My First Diploma Show- Dandenong Budgie Club

I took my girls to our first diploma show at the Dandenong Budgie Club, Saturday 16th February. There were around 400 birds benched. We had a fantastic day meeting lots of new people and catching up with some people from our own club. We brought along three UBC's (unbroken caps) and two young birds. My two lacewing babies were the only two in their category so they got first and second by default. My young blue cock was disqualified because of his tail and the young greygreen cock got second by default. My grey was the only grey in his catergory but went on to get  best UBC in beginner and also won the Supreme UBC for the day. Very EXCITING !!!! So we went home with heaps of prizes, the best for me were the rosettes.

PRIZES:Bottle of wine, box of beautiful fresh vegetables, a lovely crystal bird and two rosettes.

Here's my boy today, nice and relaxed.(8weeks old)

With his little brother from the same nest.

Mother

Father

Sister from previous nest.

The two young birds.

One of the Lacewing hens

Aviary Makeover- Finally Finished!

Before.

After.

A little surprise fallow.

I got a very nice surprise about two weeks ago when one of  my pet pairs unexpectedly produced a pink eyed chick. I thought cool ino! Then about a week later I noticed some dark patches on the wings and back and thought , hang on this can't be ino! Ok so it has to be lacewing or fallow.
Chick at about 8 days old.

Parents are both Australia yellowface full body greywing.

Now she is two weeks old and her cheek patch is pale violet. This means she has to be fallow.

Now I'm confused because her flights and tail are coming out white/pale grey.

21 days old.

28 days old.

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I got a very nice surprise about two weeks ago when one of my pet pairs unexpectedly produced a pink eyed chick. I thought cool an ino! Then a week later I noticed some dark patches on the wings and back, then thought, hang on this can't be an ino! Ok, so it has to be a lacewing or fallow.
Chick at about 8 days old

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I got a very nice surprise about two weeks ago when one of my pet pairs unexpectedly produced a pink eyed chick. I thought cool an ino! Then a week later I noticed some dark patches on the wings and back, then thought, hang on this can't be an ino! Ok, so it has to be a lacewing or fallow.
Chick at about 8 days old

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I got a very nice surprise about two weeks ago when one of my pet pairs unexpectedly produced a pink eyed chick. I thought cool an ino! Then a week later I noticed some dark patches on the wings and back, then thought, hang on this can't be an ino! Ok, so it has to be a lacewing or fallow.
Chick at about 8 days old

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I got a very nice surprise about two weeks ago when one of my pet pairs unexpectedly produced a pink eyed chick. I thought cool an ino! Then a week later I noticed some dark patches on the wings and back, then thought, hang on this can't be an ino! Ok, so it has to be a lacewing or fallow.
Chick at about 8 days old
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Parents of chick are both australian yellowface full body greywing.
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She is now two weeks old and has visible violet cheek patch. That means she has to be fallow because lacewings have very pale cheek patches.
This image is reduced by 42%, click it to view full size.

Now I'm confused because her tail and flights are coming out white/pale grey.
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This image is reduced by 42%, click it to view full size.

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Is it possible she might be a greywing fallow?

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I got a very nice surprise about two weeks ago when one of my pet pairs unexpectedly produced a pink eyed chick. I thought cool an ino! Then a week later I noticed some dark patches on the wings and back, then thought, hang on this can't be an ino! Ok, so it has to be a lacewing or fallow.
Chick at about 8 days old
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Parents of chick are both australian yellowface full body greywing.
This image is reduced by 42%, click it to view full size.

She is now two weeks old and has visible violet cheek patch. That means she has to be fallow because lacewings have very pale cheek patches.
This image is reduced by 42%, click it to view full size.

Now I'm confused because her tail and flights are coming out white/pale grey.
This image is reduced by 42%, click it to view full size.

This image is reduced by 42%, click it to view full size.

This image is reduced by 42%, click it to view full size.

Is it possible she might be a greywing fallow?

Read more: http://budgerigarsforum.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=budgiebreeding&action=display&thread=4760#ixzz2DlqQSdrX