I found a couple of hours yesterday to put some pairs down. I tried to pair experienced breeders to non-experienced breeders, as well as think of the outcomes and the like.

 

I am only a novice so for me it is about breeding nice birds first, colour second.

 

So this is what I have:

 

Pair 1 - Sky Blue/Ino/Opaline Cock (experienced) to a GreyGreen Opaline Hen (novice)

 

 

 

Pair 2 - Green/Blue/Cinnamon/Opaline Cock (experienced)to an Albino Hen (novice)

 

 

 

Pair 3 - Cobalt Opaline Spangle Cock to a Grey/Blue Dominant Pied Hen

 

 

 

 

Pair 4 - Sky Opaline Spangle Cock (experienced) to a Light Green Spangle Hen

 

oops - picture to come

 

Pair 5 - Lutino Cock to an Albino Hen

 

 

Pair 6 - Opaline Grey Cock to a Sky Opaline Spangle Hen (experienced)

 

oops - picture to come

 

Pair 7 - Grey Cock (experienced) to a Grey Opaline Spangle Hen

 

 

Pair 8 - Cobalt Cinnamon Cock to a Sky Cinnamon Hen

 

 

Pair 9 - Yellow Face Opaline Cock (novice) to Light Green Spangle Hen (experienced)

 

 

 

Pair 10 - GreyGreen Cinnamon Cock to a Double Factor Yellow Spangle Hen (experienced)

 

 

 

Pair 11 - Green Cock to a GreyGreen Hen

 

 

Pair 12 - Green Cock (experienced) to a Grey/Blue Opaline Dominant Pied Hen

 

 

 

Time is an issue with me right at the moment, so I will post infrequently with this thread, but I will do my best.

Edited December 30, 201113 yr by Dave_McMinn

There are some nice pairs there Dave, good luck with it all. I hope you get plenty of healthy little jelly beans that grow into beautiful budgies.

I will follow your thread to see how things pan out.

This will keep you out of mischief for awhile Dave

 

Best of luck with your breeding

Nice pairs, i like the lutino albino pairing, hopefully you could get some creaminos.

Nice pairs, i like the lutino albino pairing, hopefully you could get some creaminos.

 

You don't get creamino's from a lutino to albino pairing. A creamino is a Yellowface Albino budgie. A lutino is not a yellowface budgie just because it has a yellow head. Yellowface is a seperate mutation.

 

Good pairs Dave!

I noticed i left out a pair and I took some pics that I missed.

 

so here is the pics for:

 

Pair 4 - Sky Opaline Spangle Cock (experienced) to a Light Green Spangle Hen - the cock is Dumb, from the brothers Dumb and Dumber (RIP)

 

 

 

 

 

Based upon how hard it was to get these pics, the young of Dumb and this hen will be complete idiots - lol!!!

 

Pair 6 - Opaline Grey Cock to a Sky Opaline Spangle Hen (experienced)

 

 

 

and I left out a pair

 

Pair 13 - Grey Cock to a GreyGreen Cinnamon Opaline Hen

 

 

 

There are two empty cages so I am going to put down two more pairs in a couple of days. Just assessing the best combinations

Edited August 22, 201113 yr by Dave_McMinn

Very nice birds, i love the picture mid flight.

Goodluck Dave , The only change I would make is Pairs 7 and 8, Only because you are going to double up on Cinnimon with Pair 8 , The Two Hens are similar . Unlessof course you want cinnamons.

Happy Breeding

Thanks mate. I am quite happy with the cinnamon pairing. I actually want some cinnamon pairs, and some without. I am pretty sure as I type this though that the cock in Pair 7 - grey cock, is actually split cinnamon, as he had a daughter before that was cinnamon, so it will not make too much difference I suppose.

All the best with them Dave, you have some nice pairs there

One good thing I have learnt today and that is my bird room is budgie proof. There was a small gap between the door of a cage and a breeding and the Opaline Cobalt Spangle Cock from pair 3 (who is actually a son of Dumber(RIP) and nephew to Dumb) showed smarts enough to find it, slip out, and was sitting on top of another cage when I saw him. I caught him and returned him to his cage and then moved the nestbox 1 wire cage run to the left to solve the hole issue.

 

It was quite suprising when I noticed it, but at least I could see where the problem was and it was easily rectified.

Well done, i had a problem like that with my hospital cage but i fixed it .

Eggs update - three eggs have been layed by three different hens, so that is a good start.

 

Only problem is that it has only been 8 days. Now I am pretty sure that after mating it takes 14 days for an egg to be layed. This must mean that the birds must already have mated before they went down, so the young could belong to anyone.

 

Anyway, these are the pairs that have one egg.

 

Pair Three

 

 

This pair were already bonded in the aviary, so the chances are that the cock in here is the father.

 

Pair Nine

 

 

She looked to have an eggy vent when I put her down so this was no shock.

