well i brought a nice

opaline light green hen

to breed to my

opaline light green /lacewing cock bird

 

she has some nice breeding about her

and he is breed by our own nubbly 5

 

pics of pair

she didnt want to co-op but here they are

 

 

 

 

dad looks bit crappy but thats as hes looking after

these ....

hes normally very nice with out dropped wings or tail

 

oh and i decided not to breed lacewings but going by this clutch i have no say

first three chicks ,,....are lacewing hens

 

 

 

 

 

these are also their chicks but are being raised by a foster to lighten the load

the foster pair had infertile eggs due same time so as soon as first chick hatched i moved three infertile up into light green nest and three fertile down to the foster nest

 

 

 

 

the youngest chick was born on the 12 june (today )

two the eldest are rung already one on the 10th and second chick rung today

first chick was hatched 2nd june

second 4th june

third the 7th june

fourth 9th june

fifth chick 10th june

all doing great

first three chicks ,,....are lacewing hens

Parents are gorgeous :hap: I love the light green opalines. Will all the babies be light green opalines? If they are lacewings what colour will they be? (sorry for asking dumb questions )

They will be of base yellow I think. How did you get lacewings, GB? Is the hen split?

They will be of base yellow I think. How did you get lacewings, GB? Is the hen split?

 

two answer you both ...

 

all chicks will be light green as their is no dark factor

all chicks should be yellow as dad is not split to blue (however mum may be ) but you need both birds to carry the blue genetic to produce blues chicks so all chicks will be green

im not sure but i think mum can pass the blue gene on to a percentage of the chicks giving them a chance to be split blue but im not sure its some thing ive wanted to as myself so if anyone can awnser that that would be great

 

lacewing is a sex linked genetic their for only cocks can be split for the lacewing genetic

all hens have to be visually lacewing to be called a lacewing

never buy a hen split to the following

 

albino

lacewing

opaline

cinnamon

clearbody

slate

im sure theirs others but i cant think of them right now

as all the variety mentioned above are sex linked birds and the hen must be visually that variety

a hen can not be split to a sex linked gene

 

these chicks will also all be no dark factor birds

the three in first nest are all lacewings (their for all hens as the mother is not a lacewing so any lacewing chicks must be female )

the three in the second nest are all dark eyed

theirs no cinnamon chicks

the three in the second nest could be hens or cocks i will have to wait and see

as cause dads only split lacewing and mums normal i can get normal hens and normal cocks

all Opaline light green of course

 

if i wanted to get lacewing cocks id have to of paired up my lacewing with a lacewing hen to

get lacewing cocks

lacewing hens

normal hens and normal /lacewing cocks

 

 

i didnt want lacewings and was counting on the fact that mabe one chick would be lacewing with my pairing but Murphys law i got three

Edited June 12, 201014 yr by GenericBlue

If mum is split blue, she has a 50% chance of passing it on to each chick but its impossible to tell who got it without test breeding.

If mum is split blue, she has a 50% chance of passing it on to each chick but its impossible to tell who got it without test breeding.

thank you mate

i thought so but was not sure

Hi GB,

Congratulations,they look great!

Can't wait to see what you have there.

Cheers

Patrick

Looking good GB.

How are they coping with the cold?

Mum would need to be siting on them 24/7 in this weather.

Looking good GB.

How are they coping with the cold?

Mum would need to be siting on them 24/7 in this weather.

my birds are at fifteen degree so the temp gadget tells me when ever i go out their

as for cold i want them use-to cold why i breed them to hatch now

by time their feathering will be worst weather but they are not outside so no damp no draft

cold will only do them good make them stronger and use to environment they going to need to endure when older

 

mum sitting constantly though so and boxes are quiet warm

 

thanks jetrick57 im not that exited as i know they will all be light green and yellow lacewings

knowing the backgrounds sort of takes fun out but im hoping for a few good hens

knowing my luck the three lacewings will be the only hens i get

Lady luck smiled on you GB. Three Lacewings first up.

Lady luck smiled on you GB. Three Lacewings first up.

:rofl: i know i would have been over the moon 6 months ago

but right now last thing i wanted was lacewing hens

i just got ride of all my own and culled my lacewing chicks from last clutch seems someone wants me breeding them like it or not

 

if these hens are any good i will go ahead with breeding them as a variety if not well

ill cull them and then just use my split cocks as normals culling any lacewings i get

an update on chicks

first three have all been rung

 

 

chicks no order

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the oldest of other dark eyed three

 

look's good so far

look's good so far

yes very mild down plucking but apart from that great

 

not happy that their all going to be yellow with no dark factor

but a good light greens always handy so if not very good lacewing hens i could use them as normals

mabe one day i will get a few good split lacewing cocks that way as well as some nice looking hens the fact is lacewings are no longer a lesser variety with some very large solid birds being benched so if i was to stick to them as a variety id need to have some good solid hens to do this

not an easy task with the reasonably good stock but nothing supper stock i have :grouphug: but persistence and hard culling i believe will be the key

Congrats On Your Chicks! :grouphug:

 

Can't wait to see pictures of them when they have lots of feathers. Bet they will be cute.

cheers holden012

i love the feathering stage myself

well more pics today

i didn't take out as chicks are snuggled as you can see

and its freezing here

 

im yet to add anything to the nests incase your thinking why is their nothing in their

i will be doing this in few days

i dont like to do this till i need to clean box for first time

 

will be just putting pine shavings in their

then after all chicks are two weeks they will get Otes and weetbix with hulled Otes and seed in box to encourage eating and scrounging

 

all snuggled up

 

 

the other three

 

