Hi all,
The answer is yes i did pass 100 youngsters (103) it's my p/b. In all of my cages the nest boxes have been taken out, 1 cage with 3 young which will soon put into the aviary.
Newark this weekend and after that gradually re-furbishing the cages and really blitz the place. I know there's plenty to do in the shed but i find this time of year for me with zeb's can be a bit boring with nothing happening. But these jobs have to be done.
Next month will be how far work on re-furbi
All,
Another month has gone this one I think slipped under the radar, whosh it's gone.
Hope you all are picking up on the breeding after the slow start most of us had.
Mine now seem to be in batches, I knew I had 3 young out in two cages but when I went to check and clean today blimey! a total of 22 young that was a shock.
Had a couple of surprises one in the shed and one I the aviary.
Shed first, Silver male x BB Grey 2 young 1x Grey and 1x Cream Why???
Aviary, had this zeb o
Hi all,
Maintenance is jogging along, just got to wash and wipe walls of cages + freshen up the cage fronts.
Made one slight error though when i caught and sorted the zeb's for the newark sale which i gradually caught during the week leading up to the sale. I put them in my breeding cages but i put one 2012 pair to one side on their own, these i bred those 3 grey isabels. Anyway later on that week caught some more out of the aviary and yeah you know what i did put them into that cage. I s
At the first of every month i hope to publish "as it happens" news on my breedings inc pairing and young.To catch up so far this year i've had 20 hatch (2 died) which brings a total so far of 18 young. Cr CFW X G/C (2 broods)= 8 young 2x G/C white type,1x Cr G/C white type,2x Cr Grey, 2x Cr G/C & 1x CFW. CFW x G/C white type = (2 broods)6 young 3x G/C whites & 2x CFW + 1 young 2nd brood (skin) F/C x Cr Grey = 1 young (skin) BF Fawn x F/C = 3 young (skins) More next month!
Hi all and a happy 2012,
Well dec went quick, i managed to get all my cages (13) refurbed. Not because i did them but they really look the dogs bits. I did the cages in stages each weekend 2 here and 3 there, thats one of the problems with this time of year, the daylight hours.
On the dark evenings i've sat down (not every night) and wrote down possible pairings for 2012 scrubbed some added some and finally got the finished artical, worked out the possible breedings fro
All,
In my area weather has been kind to us, as of writing temp's are down and they are forcasting snow for the next couple of days. Who would want to be a zeb in an aviary.
Paired birds up, had prob with 4 pairs, males were chasing females all over the place,so not happy with that took the males away and replaced them with identical males, everything settled down.
At present i have 3 young and 46 eggs this is from 13 pairs so at the moment doing ok.One nest has got 2 young they are
All,
2011 is history now for the breeding, went to newark sold a few zeb's + bought one as well a male BBCFW.
Started my 2 year refurb over the last 2 weeks, 2 cages done completely last weekend and 3 more this weekend completed. 5 down 8 more to go.
Keep tinkering about on a A4 what to put with what i know roughly, suppose you call it fine tuning.
Next blog will be in 2012 (could have a few pairs down) so have a happy christmas and a good 2012 for breeding and to yourselves as
Jogging along nicely,all young which i've put in aviary are getting on fineBCCFW x Cr GC white are sitting on 5 eggs 2nd roundFC x Cr Grey Turned out 6 young now ready to go into aviary, 1 x Cr Grey, 1 x Cr white type + 4 White types.BCCFW x CFW/BC Have 6 eggs should hatch soon.BF Fawn x FC have 5 young 3 fawn coloured and 2 white colour.The coloured FC young from last month looks as if he is a BFFC thats another first.Last of all i had a GC pied come out in the aviary thats a plus.Hopefully mor
Getting towards the end of my season now, as young leave parents i'm taking box's away. Out of 13 cages 6 are now shut down. 6 have got young and the 7th has 4 eggs.
12 youngsters i have rung this month which brings my total from cages to 83.
At the moment the 6 cages with young have 15 in total so once rung it brings it up to 98, will the nest with 4 eggs have 2 or more young to make 100? Wait till next months blog to find out the final number for 2011.
If any of you reading this are showin