 

Pair 11

 

Tell me if I am wrong with thinking mating to egg should be 14 days.

 

We will see what happens. Hopefully these are the first of many eggs.

I keep my cocks and hens in separate aviaries and when I put them down I sometimes have hens lay eggs within eight days and they are fertile. So yours could be okay Dave.

I hope you are right splat. I am not concerned who the Dad's are really. It will just be nice to get chicks again.

Cross my fingers for you Dave. lol

 

 

Only problem is that it has only been 8 days. Now I am pretty sure that after mating it takes 14 days for an egg to be layed.

A week to ten days to eggs mostly....I have had eggs in 6 days from a pair.

Yes I thought mine were more like that Kaz, or 7 seven days but I was playing it safe for Dave.

New egg update!!!

 

I originally thought that 14 days from mating to egg, but not anymore. New hens are laying eggs now and it is not possible coincidence could come into play, so I think 8 days is now the minimum for egg laying.

 

okay, here we go.

 

Pair 1 - Caesar and GreyGreen Hen - preening but no eggs yet

Pair 2 - Twitch and Albino Hen - just starting preening in the last few days so this will be the second last pair to have eggs I think

Pair 3 - Son of Dumber (RIP) and daughter of Twitch - 1 egg

Pair 4 - Dumb and Light Green Spangle Hen - preening but no eggs yet

Pair 5 - Lutino Cock to Albino Hen - preening but no egg yet

Pair 6 - Opaline Grey to a Sky Opaline Spangle Hen - no preening yet so this will be the last pair to have eggs I think

Pair 7 - Grey Cock to an Opaline Grey Spangle Hen - 1 egg

Pair 8 - Cobalt Cinnamon Cock to a Sky Cinnamon Hen - 1 egg

Pair 9 - YF Opaline Sky Cock to a Light Green Spangle Hen - 1 egg

Pair 10 - GreyGreen Cinnamon Cock to a Double Factor Yellow Spangle Hen - preening but no egg yet

Pair 11 - Green Cock to a GreyGreen Hen - 2 eggs

Pair 12 - Green Cock to a Grey/Blue Opaline Dominant Pied Hen - preening but no eggs yet

Pair 13 - Grey Cock to a GreyGreen Cinnamon Opaline Hen - no eggs yet but she may well lay one overnight - big eggy bum

 

So there you have it. All is progressing nicely. Let's hope that fertility is good. The weather has been good so hope all keeps going well.

Looks like nice progress

Egg update - bold are the changes from yesterday

 

Pair 1 - Caesar and GreyGreen Hen - preening but no eggs yet

Pair 2 - Twitch and Albino Hen - one new egg. very pleasing to see.

Pair 3 - Son of Dumber (RIP) and daughter of Twitch - 2 eggs

Pair 4 - Dumb and Light Green Spangle Hen - preening but no eggs yet

Pair 5 - Lutino Cock to Albino Hen - preening but no egg yet

Pair 6 - Opaline Grey to a Sky Opaline Spangle Hen - no preening yet so this will be the last pair to have eggs I think

Pair 7 - Grey Cock to an Opaline Grey Spangle Hen - 1 egg

Pair 8 - Cobalt Cinnamon Cock to a Sky Cinnamon Hen - 1 egg

Pair 9 - YF Opaline Sky Cock to a Light Green Spangle Hen - 2 eggs

Pair 10 - GreyGreen Cinnamon Cock to a Double Factor Yellow Spangle Hen - preening but no egg yet

Pair 11 - Green Cock to a GreyGreen Hen - 2 eggs

Pair 12 - Green Cock to a Grey/Blue Opaline Dominant Pied Hen - preening but no eggs yet

Pair 13 - Grey Cock to a GreyGreen Cinnamon Opaline Hen - no eggs yet but she may well lay one overnight - big eggy bum

 

I put a good albino hen in a cage as i wanted to use her but she needed a drop of ivermectin before she was ready. Anyway, she is an experienced hen and layed an egg to demonstrate she was ready. I need a cock to put with her, and I was thinking who should go in there, then it hit me.

 

QUICHE!!! Kaz, Quiche, the son of Omelette is going down to breed with a good hen who has demonstrated good fertility and an eagerness in the past. I will put him there tomorrow and I will attach the nestbox in a few days. Very exciting.

omg QUICHE i cant wait you got picture come dave pics please

i Have only heard these magnificent stories about omelette but she must have been a great bird (i dont think the word great even does her justice)> it will be eggciting to see how quiche goes.

I will take some pics tomorrow if I get home in time - meetings after work are killing me.

 

 

QUICHE!!! Kaz, Quiche, the son of Omelette is going down to breed with a good hen who has demonstrated good fertility and an eagerness in the past. I will put him there tomorrow and I will attach the nestbox in a few days. Very exciting.

 

 

:D :D

 

 

Last time I saw Quiche

 

 

and his mother Omelette

 

Edited August 30, 201113 yr by **KAZ**