little toe is fine i will get pics for you of him/her she /he has been fed very well by his foster mummy

along with her own two chicks and one more of little toes full bro /sister and a chick from a skyviolet splat hen to a sky violet cock

thing is i lost what chick is what amids the drama of keeping little toe alive

but im sure i will work it all out later on

Amazing photo's GB.

Amazing photo's GB.

my little gal took them for me

I can't wait to see how Little Toe progresses!

Awwww.....great work GB!!

today crocked toe has a new sister and its being fed so the mummy bird just needed some time

im not sure if i should put crocked toe back down or leave things as their not broke

regardless thats three for this clutch so far one died pipped to early and two to go

so its a great result for 7 eggs all left to chill for more than 6 hours or more lucky one nest had infertile s this is why i leave them sit rather than toss eggs for them to start new round you nevr know when you may need a mummy

i usually just take one egg away and replace with a chick due on that time from a nest of 4 or more this leaves three spots for others if i need

and then their was 4

little toe has three living siblings and him/herself

here is little toe and his/her clutch buddys

not all related to him/her

one is which one is anyone's guess little toe has a two little dots where his mummy bruised his head pushing him under her for safty so i can still tell him/her apart

 

here is some pics

all the clutch

 

 

little crocked toe is on far right pointing outwardly

 

 

little toe

 

 

and now for his/her just hatched like i mean just before i took picture littlest sibling

with foster mum n daddy

 

 

foster daddy

 

 

Great photos GB

well done gb best off luck that is a nice normal blue cock bird there good job A+++

well done gb best off luck that is a nice normal blue cock bird there good job A+++

yes i love him hes a ab6 breed cock bird i got at club auction

hes actually sky violet i got him thinking he was cobalt for my sky violet splat hen in the picture with new bubby as she also was sky violet when i was after a cobalt

im not sure what two sky violets give you as im very rusty on my genetics to date very stressed lately my brain doesnt do stress and memmorie well

but im asumming sky blue and sky violet chicks ??? if anyone can inlighten me as to exactlly what i would get from two sky violet birds please do

 

as for pics its amazing what a bit of calm can do for the picture quality kaz lol

Edited July 19, 201014 yr by GenericBlue

Good on you GB and it's great to see the kids involved

sky violet X sky violet should give you:

 

25% sky normal

50% sky violet (sf) ('cobalts' visually but we know they are skys!)

25% sky violet (df) ('visual violets')

sky violet X sky violet should give you:

 

25% sky normal

50% sky violet (sf) ('cobalts' visually but we know they are skys!)

25% sky violet (df) ('visual violets')

 

 

cheers dean

oh cool does this then mean any df sky violet chicks will give all violet chicks when breed ???

is that how it works dean i thought i read somewhere it did but un sure or do you need to put the df sky to a cobalt for that ?

sorry to bother you but you are very knowledgeable on the genetics side of things :sadsorry:

Yes any double factor violets will produce all single factors when placed with non-violet partners. If you have a DF sky violet, put it to a mauve :sadsorry: 100% SF violet cobalts (visual violets) will be produced

 

For that reason I would say the most valuable violets you can ever have are Double factor violet skies. Put them to skies and you get lovely coloured 'cobalts' (sf violet skies, much prettier in colour than 'normal' cobalts) and if you put them to sky violets, double factor sky's are a much silkier looking 'visual violet' than single factor violet cobalts. There is still nothing more POW than a double factor violet cobalt, but as far as usefulness goes I think sky's are much more valuable since you dont have the variable of the dark factor to confuse you as to whether you are looking at normals, violets or double factor violets since its only the violet that will change the shade of the chicks (if you pair sky to sky as far as violet goes).

