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    Hi Scott,Each member has a reputation built into their profile, a member receives or loses points when other members vote up or down on the content they submit. Forum posts, gallery images, blog posts, etc all have +/- buttons to the left of each area that members can use to vote on the associated content. This system is entirely modular, which means that moderators and administrators can also vote on content as well.The current reputation levels are set a follows:--10 to -20 = Bad-1 to -10 = Poor0 to 1 = No Reputation1 to 5 = Normal5 to 10 = Medium10 to 20 = Good20 upwards = ExcellentIn your case Scott someone has added a vote to your content and started to build on your reputation, if you look at my profile, I have built up a level of 3 so my reputation in currently set to Normal. The more votes you get the better the reputation. It also works the other way as well. Once you have placed your vote the +/- vote button disappears as you only have one vote per section.If you look at your post I have added my vote, because in my opinion, I think other members will find your question useful.Oh and I’ve also disabled the facility for members to vote for themselves, just to keep the system fair?Hope this helps to explain how the reputation system works.Gary.

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    Following on from the seed topic, I thought I’d post some prices for comparison.Panicum Millet £14.09 per 20kgWhite Millet £10.04 per 20kgJapanese Millet £12.89 per 12.5kgRed Millet £10.51 per 12.5kgPlain Canary £13.75 per 20kgNigerseed £24.70 per 25kg or £4.58 per 3kgThere’s also another supplier in North Yorkshire that I use, I’ll post up to date prices the next time I call in.Gary.

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    Seed, now here is a topic close to my heart, it’s an area where the costs can escalate out of control, with the recent problems with seed harvests and shortages, seed prices had at one stage, got way out of control in my opinion. I personally mix my own seed for a few simple reasons, firstly there’s the advantage of knowing exactly what you’re giving your birds, there’s also the added bonus that you’re saving the vat as plain seeds do not currently attract vat. In simple terms for every £100.00 you spend your saving £17.50, to me that’s more than 25kg of seed for FREE... I have tried and tested many mixes over a number of years and found Pro bird to be one of the best there is, but this comes at a cost. Pound for pound I find that mixing my own seed works out a lot cheaper and you can vary the mix to accommodate your bird’s requirements, I also add aniseed in breeding season and the birds love it. I’ve never had a problem with the birds chucking seed all over the place. There’s a page on the front end website with details on quantities etc. Johnson and Jeff is a good brand as well as Bamfords. Gary.

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    Hi Scott,Nice to hear from you, they are visual normal’s, still in the nest and just about to fledge with one grey cheek, although the parents are both visual grey cheeks.I know that the rule with this type is not to pair GC to GC, but their inheritance has normal’s so I was hoping that the blindness trait would not appear and sure enough it didn't.The grey cheek fledged on Thursday and I'm just waiting for the remaining two to appear.Gary.

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    Well things seem to be improving, I checked the nest boxes tonight and every nest has either eggs or chicks. Eggs = 30 Chicks = 14, made up of the following:- 8 x Light backs 2 x CFW 2 x Split Grey Cheek 1 x Grey Cheek 1 x Normal I also recently remove ten young birds to a flight cage, comprising of CFW, Light Backs and Normal’s. It would seem that the recent spell of rain has encourages the birds to nest. There’s also a number of surprises coming from the aviary which I didn’t expect, one of which is an almost pure white grey cheek hen, I’ll be using this hen as a stock bird for next year.

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    Well the season is well under way, but how are things progressing? In my case things still seem to be a little slow, although time has not been on my side this year with work and some new projects on the house. How’s everyone else’s season going? Gary.

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    Welcome to the forum Trevor, I’m sure you’ll bring a wealth of knowledge with you and I’m looking forward to seeing some pictures in the gallery of your birds, I am also currently breeding a few Grey Cheeks so it will be interesting to hear your theory on colour selection. Gary.

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    Hi Sadiq, Zebras usually start to brood after the third or fourth egg has been laid, so it is unlikely that a pair will sit on one egg. Are the birds that don’t start to sit on a clutch of four eggs young first time paired birds? I try to pair a young bird with a more experienced one for the first few clutches. Hope this helps, Gary.

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    Welcome to the forum Kev, I’ll try to answer a few of your questions, but we could do with a bit more information. I’m assuming that your birds are this year’s young and that you have only recently put them in to the flight? If this is the case, then it will take them a little while to get accustomed to their new surroundings, especially if they are cage bred birds. I would also try to keep the number of cocks and hens even, this will reduce the risk of squabbling when they do eventually start to nest. As for the box at the end of your flight, they will soon go in their once the weather gets a little cooler and they need shelter. Hope this bit of information helps. Gary.

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    Scott,I think you’ve sent some of your bad luck my way, last night I went into the setup only to find two chicks that had hatch that day on the cage floor dead, the parents are first time birds and one can only assume that they have flicked them out onto the floor when leaving the nest box?To top it all I went in at 5:30am this morning to do my usual rounds, and found one of my best Phaeo cocks on its back on the floor. The bird was still warm so I can only assume night fright or heart attack. This cock was in a double breeder with four others and there were no sign of any problems, as the bird was in perfect condition, before and after its death.Gary.