 

getting more feathers starting to see the deep cinnamon quills on the wings

im hopeing thats a good sighn of nice lacewings but wouldn't know

my other lacewing chicks were not very good quality and i dont remember them having deep quills so fingers crossed

very good nice to see thay have cinnamon on them my lacewing's did not have any cinnamon on them till there fist molt best off luck

Nice pics GB

Nice pics GB

 

 

thanks i dont shake as much so their clearer having birds in front room is a lot better as its just right temp and i can check them when i need to

just got to vac at least 4 times a day lol to keep seed out :nest: its just till my aviry is finished which i will also update soon show you guys how its going

at moment its on stand still

okay so today im not happy with the younger of the three chicks

their seems to be something up

for 8 days i think the oldest chick should look bigger

maybe its just me as their in different nests its hard to compare

but i dont want to put chicks near each other in case something is wrong with the last three

today the oldest of the three was acting very odd

it was shaking and sounded like it was in pain so i grabbed him out to see that he had only air in his crop no food

i squeezed air out of crop and then checked his eyes to see they are not healthy looking to me

i looked over other chicks and seems they are all turning red

i dont think this is a good sign and so i rang a club member for advice

he said to give extra food sourse like as in carrots and veg you know soft food

to help mum have something to stimulate feeding he seems to think to try this before i decide something may be wrong with either of the feeders

so i did this

i will check them later tonight and also put some broline in the chicks eye

see if this clears it up

other wize if tomorrow chicks still getting air and looking sick i may put tripple c in water as it wont hurt if nothings wrong but may help if something wrong

oh mabe i wont as im having trouble with the idea that i may get chicks that although come out fine may actually harbour something contained by the medication

im thinking if they live the live if not it was for best of my flock

i dont know

both feeders look fine healthy but i know this doesn't mean anything if a desize is harbored

will cheak them tomorrow better see what i think then

could be nothing could of just been air in crop

nothing more

chick was very red though as others starting to look

here is some pics them

oldest chick

 

all together

 

can you see how red littles one is he should be at ringing stage but not

 

 

i think their bit behind ???? anyone agree or is it in my head

 

also the first three in order from oldest to youngest this time

 

 

 

 

you can see mum stopped plucking at down thank goodness

 

next

 

 

 

hope she stops with this one also

 

next

 

 

 

also plucked around same area

hope it stops , should can use my spray if need be

 

so these three doing fine and very healthy

 

also i took pics of mum and dad today

dad looks better then first picture which is good sign their copping fine

mum

 

 

dad

 

Edited June 18, 201014 yr by GenericBlue

update

well today chick looks bit better the eye ointments working

however i have misplaced the tube grrrrr

the chicks seem feed better im wondering if maybe they were dehydrated a bit

is that possible ???

the middle chick seems to be feed most and last chick seems to be fed but not very well like first chick

with eyes shut tight

but then its only 7 days old so maybe eyes are still closed from being little

i think im freaking out a bit as the top ones are doing so good

their alive and they are growing so

guess im just use to them all thriving

will get pics maybe tomorrow

sorry no pics today

chicks are really weird the last three

first three fine

im really not sure whats going on with last three they seem to be getting feed

but not fluffing up with down as other three have

their eyes are sunken and dull most times clagged shut

i lost my eye ointment but been useing salt water warmed

its working

i cleaned nests today

and the only chick seems to have bigger issues are the oldest one im thinking mabe airsack ruptor

or something that makes crop fill with air as mum feeding others no prob but i have to relise air from first chick like three times a day

if anyone has any ideas id love to hear them advice anything

cheers gb

sorry no pics today

chicks are really weird the last three

first three fine

im really not sure whats going on with last three they seem to be getting feed

but not fluffing up with down as other three have

their eyes are sunken and dull most times clagged shut

i lost my eye ointment but been useing salt water warmed

its working

i cleaned nests today

and the only chick seems to have bigger issues are the oldest one im thinking mabe airsack ruptor

or something that makes crop fill with air as mum feeding others no prob but i have to relise air from first chick like three times a day

if anyone has any ideas id love to hear them advice anything

cheers gb

 

 

im a summing nobody has any ideas as to why these chicks could be not quiet right ??

i got some pics as maybe may help

 

here is the 3 younger ones

note the eyes and slow growth rate

 

 

 

this the oldest of three look his eye

 

 

no down

 

second chick

 

 

and here are the lacewings

 

 

 

 

 

 

smallest one

 

 

 

and the others

 

 

 

 

 

 

and here is a chick hatched las tnight or this morn

to my grey /albino pair and sky blue spangle hen

 

i didnt think i would get anything from him im very happy he cost me 10.00 06 cock so im very happy

Hi GB,

Love the pics, particularly the Lacewings.

I look forward to having some in the nest one day.

They look great!

Cheers

Patrick

Hi GB,

Love the pics, particularly the Lacewings.

I look forward to having some in the nest one day.

They look great!

Cheers

Patrick

 

thank you

i wasnt going to breed for lacewings anymore but their as been to many things pushing me back in this direction so might just have to keep them

regardless on looks as their lines are useful and will do me good in near future

 

 

well i couldnt find my post about my aviry so i thought id just post pics here rather than do another topic in fact i think shannon has the idea and may just do one big ME thread

with all my questions and problems and breeding rezults aviry the lot

but for now i will just post my aviry reno on here

 

so i have been linning it to stop condensation and i have altered it also to prevent draft yet keep air flow

take look how its going

 

i covered half the frount

 

still keeping sides open but with doors

 

walls are getting fully lined with untreated pine and have instilation under them

 

 

back wall still getting done

 

 

roof still to be done but getting their v e r y s l o w l y