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    I thought (maybe incorrectly) that as CFW is sex linked, that mating a CFW hen with a grey male would mean that any female offspring would be CFW. So therefore the mother can't be one of my CFW exhibition hens.

     

    I agree that I won't ever know exactly which birds are the parents, but I'd quite like to know who could be (in theory).

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    I have had a clutch of chicks fledge. The 'parents' are pet shop size CFW's and one of the fledglings is a rather large grey normal hen.  

    I do have some exhibition sized zebbies in the aviary - a CFW hen, a CFW carrying BC hen and a CFW male. I also have a pair of grey penguins which are in between pet and exhibition in size, however this fledgling is slightly bigger than them. All of my grey normals are pet size.

     

    I'm confused... she's a lovely hen though, so I'm not complaining. ;)

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    I also want to apologise to the admin team - I had forgotten that photos of injured birds were not allowed. I'm much more used to horse forums where pictures of injuries and requests for advice based on the photos is normal (horses do injure themselves a lot and people often want reassurance while waiting for the vet). No excuse for not remembering the rules of this forum, but maybe it helps others understand why I posted the photos without thinking that it could be an issue or cause offence.

     

    Sorry.

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    I just wish that I knew if the bird was in pain or not.

     

    It's not an open wound. It's possible that the hock joint is dislocated, but I think it must have happened while it was in the nest as it looks old. Looking at it, I don't think that putting it back in place is an option. I will have a word with my Vet when the cat goes down for an injection later today.

  9. Posted

    This little bird fledged yesterday and at first I thought that he/she had a splayed leg but on closer inspection it looks like it was broken and has healed wrong.

     

    What should I do? PTS? Have the lower leg removed by the Vet?

     

    I'm happy to leave well alone while it's being fed by the parents, but it struggles to perch as the trailing leg gets in the way.

     

     

     

     

     

    Please read the rules, photos of sick or injured birds are NOT ALLOWED

  10. Posted

    They do keep surprising. :D

     

    I was quite surprised watching mine, that the fledglings will beg for food from birds that are not their parents and about 50% of the time they will be fed by the non parent. On further watching it looks like adult birds who have had chicks are more likely to feed the fledglings than adult birds who have never had chicks.

     

    I've also got one nest that is being looked after by three birds (one hen and two males). They all take turns, feed the chicks and all three squeeze in and sit on the chicks at night. I don't know how they'll all fit in when the chicks grow bigger?

     

    ETA - I've also got a pair of males who always go around together, sing to each other, mate etc... they even have a nest that they've carefully made. They seem very happy so I've left them to it even though there will be no chicks with that pairing! :p

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    Chick number 1 has fledged today. :D

     

    Sadly chick number 2 didn't make it and I found him/her dead a few days ago. :(

     

    I am thrilled with chick 1 though. He (I think that I can just see male throat markings coming through) is the first 'grandchick' of my favourite grey normal who is just a pet shop bird, but he's got something special and turned out to carry both pied and BC. I really should take a photo of him but anyway, here is the son and the grandchick. ;)

     

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    Planning ahead for great grandchicks, I may have to go BC hen shopping. :D

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    I hope they all hatch. What an interesting mix of colours you've got too, I wonder what colour chicks you'll get?

     

    Mine had a few clutches earlier this year, then had a break and have recently started breeding again. I currently have 3 fledglings, two nests with chicks and two nests with eggs. :) I'm hoping for some BC chicks - or pied BC - from my grey normal (carries BC and pied) and his CFW hen (also carries BC and pied). *Fingers crossed* ;)

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    Thanks for the link to the gape differences page, I'll go and read that in a minute. :)

     

    It's so much fun trying to work out what the chicks will be. I'm certain that one i have is a Pied Black Cheek. There is another chick in the same nest but I haven't had a good enough view of it to see if it's also Pied, it could just be BC. All of the Pied chicks I've had, have made it easy by growing some white feathers on their wings.

     

    I can't wait to see what your chicks grow up like. :D

  24. Posted

    I keep my birds in an aviary. My beautiful grey penguin hen has paired up with a pied CFW. Sadly he's hurt his wing (he's missing a few primary feathers and can't fly at the moment) and is having to hop from branch to branch to get about. They have furnished a nest and she's laid three eggs in it. I am however wondering if the eggs are fertile as I'm not sure that they could mate while his wing is out of action? I guess she could have mated with a different male, but from observing her, she's pretty keen on keeping all other birds away from her nest and the surrounding area (she's really feisty).

     

    Will they know if the eggs aren't fertile and stop sitting on them?