Here are some photos of some of my chicks. Sorry the photos are not very good a bit blurry.

 

Grey green from my hunter bloodline birds. i think this little fella is going to be nice. Photo doesn't do him justice

 

Sibling to the one above, I think a hen, she looks much better in person than the photo, is a lot smaller than her brother, wasn't fed probably as a pinky.

 

This is the clear body nest, there is 1 clearbody in there and 2 in another nest and there are 2 yellow Df Sp and the 2 grey greens in there and a dk green spangle, The spangle has been moved to another nest to lighten the load. the chicks are from 3 different nest.

The same nest

 

This nest had 4 but the smallest died yesterday. There is a white Df spangle from a nest above and 3 from the the violets nest.

 

This nest is the violets nest, the hen is a violet daughter of shield winner and the father is her uncle a grey cock, he is full brother to the violet, they hatched 6 eggs and she is a good little mother but I transferred her last 3 because I put older ones in there because I was having so many problems. So her last 2 died.

 

I just hope all these babies make it and things improve.

Lost another chick yesterday about 15 days old.

Good news though another chick hatched today, there ar e2 chicks in a new nest and so far all good.

I think I have worked out the problem, SEED is NO good.

Your chicks in pics look promising Splat, at least you've got some positive results.

 

 

Really hope you have solved the problem, if it is the seed maybe the hens wouldn't feed the young because of it. Fingers crossed that it was the problem.

Time for an Up Date....

Things haven't improved much but so far I have 3 clearbodies from one nest, 2 of them look really good but sadly they have diffusion, but i can work on that in the future.

clear body no1

No 2

No 3

 

From another nest i have a light green spangle and 1 light green

light green

This is dad.

 

From another nest 1 white Df spangle

 

From another nest 2 Df spangles, no photos yet.

from another nest 2 grey greens no up date photos yet

 

from another nest 1 grey hen, 1 violet and 1 violet cinnamon opaline hen,.

violet

grey

violet cinn opaline

 

From another nest 1 light green cinnamon pied hen who has one splayed leg and is wearing a makeup

pad thing trying to fix it. yesterday she was a fluffy ball of white down and today she has all her

down plucked down to pink skin, so annoying. and still no photos.

from another nest 1 grey green or dk green, have to look tomorrow he is only about 2 weeks old, he is the son of

my violet green.

Violet green

 

I have 3 chicks in a nest that belong all over the place, once they feather up I will know where they come from.

One is from my white Df spangle cock.

chicks in the nest

I had a chick from the Lutino nest hatch two days ago but died stuck to the shell and another one hatched today and it

is a ino and so far still alive, the hen is young and I have no where at all to transfer the chick.

I will take some more photos tomorrow of some of the chicks I missed. Or I should say I will try and take better photos, lol

They still look very beautiful splat. you should be pleased with the wonderful chicks you got.

Thanks Pride, that's what Geoff said last week, he said that most of them are really good and I should be very pleased with them. I have quality which is better than quantity considering I should have over 50 chicks by now but all have died. To date I have 19 live chicks ranging from 1 day to 6 weeks old.

Time for an Up Date....

Things haven't improved much but so far I have 3 clearbodies from one nest, 2 of them look really good but sadly they have diffusion, but i can work on that in the future.

clear body no1

No 2

No 3

 

From another nest i have a light green spangle and 1 light green

light green

This is dad.

 

From another nest 1 white Df spangle

 

From another nest 2 Df spangles, no photos yet.

from another nest 2 grey greens no up date photos yet

 

from another nest 1 grey hen, 1 violet and 1 violet cinnamon opaline hen,.

violet

grey

violet cinn opaline

 

From another nest 1 light green cinnamon pied hen who has one splayed leg and is wearing a makeup

pad thing trying to fix it. yesterday she was a fluffy ball of white down and today she has all her

down plucked down to pink skin, so annoying. and still no photos. I tried pipe cleaners in figure 8 loop and

had 100% success.

from another nest 1 grey green or dk green, have to look tomorrow he is only about 2 weeks old, he is the son of

my violet green.

