Andyn

Pleased for you Trevor. Planned results are always good but for me this year unplanned results were a fantastic result. Cheers Andy

Welcome to the Forum Richard. Andy

Welcome to the Forum Neil and welcome back to Zebie keeping. Enjoy!!. If you could get across to Stafford on 5th July you might see some birds you'd like. Andy

Belated birthday wishes from me Jon. Andy

Welcome to the forum Jeff. You'll not be short on answers to your questions and there are lots of members who could help with colour mutations. (but not me I'm afraid) Are you known as 'Stripy' or 'Jeff' ? Andyn

Emmy, Who's hen house is that? It's nearly as big as my Bungalow. :-)

Well it might be just Human to think. 'Hang on a moment! when I got off the nest there were just eggs, now there are chicks but where's the shell?' I tend to do that if the chicks are just minutes old but when older I put the fostered with the chicks from the foster nest and gently move them around to get smells on the foster chick. (I did it with the Budgies and still do it) BUT I have to admit to never having Bengalese as fosters so there is probably no problems. Hope all works well for you Emmy Andy

My kind of Bird too. I have tried breeding Exhibition to Pet size in a former life but was never really happy with the outcome of any chicks and they ended up in Garden aviary. I believe there will usually be at least one chick that is a better quality than the others though. If you are breeding a Normal Pied to a Fawn Pied the male chicks will be split for Fawn and if you pair them to Fawn hen next year you should get fawn cocks. It'll be interesting to see if your new Pied is split for any sex linked. It might already be split Fawn. I had Light Back pied hens appear last year and spoke to the breeder of the Pied male father who said he had some appear too from my cocks brother, but I guess if you buy from a shop then you don't have the breeder to ask. BUT if your new Pied has a ZFS ring on you should be able to trace the breeder.(if you want) Hope I'm not teaching Granny here. As an aside, I bought my first pieds from a garden centre and they won in a show. So you never can tell. Andy

Question??? Did you put any of the egg shell in the nest when you transferred the chicks from the incubator.

Yeh! but just think of all those lovely daily fresh eggs when they start to lay. If we lived close I'd put my order in now. :-) I keep saying that when the Rabbits go I would like a Chicken or two. But NOOO! rats is the answer I get. ( hang on, what's the difference between a Rabbit run and Chicken run or the ones that come to the bird feeders) (Logic?) You'll have to weed out the cockerels though or you'll be incubating hens eggs I can see. No doubt you'll enjoy your chicks. Andy

Don't know anything about Creams but they look smart to me. what is the 'Twist' then?

It could only happen to you. :-)

I hate to say this Emmy, but with eggs disappearing and now the D'Dove chick Have you got an unwanted guest in your flight? ( I'm thinking a Roland or even stoat/weasel. I know birds will eat their eggs at times but do you have carnivorous birds? Chickens might think the little chick is a caterpillar though, if they are in the flight. Very perplexing I must say. Andy

:-) :-)

You've done it again Emmy! Fascinating reading. It could only happen to 'The Bird Lady'

Well!! Happy birthday to you both then.

Welcome to the Forum Ian, Nice to know there is another Forces Veteran on here too. Hope to get some photo entries for our competition when you get set up maybe. All the best. Andyn

Welcome Liz, I'm sure you'll find us friendly and helpful. Perhaps when you have some photos of your birds that you can post on here we might see you in the monthly Photo Competition. Anyway... Enjoy!!!! Andyn

Welcome to the Forum Adrian, There are quite a few members who are returning to the hobby for one reason or another, So Enjoy!! Maybe we will see some photos of your birds in the Monthly Photo Competition in the near future. Andy

Again, another interesting Blog Emmy. Was it too cold to put the fed chick back in the nest to try and get parents to take over again? Well done you!! Andy

That's so sad Emmy, I think you gave Hamish a chance at life which he might not have had if left with Parents. Onwards and upwards, there are still lots of your birds requiring your love and attention. Andy

Welcome to the Forum Stevo, I'm sure you will enjoy your time on here and ask any questions you need to. Cheers Andyn

Looking Good Emmy, I did think you might be a bit too hopeful about the Bengalese, but you never know. Lucky Chick to have your perseverance for it's welfare. All things are crossed for it's survival. Good luck..

Good on you Emmy.. You don't shrink away from a challenge that's for sure. As always, I'll be watching this Blog & hoping for a bright outcome. Andy

Sarah, I'm not sure about that. It would be two recessive to achieve that. Anyone else know please???? Andy