birdman

hi paul I no that in the cheeked factor it is said that doubling up it can lead to blindness in the chicks but this mutation is known for this ,but I thought that in any other colour any eggs laid this way then most of the chicks will die in the egg and only a small majority hatch ? richard

hi paul none of my birds are double factor but im sure some people out will have them. I only put the double factor in as an alternative to the single factor the only other thing I didn't mention and should is that if any other colours chicks turn up in the nest other than I wrote then the parent birds will be split for other colours and you can throw the calculations away because any colour can turn up any time its hit and miss sometimes richard

hi trevor at the moment ive got a fawn male paired to a g/c hen and I belive I should get from this pair 25%normal split fawn 25% fawn females 25%cheeked (sf)/fawn males 25%cheeked (sf) fawn females but if your fc is a double factor then you would get this 50%cheeked (sf)/fawn males 50%cheekd (sf) fawn females hope this helps Richard

hope so this is were I hope my main stud starts from time will tell thanks for comment richard

hi paulm sorry for mix up thought birds on bottom was its parents .yes it did have bb tail marking when a chich but looks more like ob tail markings now, weather its something this mutation does from time to time I have no idea but my fawn obbb hen still has the bb markings in its tail and on its wings could it be that theres more ob gene showing through at mo and when its fully through its moult then the bb side will show time will tell but its still a cracking bird richard

its ok richard

nice chick deffo looks obbb more than its parents are parents ob split bb?because the male has ob tail markings cant see hen so cant comment my obbb fawn chick looks like yours aswell and shes from a deffo obbb pair richard

it should show both genes but more orange on chest and head its tail marking are the same as a bb if this chick is a male I think it should have more colour orange than its dad fingers cross richard

yes it is all snuggled up mum and dad have to sit on perch for now lol Richard

this is a picture of my grey cheeked hen that's paired to a fawn male that I hope will start my exhibition stud of with do you think they are good enough for this there a good size thanks for any feed back richard

that's good trouble is you don't no what sex bbs are till they start colouring up then you might get a surprise richard

my 5 bb chicks all tucked up for bed should be ready to leave parents next week?

heres them pictures of my obbb chick that's ready to fledge

love the chicks Kerry very nice richard

just waiting for them to go on my gallery at moment then i'll put them straight on ok richard

yes very similar to mine looks a very nice bird to iv'e just uploaded some photo of my obbb chick so when they come thro I will post them for to have a look and see what you think? richard

thanks Kerry got one chick that's ready to fledge any day soon shame I cant tell sex of it at mo richard

hi nick must agree with every one eles on here smashing birds never had normal lightbacks myself close I got to them was having bclb years ago miss them a bit cus they were smashing birds good luck for rest of season richard

love the chick clare there one of my fav colours is there any more in nest to leave? richard

same here early days yet tho never mite get a bumper round of youngers fingers cross .I will keep in touch ok richard

so all your chicks will be splits and you will be one step away from reaching your goal good luck with and fingers cross richard

hi jon as you no im from Sheffield not to far away really im dabbling in grey and fawn cheeks, blackbreasted , and orangeblackbreasted I also keep grey pearl Bengalese I see you keep some nice birds im trying to split my obbbs up to try and get some obs as I like that variety and couldnt find any for sale this year hopefully I can add some more colours later I quite fancy some silvers and lightbacks or some blackface will have to see what I can get later in year. hope you are having a good season up to now mines been a mixed one many thanks for replying richard

hi Emmy they are really nice birds you got there love the orange on these birds now that's a bird I want to breed richard

hi trevor thanks for that yes they do look a bit like yours but cant see any trace of faint cheek patches at moment co they will be white fawn cheeks then im just wondering if sell yours birds at Newark because that's were my cheeks came from and he was called trevor like you and from Norfolk aswell if so there your birds im breeding with many thanks for that if they are richard

hello baz and welcome