Baby photo's update 30-9-11

Chick update. The hens that hatched early August, ( only 9 weeks old) cere colour has gone tan-brown. So even if they haven't broken their caps, I couldn't show them because of their adult cere colour.
Looks like I will have a definite seven chicks to take to the UBC selection night in October. Here they are today. They have another 3 weeks to grow, grow, grow.
Cinnamon grey- Hen -37 days old.

same bird again

Yellowface grey-cock- 36 days old  (full brother to hen above)

same bird again

 Yellowface opaline grey-Cock- 34 days old  (full brother to hen and cock above)

Green (split blue)-Hen- 39 days old

 

Same bird again. See the amount of blue feathering. 

Sky spangle- Cock- 38 days old (full brother to hen above)

Same bird again

 Sky Dom pied- Hen- 36 days old (full sister to hen and cock above)

Green (split blue) Dom pied-Hen- 34 Days old ( full sister to hens and cock above)

The red staining on the feathers is beetroot.

RIP my little beauty

Nasty surprise for me today. My best chick from my best pair DEAD at 35 days old. She was very thin and had an empty crop. I totally blame myself for not being thorough enough with making sure chicks have full crops. My guess is she starved to death. Being at weaning age, she should have begun to feed herself. Foster dad is wonderful at feeding chicks and the three remaining chicks are chubby . This has never happened to me before. Lesson learned.  RIP my beautiful.

New Birds- Lacewings, lacewing splits and others.

We got six new birds today. Four of which are lacewings, one split and another bird not sure what he is split for yet.

White lacewing cock bred by G&G House in Western Australia. Grey cinnamon split lacewing cock and a very young yellow lacewing cock.

These are bad photo's of the birds. When they settle I will get better pics.

2010 and 2011 Yellow lacewing hens and a green cock bred by the Rowe Brothers.

Enjoying some sunshine.
 More photo's soon.

Baby photo's update 22-9-11

28 days old (sky spangle) 30 days old (light green)

 28 days old (sky spangle)

26 days old (sky dom pied)

30 days old (opaline cinnamon grey, Hen) 

26 days old ( Yellow face grey, Cock)

Not much else happening in the breeding room at the moment. 

Love this quote

"Breeding of exhibition quality Fallows is a task for stubborn people with a thick skin."

 From Fallow Budgerigar Hugbook.  http://fallowbudgies.schilduil.org/hugbook.html

Baby photo update and aviary birds.

Babies that have hatched to date 29. Two pet babies have gone to new homes. One baby died because it hatched a day early and was so so tiny. Two died yellow belly(1 &3 days old) in the same nest and one other chick that I saved because he was stuck in his egg (pipped but was wrong way round), later died at 18 days old. I was excited about this chick because he was from my best pair. Also chicks that I'm able to save are special to me. The eldest in a nest of five and was a beautiful yellow face grey. The day before he died I took some photo's of him because I noticed he had a weird bald patch of skin on his neck, also he had some odd feathering on his head. I am still stumped to what killed him. I found him flat, black, full crop and almost completely plucked. 

His brothers (yellowfaces) and sisters (cinnamon's)

Four babies from lightgreen cock- sky opaline dom pied spangle nest

Above : This baby last week was plucked bald. I put the two plucked babies into foster nest and they are growing down and feathers again.

Above: Approx 6 weeks. Below : Approx 7 weeks

Above and below: Brothers Hugo and Hans, my bred fallow and split.

Below: This cock is approx 5 months old and just completing his first moult.

And his full sister below.

Another 5 month old cock.

His full sister, the sky cinnamon.