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your female could be split for ob then because it can carry down in generation and just turn up if its right what you said that the granny was split ob so when the feather out a bit more you will be able to tell and with a bit of luck you will have a obbb chick there.if not sure you no ive got pics of a obbb chick in my gallery both normal and fawn for you to compare with ok richard

hi emmy to me they all look blackbreasted even the fawn chick is the hen just bb or can she be split for ob and are both parents normal. you will have to wait till they get more feathers on them to see if they have ob in them but if the hen is only bb then all the chicks will be split for ob .if both parents are normal then the fawn will be a female and your male ob/bb is split for fawn aswell. when they get more feathers you will no properly what they will be ok hope this helps richard

hi josh that's strange isint it josh must be sumat in the water lol still looking forward to swapping some birds with you it look like we will have to at this rate richard

yes I am pleased with them jonmpope, and emmy I hope things turn round for me or else ill be looking for some male birds im glad iv got some more fawn hens tho because that's what colour I was going to try and breed in that colour next im just 1 step nearer to breeding fawn obbbs in pairs richard

yes it does I think its another female aswell looks like that's all im gona get weird not a single male unless the 2 greys in nest turn out to be males fingers cross and thanks for the reply its much appreciated emmy Richard

here are pic of my obbb chicks at 14days old which hatched out while they were still feeding a fledgling. there are 2 fawns and 2 greys in the nest and all are fine even there older sibling which is now 5weeks old thanks for looking and please comment richard

hi phil welcome back to the hobby .I have myself just come back to the hobby after 5 years and have found it worth while and this forum can help a lot so good luck richard

yes that right to get a silver lightback you need to pair a light back male to a silver female and hopefully you will get silver lightback females the other pairs sound promising you will have to keep us informed on the out come of them good luck richard

happy birthday clare all the best richard

happy birthday have a nice day richard

nice birds you got one pair of mine just seem to throw out white chicks and that pairing was from a fawn cheek x fawn pairing I only like to pair mine as ie fawn to fawn or grey to grey and odd times fawn to grey richard

hi jonmpope its like nick says but here are the percentages I belive what you should get from this pairing is 25%normal males 25%normal females 25%silver/lightback males 25%silver females hope this helps and good luck on the chicks richard

thanks Kerry (day 2 everything fine with this pair up to now and there on 4 chicks now with 2 eggs to go hope fully it was a case of first time nerves will have to wait and see but im up there every morning at the crack of dawn just to make sure this pair are ok with there chicks now) and iv got every thing cross this time lol richard

im sorry you have lost another chick and you cant go blaming yourself about it sometimes I think birds do this for a number of reasons.my season started off like yours ie infertile eggs or chicks getting thrown from nest but all seem settle now .iv got 1 pair that's just hatched there second round that im keeping tabs on because they threw all there chicks out fingers cross there ok this time because out of 6 I saved 2 as they must have done it in night and I was too late finding them. I hope you have lots of luck and have a good season Richard

hi Kerry yes the chick is beautiful and i'm keeping my eye on the other chicks which I believe are 7 days old so iv'e put leg rings on them. all seem to be doing very well always got a full crop even the oldest 1. im sorry about what happen to your birds that why I think it was just luck on my side or very good parents but I no i'll not let it happen again this is a one off .any way hows your season going mines really started now all nest are full of chicks not just 1 or 2 in a nest its now 4s or more must have been the weather or maybe its because its there first season time will tell all the best richard

hi guys thanks for comment and I hope they turn out as good as parents. I only left eggs in because I didn't think they would be fertile and I thought that because they only had 1 chick it stood a better chance of not getting squashed if it had some eggs around it, just luck I think will have to see thanks richard

heres a pic of my obbb chick that fledge 4 days ago and the best surprise was that the parents were sitting on eggs while this one was still in nest and all 4 eggs have hatch so now I have 1 in cage and 4 just hatched in nest never had this before from a pair richard

you will get the hang of it soon always difficult first time round good luck anyway and let us no how the chick turns out Richard

glad to help anytime yes sometimes new colours can be made so no one never knows in a mix collection richard

if your female was a normal Isabel and the male she mated with was either fawn or split fawn then all fawn chicks would be female from what you say then one of your males must be split for fawn and could it be possible that your fawn /bc hen had laid a egg in there nest? Richard p.s if the bc hen has laid in there nest then the chick could turn out to be any sex hope this helps

happy birthday josh all the best richard

hello to the forum with 40 years of knowledge you be able to should help out a lot on this site richard

hi clare it has some form of cheek patches you would get on this mutation but not as bold as expected but that mite change after it moults out. are there any other bcs in your aviary or bc/fawn that she could have mated with for you to get a bc fawn is your hen a fawn Isabel as well because that would help in sexing the chick aswell richard

nice birds trevor it will be nice to see them when there moulted out and coloured up richard

ok paul thanks for that its strange how a gene could do that it makes you wonder how may chicks died in the development of these mutation if any richard