amf1975

happy birthday.

I spy chicks!!!! they look very fit an well.... as so it begins 1 pair turn in to 8... 8 into 15... 15 in to 30 an then it's ohhh I need a bigger cage then I need a bigger shed. the addiction to these wonderful little birds takes over.... enjoy

tell me about it!!! Daisy... the only reason I ask is I have a 2014 cock who has thrown me 3 cocks and what looks like a hen from silver cock x nl hen an two cocks lookdiffrent to the last two... I plan to sell them all so wanted the info to advertise and price them properly.

thanks so the recessive is lighter silver dominant is a more blue tinge / darker ?

ok being trying to find out how you tell dominant to recessive silvers an my head is now fried from the confusion!!!!!!!! any ideas you lot.?????????? I have a 2014 cock who has throw me over two rounds 3 silver cocks and in this last clutch what looks like a hen. an can you breed silver to silver? not that I will as if it's a hen then the 3 2106 birds are half brothers.. I plan to sell them all any way (I think lol)

that's the beauty of Bengalese they will raise almost anything for you... from my own experience of using them to foster a couple of clutches of exhibition zebbies this season!!! they don't seem to feed as well as parent raised which in turn seems to slow the development of the chicks. however live chicks are bet then dead and although a bit slow both clutches are getting there now.

welcome to the forum and welcome back to our wonderful feathered addiction!!! like you I left for a few years(20) always had it in the back of my mind to come back.... lots of changes particularly to the shear size of the birds an some wonderful new mutations. have fun an keep us informed of your new bird room. Andrew

hope you had a good day. all the best. Andrew

welcome back to zebbies and to the forum.. I will have a few to go... but I am from over the pennines in gods own county.

happy birthday.. have fun

all the best me Bettie.....

gods own county pal....

welcome Graham this is the best place to learn about our wonderful little addictive feathered friends. where about in west Yorkshire are you from ?.. I live in a little village call monk fryston about 9 miles Leeds side if Selby

done all what you have said fella. even gone two ways with leaving the box on and taking the box down!!! lost 8 like that this season!!! doing my head in......... would of hit my magic 50 if they had all survived... p.s sorry for trolling your post daisymay

I lost a 26 day old chick over night. 2nd one in two days no rime or reason to it.......

welcome to the forum and back to Zebbies and that wonderful meeep meeep they make. enjoy Andrew

sorry for you. loosing a bird always is upsetting but like andy said that's what happens when you keep live stock. take heart that for the time she was alive you looked after to the very best so she had a good life

very nice mr Hall.....

never bred canaries but don't think you have anything to loose... go for it. have done similar with zebbies many times.

Happy birthday

**** Adam welcome to the forum. keep us informed your aviary is getting along.

thanks.. cfw I only have 3 ready to jump an it looks 2-1 I have another 5 that are too young.. fawns only bred hens so far but have 6 full eggs being fostered. all my silvers are cocks..( but have had 3 die at 26 days that were definitely hens) as it happens by the looks of things my normal are about equal... so over the shed at the moment I am about 50 -50. sounds daft but I leave a bowl of water on a window shelf.. to help with humidity. I read that humidity when the hens are sitting makes a difference. i can not remember which way round but less humidity = more hens or vice versa. maybe another old wives tail but every little helps.

I have read on other sites that an early way of sexing CFW chicks is that the young hens seem to have the darker heads then the young cock birds... is this the case or just an old wives tail?. I have three about to jump 2 have quite clear heads one a lot darker so I was thinking two cocks one hen?

my first thought was the doves are eating them themselves... I no zebbies that are lacking in calcium have been known to do that.. I do not no the size of a dove egg my concern that it's the zebbies are would the egg be too big for them. so that leave the dove themselves or the canaries. it is getting to canary breeding season so the hens my be looking for nests or trying to top up on calcium. but this is just a guess Emmy

happy birthday.