I decided to try some breeding over christmas. Found a place that is cooler that the aviary.

I set two pairs, Huey and Ash, and Greeny and Duey.

 

Huey as you may know "could" be a female.

 

Well after 9 days. Greeny and Duey has an egg. Huey and Ash are still in the throws of courtship but........Huey dosn't seem interested in the nest box.......What to Do what to Do??????

 

I am going to wait another 12 days and if no eggs it's back to the hot aviary for them.

 

I have tried Huey with Green (two females) no good.

 

 

Ash

 

Duey and Huey. (left to right)

Photo taken 6 months ago.

 

Greeny

aww poor daz I think we need a new picture to have a lookie at Huey again. It might simply be down to getting to know the other. If they are intot he courtship stages the signs look good.

aww poor daz I think we need a new picture to have a lookie at Huey again. It might simply be down to getting to know the other. If they are in to the courtship stages the signs look good.

 

 

Well thats the funny bit Nerwen. The two of them have been inseparible since Cinnamon died. They don't leave each other alone. kissing and calling. So when I put them in the box I thought they would have no problems. They are still Kissing and Calling and preening it's just the next step.

 

Well maybe it's a bit early. Hope fully by Christmas there might be an egg?

Sounds a bit like Tootie and Marine, I still don't think he fully understand what he is meant to be doing, they don't seemed to have moved closer at all, but I hope that changes in the new year when I put them in the breeding cage again.

Edited December 20, 200519 yr by Nerwen

Hehe...Gherkin is now a type of budgie known world wide. :(Laughing out loud):

Between Gerkin and Blinki your birds are well know Bea.

 

Oh well, I just hope she gets the idea soon. :bluebudgie:

Daz is huey's cere brown or still pink.. If brown then she is a girl but it does look like a boy in the photo you have of them.

 

Can you post a picture of him now??

Daz is huey's cere brown or still pink.. If brown then she is a girl but it does look like a boy in the photo you have of them.

 

Can you post a picture of him now??

 

Hi Lady here she/he is

 

 

 

I'll have to take an updated photo, this one is about 2 months old.

 

I have given up and have put huey and ash back in the aviary.

I now have Spangle and Bluey back in.

 

Up date on Greeny and Duey - 5 eggs. Last one was laid yesterday.

Edited December 29, 200519 yr by daz

very cool go bluey and spangle and Greeny and Duey

 

I was going to say that huey didn't look like she was in condition to breed then saw the comment that the picture as a few months old.

Edited December 29, 200519 yr by Nerwen

Congratulations of the eggs .. greeny is a beautiful bird, is she cinnamon?

Congratulations of the eggs .. greeny is a beautiful bird, is she cinnamon?

 

no a reccessed greywing dilute dominent green pied.

Edited December 29, 200519 yr by daz

no a reccessed greywing dilute dominent green pied. :ausb:

 

*cough* No such thing. She is either one or the other not both at the same time.

but she look closer to cinnamon to me then greywing.

Edited December 29, 200519 yr by daz

no a reccessed greywing dilute dominent green pied. :ausb:

 

*cough* No such thing. She is either one or the other not both at the same time.

but she look closer to cinnamon to me then greywing.

 

 

...Sorry just being playful. Nerwen I would say greywing. all the black pigmentation is diluted to brown.

 

I'll try to get a better shot of her.

Edited December 29, 200519 yr by daz

:ausb: I just saw the greywing dilute bit and jumped in.

 

But greywing are really grey. If she is brown that makes her a cinnamon.

I just saw the greywing dilute bit and jumped in.

 

But greywing are really grey. If she is brown that makes her a cinnamon.

 

 

Nerwen I'm at work at the moment. Is the cinamon only with brown wings or are there more to the mutation?

I know the dilut (greywings) have brown wings and there is also an Australian Brown wing?

 

Wish i had my book

oooh daz I found a place that had pictures of brown wings, now where did i put that site name down. Bugger I lost it I will keep looking.

 

okay Cinnamon only has brown wings. It's a fallow that had red eyes and brown wings. and some subgroups of that they have greyish wings.

 

NO DILUTES HAVE BROWN WINGS. THey are all grey tones.

oooh daz I found a place that had pictures of brown wings, now where did i put that site name down. Bugger I lost it I will keep looking.

 

okay Cinnamon only has brown wings. It's a fallow that had red eyes and brown wings. and some subgroups of that they have greyish wings.

 

NO DILUTES HAVE BROWN WINGS. THey are all grey tones.

 

 

Thanks for that Nerwen, so a cinnamon..

 

**Daz writed note to himself... Change Greeny's genotype from greywing to cinnomin **

 

Nerwen, Cinnamon is a sexlinked mutation isn't it. What is the outcome if mated to a recessive colbalt cock?

Edited December 30, 200519 yr by Nerwen

it's your hen that is cinnamon so no possible cinnamon in the clutch unless the male is split to it. Only why to find that out is to find a cinnamon in the clutch

 

The male offspring will be split for cinnamon.

it's your hen that is cinnamon so no possible cinnamon in the clutch unless the male is split to it. Only why to find that out is to find a cinnamon in the clutch

 

The male offspring will be split for cinnamon.

 

Duey (and huey) were bought in. No history. This will be interesting? I love a surprise.

 

Just put through the computer.

 

50% Cock - Normal Green, Split Cinnamon, Split Recessive Pied, Split Skyblue

50% Hen - Normal Green, Split Recessive Pied, Split Skyblue

 

 

 

Interesting

Edited December 30, 200519 yr by daz

yep but you don't know the history so there is a chance for heaps of split genes to show up.

yep :ausb: but you don't know the history so there is a chance for heaps of split genes to show up.

 

Thats what is so exciting about breeding.. You really don't know what is going to be thrown back up in a split.