birdman

hi trevor nice looking bird you have there. I have bred something similar to that this year an obbb fawn lightback heres a picture of it notice how much white there is from under her beak to vent looks alot like a penguin I have also got a silver obbb in the nest just waiting to fledge a first for me this year its great having different colours pop up richard

a very happy birthday to you Gary hope you have a great day richard

nice cfw hen there keiron good size good luck at shows with her richard

nice looking bc pied there and it is recessive the gene so you are best keeping black cheek to black cheek until you get more knowledge on what genes are what and how they work richard

looks like you having a good season baz ,some nice birds you are producing richard

you got some nice birds baz well done richard

some nice birds there baz ,like the ones in the second cage and the hen in the last one richard

hi trevor looks like you will have some nice looking chicks no matter what colour they turn out to be but fingers cross for you on the colour you are hoping for richard

hi finchdude one of my favourite colours are obbbs mine are at a stage were im nearly at a size im happy with then I will add some more colour to them. look forward to seeing your other birds when they colour up. I have just had 3 obbbs leave nest and 2 in another that's a really good size and 8 bbs bred up to now and some splits richard

hi finchdude some very nice chicks you have there well done nice mixtures aswell from obbb-bfobbb richard

happy birthday hope you had a good day richard

hi clare thanks for comments I have a soft spot for fawns aswell, and you should see how many photos I have to take to get a few good pics lol richard

happy birthday hope you have a great day richard

thanks for all the replys guys you deffo have got a lot going on there emmy you got your own Minnie zoo lol.steve im really liking the creams myself aswell ive bred 8 up to now .glad you like my birds aswell saltrock richard

hi scott nice blackcheek chicks there really good cheek marking there one of my favourite mutations that I have kept especially the cfw blackcheeks and light backed .just might have to have a pair or two again richard

hi steve some nice chicks there is your breeding season going to plan up to now richard

hi emmy thanks for replying, yes im really pleased with my chicks I have up to now. I have 14 pairs paired up at moment 4 pairs on chicks,5 pairs on eggs and the others I have just paired up, just waiting for them to feather up as I have got a lot of colours going on at moment from grey and fawn checked,obbbs norm,obbbs fawn with an added mutation that im trying for the first time and some bbs so its just a waiting game to what turns up.hows your breeding going on hope to your satisfaction richard

hi guys just thought I would share some of my chicks I have bred up to now. I have bred 40+ chicks up to now which I am happy with and its only april .hope you like the pics Richard obbb male obbb hen cream male cream hen bb male bb hen

happy birthday broughy enjoy your day richard

some nice birds there emmy sounds like you have lots going on at the moment. I have a pair similar to your pairing (obb/bb x bb/ob) just got 2 chicks from first round they produced 1 ob/bb and an obbb so fingers cross of more to come.you should expect something similar but all young should be ob with some obbb and split bbs. good luck anyway with that pairing richard

happy birthday and retirement hope you enjoy it richard

hi emmy nice chick you have there I said you would have a surprise sooner or later .to answer your question I change my nest boxes all the time even when theres chicks in nest but that's my birds and there use to it so maybe your birds might be ok but make sure the nest boxes are the same so that they cant tell the difference ok good luck if you try richard

happy birthday steve

hi emmy sorry to hear things are not going to plan but it is still early days at mo.but light is on the Horizon with your Bengalese so I have my fingers cross for you there.your bb/ob male birds if they were mine I would pair them to fawn if you have 2 fawn hens then your chicks would be something like this males 25% normal/bb/fawn 25%normal/bb/ob/fawn females 25%normal/bb 25%normal/bb/ob hope this helps because then if you come across any obbbs hens this year when paired to the above males you will have a chance of breeding some fawn obs,bbs and obbbs so good luck on what you choose richard

hi neil and emmy neil the chick is a blackcheek lightback and emmy I wasn't trying for that colour chick I was trying for either greycheeked or fawn cheeked and to be truthful that's my only black cheek in my stud so it looks like I will have to start keeping that mutation again .thanks for the comments richard