Yes any double factor violets will produce all single factors when placed with non-violet partners. If you have a DF sky violet, put it to a mauve :doh: 100% SF violet cobalts (visual violets) will be produced

 

For that reason I would say the most valuable violets you can ever have are Double factor violet skies. Put them to skies and you get lovely coloured 'cobalts' (sf violet skies, much prettier in colour than 'normal' cobalts) and if you put them to sky violets, double factor sky's are a much silkier looking 'visual violet' than single factor violet cobalts. There is still nothing more POW than a double factor violet cobalt, but as far as usefulness goes I think sky's are much more valuable since you dont have the variable of the dark factor to confuse you as to whether you are looking at normals, violets or double factor violets since its only the violet that will change the shade of the chicks (if you pair sky to sky as far as violet goes).

 

 

well looks like only one chick out of the two sky violet pair lived

first time mum and dad and had no clue

the opaline henx rec dom ?? chick is still with her but not well in my eyes

something not quiet right

but alive time will tell

 

up abouve in the spangle mums nest however its all good with 4 healthy chicks

the only one being lost to her being her own lacewing chick

other than that she has the two chicks from the dom rec x op grey pair

and one her own and one living chick from sky violet pair

 

so all up

3 with op grey hen x pied

one with / lacewing grey gren and sp grey hen

one with the sky violet pairing

 

all others were lost under the sky violet hen

lost 4 all together by her now

 

some pics of chicks in nest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and the sick chick in my opinion

 

 

two pieds in pied rezult so far and i think ones rec and ones dom

So did little toe die? I am sorry to here about the other bubs

So did little toe die? I am sorry to here about the other bubs

no little crooked toe lives

and is the pied i think is recessive

http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww32/ge...pg?t=1280401380

today

 

one grey chick to the grey spangle and grey green cin /lacewing cock

 

its normal not spangle im very glad

 

one to the sky violet pair

its sky violet

 

 

 

 

two to the opaline grey hen and the dom rec boy / opaline maybe is opaline i think

 

first a dom pied second chick id a rec pied (little toe )

 

 

 

 

 

 

the chick with the skyviolet pair died was not well had something not right blotted air sack and crop balloned not ever full

okay so most of the chicks from my opaline and df dom rec pied cock died so i wont beable to give a decishion on what he is as yet

but i have him up to a better bigger hen now shes starting to preper nest so fingers crossed

its a normal grey hen this time

 

 

but the two chicks that lived are i believe two doms no rec pied so .. anyway here are all the chicks the split lacewing boy and his hen raised

 

first up their own chick

a grey cock which means hes posably split lacewing

hes very cute bit small but only four weeks their abouts off my head not ready to come out yet foe few weeks at least

 

 

 

 

 

sky violet hen

(splat from the niece of your splat hen)

 

 

the two doms wouldnt come out from hiding

 

 

but you can see them in their

 

i will get picture them when they start comming out nest

Love the grey chick !!

Edited August 16, 201014 yr by KAZ

Love the grey chick !!

yes hes quiet the little stunner

a 50 percent g&g 25 percent c&b and 25 percent cf1 breed baby think ill get some real use out of the cock and pair him straight to my lacewing hen split this pairing up when chicks are bit older

The little grey chick is a beauty Love his huge head.

The little grey chick is a beauty Love his huge head.

rach you have all the needs to achieve birds like him if not better ,..true

just need to pair them right

as you could also end up with **** if you dont use what you have in the way needed

The little grey chick is a beauty Love his huge head.

rach you have all the needs to achieve birds like him if not better ,..true

just need to pair them right

as you could also end up with **** if you dont use what you have in the way needed

I'd be over the moon if I bred a chick like him. Next club meeting is a lesson in pairing. Can't wait.

The little grey chick is a beauty Love his huge head.

rach you have all the needs to achieve birds like him if not better ,..true

just need to pair them right

as you could also end up with **** if you dont use what you have in the way needed

I'd be over the moon if I bred a chick like him. Next club meeting is a lesson in pairing. Can't wait.

just be careful everyone pairs for diffrent reasons and some times the double up on faults as the birds are both good

yes listen take it in but always pair your birds to their positives never the negitives

no matter how good a bird is if the bird you want to pair it to has same one id not pair it on negitive can stick in a flock for ages

enjoy it though you will learn some valuable things from rod and tony