Hello, have recently bred 2 babies from consecutive clutches that appear to be lacewing, however the one from the second clutch has very heavy wing markings, which makes me wonder is it a lacewing or something different, possibly a fallow. It has a white body front and back and the deep cinamon markings on the wings. Am mostly puzzled by his heritage as to why they are coming through at all. His grandfather is a violet opaline Dominant pied split for cinnamon, and his grandmother was a sky blue opaline. His father is a sky blue opaline and his mother a violet opaline. both parents are directly related brother and sister. Have had about 15 babies from the grandparents but none have shown to be lacewing, and yet I get two one from each clutch from a pairing of their offspring, so makes me wonder if the father could actually be split for lacewing, as his father hasn;t thrown any, and would have had to be split lacewing to pass on the genes.

 

baby lacewing, I think

 

Grandfather - violet opaline

 

Parents - sky blue dominant pied father and violet opaline mother.

 

Any thoughts on this ?

I breed lacewings and fallows and my first thought is opaline lacewing. Your baby in question has no body colour and pale cheek patch (lacewing) where as fallows have body colour, brightest on the rump, violet cheek patch, browny blue tail.

But I've never bred a lacewing with so much colour on the wings, they normally start out with a hint of brown then darken up after first moult.

Yes, the grandfather would have to have been split lacewing to pass on the gene unless the grandmother was actually lacewing passing the gene onto the father.

Edited November 10, 201311 yr by rachelm

Nah grandmother is a blue opaline, so lacewing must have come through the grandfather , but very strange the grandparents have never thrown a lacewing after about 4 or 5 clutches, only cinamon wing hens as he is split for cinamon. so leaves me puzzled still.

Was the other lacewing from the previous clutch a hen?

Still tpo young to tell, but if they both turn out as hens, then that would denote a likelihood of a split for lacewing father, so we shall see. Say rachelm, do you ever have any of those Fallows available for sale, they are another variety I really like, So if you have any I would be happy to get hooked up with them, I live in Berwick just down the road from Mornington, Please Let me know

Here is an updated photo of my lacewing -

He or she still has very well defined wing markings, am still curious as weather a lacewing or not, as the only way she could be is if her father were split for lacewing, and this ones older sibling from same parents earlier nesting which also has pink eyes and looks lacewing, looks to me to be a boy, but this could not be possible, it would have to be a girl from a split lacewing father, so still wondering.

This chick really looks like a cock. It is so beautiful and so white.

grandparents have never thrown a lacewing after about 4 or 5 clutches, only cinamon wing hens as he is split for cinamon. so leaves me puzzled still.

Now I'm thinking cinnamon fallow. I have read somewhere they look exactly like lacewings.