Violet green

 

I have 3 chicks in a nest that belong all over the place, once they feather up I will know where they come from.

One is from my white Df spangle cock.

chicks in the nest

I had a chick from the Lutino nest hatch two days ago but died stuck to the shell and another one hatched today and it

is a ino and so far still alive, the hen is young and I have no where at all to transfer the chick.

I will take some more photos tomorrow of some of the chicks I missed. Or I should say I will try and take better photos, lol

 

Looks like some nice chicks Splat, in spite of all your setbacks. Just keep plugging away, better times ahead.

coming along nicely splat im about to start my 2011/12 breeding season in the next few weeks hopefully iget some nice chicks like yours

good luck with Kochy.

Edited July 24, 201113 yr by splat

I'm starting my 2011-2012 breeding soon and I hope that I don't have to many problems.

I will have get some pipe cleaners too Robyn and give it ago. But the make up pad is working very well this time around.

Taylor I hope you don't have my problems either because it is getting me down.

 

But here are some more photos.

Grey green cock he has a sister that is good too but she would sit still for a photo so next time.

 

grey green clearbody, pity there is so much suffusion

 

nest with my other clearbodies

 

Here are more pairs that are going together when they are ready

Sky violet spangle cock and grey green dom pied

 

Grey green cock and grey green cinn hen

better photo of hen

 

 

Edited July 25, 201113 yr by splat

Look like great pairs splat.

i like your grey greens splat, ive got a real soft spot for grey greens.

i like your grey greens splat, ive got a real soft spot for grey greens.

Me too

One of my friends has one and he had beautiful chicks with another grey green clearbody hen

 

I would have bought one but I am quite happy with the ones I've got right now

:) Ive never had a grey green budgie before but splat yours look amazing:) :)

a few beautiful chicks their hun looks good

i only ended upo with 3 out of thirty eggs

5 actually one albino hen and one cull from first sight violet (my dautghers pet now ) and 3 just feathering now grey op and two other non feathered op chicks

better than kick up the ummmmm i say

Lovely chicks splat. I especially like your clearbodies. It is a shame about the suffusion.

 

You're having much more luck than me splat.

I only got 3 chicks, because my other pairs are either laying infertile, eating the eggs....or dead

Out of 4 chicks last round I only got one that might be usable. 1 died, 1 sits funny on the perch and the other flew the coop.

 

Fingers crossed for you

Gee sounds like Gb and Maddy are having a bad run too.

Hey guys now that it is starting to warm up a pit things might improve. well

that's what I am hoping any way.

 

Yes I am happy with what I have, there are some good birds there.

 

Well i was getting excited yesterday because most nest have eggs now and my violet has 4 fertile

so I was over the moon but then I had to remember fertile eggs mean nothing because the have to hatch

and survive, so I am just taking one day at a time.

Edited July 27, 201113 yr by splat

your violet has 43 fertile? Am I reading that right lol

lol sorry fixed that mistake. anyway I WISH. But last year he through me about 20 or so chicks and most of them are still here. he is such a good boy, but this year he is a bit slow off the mark but at least he is starting to do his job.

Just through out 3 nest with clear eggs, so annoying.

Hi all just adding some photo of the breeding room which is full of breeding cages

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 28, 201113 yr by splat

look at all those pairs hard at work (well, mostly anyway)

 

I love your little trophy shelf

Thanks Maddy I had to put it in there, it was in the old room, so to make it fit in the new one I had to turn it upside down so the doors slide open the way I want them to, but the only problem is I put that other cage up there yesterday for the babies to into and now the door can't slide open but I don't expect to win any trophies anytime soon. LOL But I am very proud of the ones I have.

Looks great Splat, glad I'm not cleaning all those cages. Is the radio for you or the birds?

I am already sick of cleaning all those cages lol, I actually do it over 2 days, 1 side one day and the side then next day, the middle ones get done when I do the wire cage side because there is less cages on that side. But yes it is a big job.

Robyn the radio is for me mainly but the birds like it too. It is that noisy in there I can't here myself think. I Have to tell them to shut up for a minute or two, lol it works.