a different bird but very similar.

In acchieving good opalines the clear section on its back with a definite v shape

like this No5cage3.jpg

is a prized attribute to good opaline breeders.

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Thank's Kaz, the second bird is pretty but not as clear as this on the back. Something else I've learned to-day. :D

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